The Annotated Wall Street Paintings: Work in Progress

What this is...

This site is a sister to The Year of Magical Painting, the self-chronicling of my quest to become the preeminent American portrait painter of the 21st century.

The purpose of this site is to provide, with minimal commentary, images and prices of my Wall Street paintings. It contains almost the entire collection of my annotated paintings, listed in chronological order, excluding only the ones that are so bad I cannot bear to look at them.

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Friday, March 20, 2015

Work in Progress

My portrait of Wayne LaPierre, unfinished ...

1 comment:

UnknownJune 5, 2015 at 1:25 AM
Wow! This is looking absolutely stunning. This is exactly what we call Aboriginal Art work. Just loved the colors that have been used in this paining! It will look more beautiful once it gets completed.
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About the paintings

Unless otherwise noted (see: The Enumerated Thain; Study for Marcus Goldman), all paintings measure four feet by five and are painted with acrylic paint on canvas and annotated with permanent magic markers. The black and white paintings, such as Corzine, Naked, Short, unless other wise noted, are smaller, measuring 3'x4'.

Since I regularly roll them up and take them, via subway, to Wall Street, they are extremely tough and sometimes a bit grimy. This last part, I think, adds to their charm.

My paint of choice is Benjamin Moore house paint, which I dribble onto flat canvases using the stirring sticks they give you at the hardware store when you buy the paint. I initially described my style as a Jackson Pollock/Chuck Close fusion. It's evolved somewhat but I remain, primarily, a guy who paints big heads in a drip style.

If you look closely you can see that I also sometimes apply paint directly from the tube, or squirt some on my thumb and then apply it. Other than the background and the lettering of the title, I never use a brush.