boots
Boots, 18″ x 24″, oil on linen
I sat in my studio for a long time today, and I didn’t know what to paint. Then I took off my boots, and started painting. These boots just somehow addressed the idea of labour, of the exchange of labour for money. Here is the painting that resulted.
Without Wax 
love it! It definitely resonates a hard day of work…one can almost feel the sweat on the brow and the stiffness in the neck.
October 14, 2009 at 10:25 am
Yes, yes — immediately it of course brought Van Gogh to mind — but then it is really grubby and earthy. A different aesthetic than other things I’ve seen of your work. Keep painting!
October 14, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I’m confused over the difference between Comment and Leave a Reply. I need a tutorial.
October 14, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Ow.
October 14, 2009 at 4:23 pm
This wonderful painting reminds me in a gentle, wholesome way something that the late Harry Chapin said. He said there are two kinds of “tired”…if I may paraphrase, he said one (the “bad” tired) involves stress, discomfort, mental anxiety and similar emotions due to everyday confrontations and indecisions; whereas the other (that is, the “good” tired)is a result of an honest hard day’s work to support your family, resulting in a gentle spirit and proud tired. This painting to me is that of a “good” tired. It evokes feelings of the simple life, and the notion that it is the simple honest work that all to often is shadowed.
October 16, 2009 at 3:11 am