Las resultas

The consequences
oil on panel
8” x 6”
2011

After nearly 9 months of being unable to work with oils, I'm finally feeling some progress. So much so that a week ago I decided to do a quick sketch This painting isn't anything special, but I was very happy to make it. Feels to me like Goya's 'Las resultas', plate 72 from his Los desastres de la guerra. It wasn't an intended reference, but fitting. I'm still a long way from being fully recovered, but this is a small victory.

Before I attempted painting again I had to continue working in charcoal. As much as I love working with it, I was prematurely cut from exploring a direction of work this spring that I was really excited by. In spite of almost a full year of diagnosing and recovering from health problems, 2011 has still been very good to me.

0002
Deer and Buffalo Dancers (Faces painted black), 1940
charcoal, conté on mylar
mylar fragment smaller than 7” x 5”
2011


0008
Aboriginies, Guambone Station, New South Wales, Spearing an Emu
charcoal, conté on mylar
mylar fragment smaller than 7” x 5”
2011

0010
Brian Warner as Peter Criss
charcoal, conté on mylar
mylar fragment smaller than 7” x 5”
2011

 

0011
Mud Men of New Guinea
charcoal, conté on mylar
mylar fragment smaller than 7” x 5”
2011