| Now,
don't go throwing that title around at the nightclubs, or you may
get hurt. Of course, if you do use it as a pick-up line and it works,
be sure to let me know.
For
the life of me, I can't remember where I found the title. I keep
thinking I heard it in a Madonna parody, maybe Medusa: Dare
to be Truthful, but then again, maybe I thought it up myself.
It's just a dumb, goofy phrase that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Which, in a sense, is a deliberate move on my part, You see that
a lot in my paintings over the years. It's my way to taking some
of the air out of the tires.
This
painting is somewhat unique in that I achieved this look by destroying
the original version. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, your
watercanvas painting will just end up looking like a puddle of mush.
So I took it outside and threw a couple buckets of water at it.
Yes, I'm pretty physical with this junk.
The
great thing is that I ended up with something on my canvas that
looked far better. Fortunately, I usually use a ton of paint when
working on canvas, so there's going to be a lot left alongside the
mess. And, miraculously, there weren't any of those awful "paint
drips" that annoy me so much. That dripping paint look so common
in abstract art is a major peeve of mine. To me, it just smacks
of rigid amateurism. |
