New Year, New Paintings!
Happy New Year to you all! I look forward to 2010 being a prosperous, healthy, and positive year.
I just completed two new paintings I’d like to share with you:
This piece is titled “Broken Together.” It is a continuation of my “Disco Romance” series. The various titles of the paintings in the series allude to romantic gestures, both literally and metaphorically. In the case of this piece, “Broken Together” references the fact that the disco / mirrored ball is at once broken pieces of mirror, and also pieced together to make a whole object. Like being single, or being in a relationship, it also references the way it feels to be broken inside, but seemingly together on the outside as well as being physically broken apart from someone.
This piece is titled “I.M. Pei knew something about disco.” It is based off a picture I took of a part of the Louvre when I was in Paris last year. It was during the day and the glass pyramid, designed by architect I.M. Pei, was reflecting light onto the museum. It was so magical and reminded me of the light reflected from a disco ball. Like the other architectual themed paintings in the series “My Favourite Things,” this painting is filled with contrasting elements. The painting is both dark and bright with dark browns, blues, and purples along with bright pinks, purples, and white on the side of the building. It was more romantic for me to change the time of day and make it a night setting. The splashes of light hit the detailed facade like dots, keeping the viewer’s eye moving around and wondering what the source is and where it’s coming from. I used purple light on the right in order to emphasize the disco effect of the pyramid’s reflection. The title is meant to be humorous, glamorizing I.M. Pei’s controversial pyramid. I happen to like its contrast to the old building of the Louvre. It made the existing environment more dynamic, and in this case, sexier.