| This
is another one of those goofy, clever titles from back when I was
listening to a lot of Frank Zappa records. There was a six month
period where I completely devoured half the Zappa cataloge; and
then I almost completely dropped it. I usually do that with music,
moving from one new find to the next. That teenage thrill of discovery
is still in my blood; it should be that way with everyone, and the
fact that it isn't is among life's great tragedies.
The
Ant-Hill Mob is, of course, from Hanna-Barbera cartoons like Wacky
Races and All-Star Laff-a-Lympics. Am I spelling that
right?
Now,
there has to be a ton of paint on the canvas. You can see where
I applied the tube paints directly, without any dilution in water.
I wanted a really rough, moutanous texture; remember that I'm still
learning this whole thing as I'm going. And the b-side is interesting,
too. There are some small scribbles that I treated like small drawings
(like bubblegum baseball cards); what you see here truly betrays
the influence grafitti art has had on me. And, surprise, there's
a picture of me at the bottom, from one of those cheap photo booths
that are nowhere to be found in Minneapolis for some reason.
This
painting is unavailable for sale, unfortunately. It suffered some
minor damage this summer, and until I decide what to do with it,
Picnic will have to stay with my personal stash. |
