| January
20, 2005
Spicy
Asian Pork Burger represents, I think, the culmination of my
watercolor paintings. It is an example of all the various elements
- color tones, composition, speed and motion - coming together perfectly.
My watercolor paintings were probably less consistent than the Acrylics
were, but the acrylics missed the gambler's highs and lows. This
painting is one of those highs.
The
name, if memory serves, was pulled from a restaurant ad. It was
one of those Uptown Minneapolis hangouts that tries to package "hip"
and "cool." Whatever. Let me shake it down for you: Uptown
is nowhere near as cool or hip as Prince made it out to be. The
locals are typically aloof nerds who can't dress themselves. And
not in that "I'm going to dress like Brittney Spears even though
I'm 20 pounds overweight and look horribly desperate" style.
I'm talking courdoroy and ugly sweaters and t-shirts you wore when
you were 8 years old and Pac-Man was the newest fad. And, of course,
you must have an enourmous attitude, act like a snob, and never
laugh (or, well, react) to any of the movies you watch. You can't,
gasp, have fun. That's for those, hmph, other people.
Anyone
wanna buy me a one-way plane ticket? Anywhere? Please? Minnesota
really, really sucks. |
