Drove from Vegas to Sedona, back up to Flagstaff, Arizona today, snowing in Flagstaff, but sunny and hot down in the Sedona canyon.
here's a snowball at ya:
DOMINGO, EL SEIS DE MARZO, VEINTE-ONCE
Here's some photos of the crowd at La Luz De Jesus Gallery for the opening of 'Everything But The Kitschen Sync'. It was a great night, packed, with a bar out the back. The bottom photo shows my five little paintings in the show.
I also came back from LA with four new-to-me retablos and ex-votos, so I'll post those soon too.
Here's some photos of the crowd at La Luz De Jesus Gallery for the opening of 'Everything But The Kitschen Sync'. It was a great night, packed, with a bar out the back. The bottom photo shows my five little paintings in the show.
I also came back from LA with four new-to-me retablos and ex-votos, so I'll post those soon too.
LUNES, EL DOS DE MARZO, VEINTE-ONCE.
Five orphans that have found homes in the USA recently. I've actually only reproduced/shown one of these works on the internet, either on Facebook, this blog or my website. Many of these figures in the paintings have been kicking around in my work for several years now, yet I'm still getting milage out of them. Usually, if I'm done with them, that's it, I'll leave them be, but these ones specifically, keeps reappearing.
There probably won't be many blogposts over the next couple of days as i'll be away from my computer, but I'll update you as soon as I have a bit of spare time.
Five orphans that have found homes in the USA recently. I've actually only reproduced/shown one of these works on the internet, either on Facebook, this blog or my website. Many of these figures in the paintings have been kicking around in my work for several years now, yet I'm still getting milage out of them. Usually, if I'm done with them, that's it, I'll leave them be, but these ones specifically, keeps reappearing.
There probably won't be many blogposts over the next couple of days as i'll be away from my computer, but I'll update you as soon as I have a bit of spare time.
MARTES, EL UNO DE MARZO, VEINTE-ONCE.
Speak of the devil, this arrived in my inbox this morning, an invitation to the Creative Hawkes Bay Invitational 2011. See Sunday's post to view my painting that will be in the exhibition.
Speak of the devil, this arrived in my inbox this morning, an invitation to the Creative Hawkes Bay Invitational 2011. See Sunday's post to view my painting that will be in the exhibition.
DOMINGO, EL VIENTISIETE DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
A triptych painting that will be exhibited in the 'Creative Hawkes Bay Invitational' at the Hastings City Art Gallery in April. The painting is titled 'Creator, Nurturer, Lifegiver' and was painted in 2010. It measures 2725mm x 1050mm.
A triptych painting that will be exhibited in the 'Creative Hawkes Bay Invitational' at the Hastings City Art Gallery in April. The painting is titled 'Creator, Nurturer, Lifegiver' and was painted in 2010. It measures 2725mm x 1050mm.
VIERNES, EL VIENTICINCO DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
Thinking of Christchurch...If you're with Westpac, there's a safe way (by that I mean it goes to the Salvation Army via Westpac) to donate to the Christchurch Quake fund. Every little bit helps.
Thinking of Christchurch...If you're with Westpac, there's a safe way (by that I mean it goes to the Salvation Army via Westpac) to donate to the Christchurch Quake fund. Every little bit helps.
MIERCOLES, EL VEINTITRES DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
An update for Feb / March exhibitions:
I have one exhibition now open in Brooklyn, New York at DUBpies, a small cafe at 211 Prospect Park West (corner of 16th St). This exhibition features fifty-one small paintings which can be viewed on my website at the link below:
http://www.mattcouper.com/Dubart.html
and an upcoming group exhibition at La Luz de Jesus on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles. I have five paintings that have been accepted for the annual 'Everything But The Kitschen Sync, Vol. XVI'. More details on the La Luz De Jesus website here:
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2011/Kitschen-Sync2011/KitschenSync-index2011.htm
If you'd like more information on the exhibitions, feel free to get in contact with me by contacting me via my contact page.
You can also find more updates on upcoming exhibitions on my website homepage.
I also want to take this chance to extend my sympathies to those in Christchurch who have suffered in the recent earthquake. It was very distressing watching the events unfold so far away. My thoughts are with those who are affected.
