Another full day of cleaning out my studio and rearranging the paintings. I’ve always just hung works in the wall as I did them. If there was a space.Id just fill it. Today I started the morning by picking up some more wood because I need to frame up a bunch of paintings I did for the CJ project. Then got to the studio with that and some black enamel paint. And I repainted a shelf to make into a display case for some textile works I’ve been making. I guess with side projects like my shirts and pillows, that at a certain point there will be need to make them “better “ or more refined. Right now it’s super fun making the shirts and exploring new ways of painting. Especially with bleach and airbrush together, and also incorporating some screen printing as well. This has creates a thing. A thing which was spontaneous and is being refined. Hopefully that freshness continues as I begin to explore more. I’ve also been really digging on using the sewing machine to draw and then finish with some airbrush on the fabric. Some textiles have a really skinlike texture to them and this could be interesting to exploit in some stretched painting pieces using alternative textiles in addition to canvas. All stitched together. Cut up and reconstituted.
Anyway. I made this new little cutup combination today while my studio is still in transition to jt’s new state.
