MARTES, EL VEINTIOCHO DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
SAINT MATTHEW (SANS ANGEL)
2005
OIL ON WOODEN TITHING BOWL
180mm x 310mm x 60mm
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THIS WORK WAS PAINTED IN OUR APARTMENT IN COROMANDEL STREET, NEWTOWN, WELLINGTON. AS PER THE WORK, MY EASEL WAS AN OLD STRETCHER BAR PROPPED UP BY MY HOLDEN AMPLIFIER.
I'VE BECOME INTERESTED IN THIS IMAGE AGAIN FOR TWO REASONS, FIRST AS I HAVE JUST PURCHASED A RETABLO OF SAINT MATTHEW (SEE YESTERDAY'S POST; SECONDLY, IN PREPARATION FOR AN EXHIBITION IN LATE JULY, I'M DECORATING SOME CERAMIC PLATES AND THE FIRST DRAWINGS CONJURED UP THE SAME DECORATIONS ON THE ARTWORK BELOW. AT PRESENT, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE SOURCE OF DECORATION. IT'S A CARDINALS MOTIF BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER FROM WHERE IT CAME.

LUNES, EL VEINTISIETE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
TOP: SAN MATEO (SAINT MATTHEW), HOLDING AND AXE
(SYMBOL OF HIS MARTYRDOM IN ETHIOPIA) AND A BIBLE (HIS GOSPEL)
LATE 19TH CENTURY RETABLO
OIL ON TIN
350mm x 250mm

BELOW: A 18TH CENTURY MEXICAN PAINTING AND A
GERMAN FRESCO DEPICTING SAINT MATTHEW WITH AN AXE

EL LLENADOR DE DOMINGO, VEINTISEIS DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
PREPARATORY SKETCH FOR NEW INSTALLATION IDEA. I'M LOOKING TO HAVE THIS COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR. IT'S TAKING SOME OF THE IDEAS FROM MY MUSEUM OF INHERENT VICE EXHIBITION AND UPDATING THEM TO RECONSIDER THE BRICOLAGE ASPECT OF MY PRACTICE

SÁBADO, EL VEINTICINCO DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
NOT THE AUCKLAND ART FAIR AT THERMOSTAT ART GALLERY IN PALMERSTON NORTH.
GROUP EXHIBITION FEATURING WORK BY 20 ARTISTS.
24TH OF APRIL - 4TH OF MAY, 2009.
BELOW, PETER IRELAND'S BROWN PAINTING AND MY NUMBSKULL PAINTING.

VIERNES, EL VEINTICUATRO DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
PROCESS OF RESTORING A LATE 19TH CENTURY MEXICAN RETABLO OF (EITHER) SAN BONIFACIO OR JESUCHRISTI WITH LA MANO PODEROSA (THE POWERFUL HAND), A DEMON AND DEATH WITH SCYTHE. I'M STILL RESEARCHING WHICH ELEMENTS AND SYMBOLS ARE USUALLY REPRESENTED IN THIS PARTICULAR RETABLO AS THERE IS EVIDENCE OF IMAGERY AT THE BOTTOM-LEFT HAND CORNER AND ALSO A FAINT FORM UNDER THE KNEES OF THE CENTRAL FIGURE, POSSIBLY A SWORD (IF SAN BONIFACIO) OR A SKULL. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE UNSTABLE NATURE OF THE PAINT, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO CLEAN THE SURFACE WITHOUT LIFTING OFF AREAS OF PAINT SURFACE AS THE OIL PAINT WAS APPLIED DIRECTLY ONTO THE TIN WITHOUT BOLE OR PRIMER, SO I'M HAVING TO COLOUR-MATCH WITH THE DIRTY SURFACE , WHICH IN ITSELF IS QUITE A JOB.

JUEVES, EL VIENTITRÉS DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
...BACK TO STUDIO IMAGES...
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: STUDY FOR POLIPTICO LEAF WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION - TO BE COMPLETED (PENCIL ON PAPER), REVERSE GLASS PAINTING OF POLIPTICO LEAF IN SPANISH (OIL AND ACRYLIC ON GLASS), VINTAGE RETABLO OF SAN MATEO (EARLY 20TH CENTURY, OIL ON TIN)
*THESE WORKS WILL BE EXHIBITED IN THE DEVOTIONAL IMAGE AT MARK HUTCHINS GALLERY, WELLINGTON.

MIÉRCOLES, EL VIENTIDÓS DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
LAST BUNNY REFERENCE....
MY AMBASSADORS
2008
OIL ON LINEN
1300mm x 1910mm

MARTES, DE VEINTIUNO DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
(TOP) TACTICAL DIVERSION
2005
OIL ON LINEN
1535mm x 910mm

(BOTTOM) DIVERSION TACTICS
2005
PENCIL ON PAPER
800mm x 580mm
SWEETMAN COLLECTION, WELLINGTON

FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS - LUNES, EL VIENTE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
TEN YEARS OLD TODAY
HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS
1999
OIL AND ENAMEL ON CANVAS
420mm x 302mm
(THIS PAINTING SHARES ITS BIRTH DATE WITH ST, ROSE OF LIMA,
ADOLF HITLER, JOAN MIRO, LUTHER VANDROSS AND CARMEN ELECTRA)

DOMINGO, EL DIECINUEVE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
SCOTT MCFARLANE
JUG, HOMAGE TO 'HUGH' COUPER
2007
CERAMIC
HEIGHT: 230mm

SÁBADO, EL DIECIOCHO DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
TWO-FOR-ONE SATURDAY:
(TOP) BUNNY DORIS
2006
PENCIL ON PAPER
140mm x 205mm
MASEYK COLLECTION, COROMANDEL

(BOTTOM) NEW CORNERSTONE
2006
PENCIL ON PAPER
222mm x 345mm

VIERNES, EL DIECISIETE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NEUVE
TRANSPORTING EVIL
2004
OIL ON CANVAS
800mm x 1000mm
COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST

JUEVES, EL DIECISEIS DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
ANDREW McLEOD WITH BUNNY GIRL
2002
PHOTOGRAPHIC TINTING OILS AND ACRYLIC ON TWO SILVER-GELATIN PHOTOGRAPHS
810mm x 1001mm
PRIVATE COLLECTION, WELLINGTON

MIÉRCOLES, EL QUINCE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
THE MEASURE OF A MAN
1997
OIL AND ENAMEL ON CANVAS
APPROX. 300mm x 200mm
WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN

TUESDAY, 14TH OF APRIL, 2009
LEFT: EX-VOTO STUDY #2 : SICKNESS. 2008. OIL ON LINEN. 400mm x 300mm.
RIGHT: A SERIES OF NEW EX-VOTOS, ABOUT LEARNING SPANISH. 2009. OIL & INK ON TIN.

LUNES DE PASCUA, EL TRECE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
EASTER MONDAY, GUY IN A COFFIN (WORK IN PROGRESS)

SÁBADO, EL ONCE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
*PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE POSTS ARE A COUPLE OF DAYS IN
ADVANCE AS I'LL BE AWAY FROM MY COMPUTER UNTIL SUNDAY*

VIERNES, EL DIEZ DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
PART ONE OF MY ENTRY IN SEEN THIS CENTURY BY WARWICK BROWN

JUEVES, EL NUEVE DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
PART TWO OF MY ENTRY IN SEEN THIS CENTURY BY WARWICK BROWN

MIÉRCOLES, EL OCHO DE ABRIL, DOS MIL NUEVE
REFLECTION OF....PART OF MY RECESSION TIME-PIECE, A 3-D FOLD-OUT BOX.