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| Bang 15x20 Mixed Media on Illustration Board |
This piece was created back in the college days. It was actually a pivotal piece art for me. I was perfecting my "style" of my work. The use of subtle colors, the dry brushing, the color pallet, etc. It was all coming together and I was really enjoying the creation my work.
There were a couple of images before this one that got some mixed reviews from the college staff. After creating one of these pieces I was told my art was too decorative and pretty and that I needed to include a little bit more about me and my personality in my work. I needed to make my art more real and gritty. My first response was that no one wants to see what's in my head, but the teacher taunted or encouraged me (depends on how you saw it) to create something more.
In another piece before this painting a different teacher asked me what the texture means in my work. I responded that it was just texture and I put it in there just because, it was to satisfy me and meant nothing to the image. He thought that was lame and went on to explain me that everything I do in a painting will be judged differently by different people so I should really think before I do something. Doing this, would take my art to the next level and become "deeper".
So with new thoughts in my head, I created this piece. It was a break through, believe it or not. Along with thinking about what the teachers had recommended, this was the first painting I signed with my LR instead of my name. This was the first time I included text within the art. I mixed in a bit of my personality to the art. I even got in my skivvy's and modeled for it. It was fun.
The Latin words translates into :But it looks so impressive".
The art itself related to an article about toy gun control and how toy manufacturers needed to take realistic guns off the market so innocent people wouldn't get fooled or hurt. Now we have bright orange colored gun toys and they all have bright orange caps at the end. Progress for the human race. I definitely feel safer now, do you?
Larry
