DEVIANT GOLFER

So I tried golfing for the first  time the other day. I pounded a couple balls (uh huh huh huh) pretty damn far but the rest of the time... all in the rough baby. All I really want to do is whack the shit out of the damn ball as hard as I can like it kicked my momma in the face. I didn't do so hot and golfing isn't something I plan on taking seriously or doing again anytime soon but it was amusing none the less.

SERIGRAPH: PIERCING

This is my newest serigraph work titled "Piercing." Since I unveiled this print at the Bombshelter Show, I've been asked quite a few times about its meaning and why the name Piercing. I typically don't reveal the entire back story or reasoning behind all my pieces. I do this because I don't want to skew how this art speaks to the individual viewer. Plus the meaning I attach to the work might make turn off some viewers. It's not that I'm trying to please anyone but I like an uncontrolled destiny for my work. Wow that sounded pretentious. Any-who...

The name of this piece is Piercing due to this lost souls intense and penetrating gaze and the symbol behind him. I believe that there is a faint unsettling feeling that creeps over the viewer as those somewhat eerie yet sorrowful eyes leer back. The sharp-tipped foreboding black triangle behind the face also subconsciously pierces the psyche of the onlooker. Triangles in general have a lot of connotations but more specifically to this work, it's a subtle reference to the badges that were forced upon inmates at Nazi concentration camps. Those that were deemed "asocial" got the black triangle. There are also three dimensional recessed lines or what I like to call "bars," that I hand pressed into the paper to also liken back to Nazi incarceration. 

This piece is a four layer, three color, 9 edition limited series screen print. The triangle and face were printed with Eco-friendly, water based inks which I meticulously hand mix. The drips oozing from the dreaded triangle were hand painted with oil based lithograph ink. The drips are all slightly different and thus unique for each piece as can be seen in the 2nd image below. As mentioned earlier, this lightweight linter paper was hand pressed in certain areas with "bars" to give the work more physical depth and a deeper, more visceral story, which can be seen in the 3rd image below. I also intentionally "rough handled" this delicate fibrous cotton paper to give each piece more character. 

Let me know what you think and there are editions of this for sale in my newly reopened lastdeviant Etsy shop. Check it out!

"Piercing"

Drying of the triangle badges

Recessed "bars"

The ooze

Face detail

Full size

GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND VETERANS SCHOOLING

For VA Education Benefits users out there, we should still get paid even with our ass hat government being shut down. Veterans are more protected than other parts of the federal government, but vets and their families should still be concerned and not be surprised if payments get delayed or even stopped if the shutdown is prolonged for a long stint.

Note: This comes directly from the Veteran's Field Guild to Government Shutdown.