First President Finished!
Posted on July 23, 2008
Filed Under New Work, Presidents |
I’ve started my new Presidential series and I just finished the first of 43 Presidents of the United States. Each painting will be done on a 12″x12″ canvas.
I am currently working on a series of Presidential paintings which will include the entire corpus of American Presidents. During my research on Early American history, I found my self intrigued by the visual impact of our collection of Presidents. A medley of men, particularly of a homogeneous nature. Musty images of our Presidents often remind us of our awkward middle-school days, memorizing names and dates, scenes of war, and high society from a time long past. I am interested in re-exploring the presentation and representation of our Nation’s past and our future. I will paint all 43 presidents (only one of them serving twice not in succession) and anxiously await the results so that I can complete the portrait of our new President. Will we be able to say, “One of these is not like the Others?” or will we be adding to our collection without change? What will our future be? Gallimaufry or Monotony?
Catch a glimpse…and see the beginning here.
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