Matt.
Snake and Monkey, 2011, oil on metal, 200mm x 275mm
An update for Feb / March exhibitions:
I have one exhibition now open in Brooklyn, New York at DUBpies, a small cafe at 211 Prospect Park West (corner of 16th St). This exhibition features fifty-one small paintings which can be viewed on my website at the link below:
http://www.mattcouper.com/Dubart.html
and an upcoming group exhibition at La Luz de Jesus on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles. I have five paintings that have been accepted for the annual 'Everything But The Kitschen Sync, Vol. XVI'. More details on the La Luz De Jesus website here:
http://www.laluzdejesus.com/shows/2011/Kitschen-Sync2011/KitschenSync-index2011.htm
If you'd like more information on the exhibitions, feel free to get in contact with me by contacting me via my contact page.
You can also find more updates on upcoming exhibitions on my website homepage.
I also want to take this chance to extend my sympathies to those in Christchurch who have suffered in the recent earthquake. It was very distressing watching the events unfold so far away. My thoughts are with those who are affected.
Matt.
Snake and Monkey, 2011, oil on metal, 200mm x 275mm
SABATO, EL DIECINUEVE DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
Just about fallen of the face of the earth, well, here anyway, been busy with work and also had a week of gigs, exhibition openings and meet-ups with friends, which is when I usually set up my posts for this blog.
Went to two gigs of the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Cosmopolitan on Tues and Wed, you can see pics by Jo here.
Also been busy finishing up, packing and sending paintings around the country. Some headed off to LA to La Luz De Jesus for a group exhibition opening on the 4th of March for the annual 'Everything But The Kitschen Sync, Vol XVI'.
St. Peter Crucified in New Zealand, 2011, oil on metal.
Just about fallen of the face of the earth, well, here anyway, been busy with work and also had a week of gigs, exhibition openings and meet-ups with friends, which is when I usually set up my posts for this blog.
Went to two gigs of the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Cosmopolitan on Tues and Wed, you can see pics by Jo here.
Also been busy finishing up, packing and sending paintings around the country. Some headed off to LA to La Luz De Jesus for a group exhibition opening on the 4th of March for the annual 'Everything But The Kitschen Sync, Vol XVI'.
St. Peter Crucified in New Zealand, 2011, oil on metal.
DOMINGO, EL TRECE DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
Recently completed paintings, destined for Brooklyn, New York. Some are developments from previous paintings and drawings, (the Nubian carving in the blender, the broken heart, la Mano Poderosa, the sphinx, the Chardin painting monkey) and some are new developments from drawings and sketches since moving to the USA. The devil on the toilet painting comes from a tradition of velvet paintings that I recently discovered on the internet, once I discovered it for myself, it seemed to keep popping up everywhere (google devil on the can/john/toilet an you'll come up with several examples on Ebay, etc.) I like the devil for a couple of reasons - I see it as a follow-on from the caganer tradition in Spain and also it reminds me of a statement by Russian painter Kasimir Malevich who stated that ikon painters from Russia painted the hairs on the devil's tail the same way they'd paint the hairs on God's beard...an interesting painting dilemma. I haven't got the source for the quote as I remember reading it over a decade ago, if I remember correctly, in a Harold Rosenberg article.
Recently completed paintings, destined for Brooklyn, New York. Some are developments from previous paintings and drawings, (the Nubian carving in the blender, the broken heart, la Mano Poderosa, the sphinx, the Chardin painting monkey) and some are new developments from drawings and sketches since moving to the USA. The devil on the toilet painting comes from a tradition of velvet paintings that I recently discovered on the internet, once I discovered it for myself, it seemed to keep popping up everywhere (google devil on the can/john/toilet an you'll come up with several examples on Ebay, etc.) I like the devil for a couple of reasons - I see it as a follow-on from the caganer tradition in Spain and also it reminds me of a statement by Russian painter Kasimir Malevich who stated that ikon painters from Russia painted the hairs on the devil's tail the same way they'd paint the hairs on God's beard...an interesting painting dilemma. I haven't got the source for the quote as I remember reading it over a decade ago, if I remember correctly, in a Harold Rosenberg article.
VIERNES, EL ONCE DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
Have been flat tack with new paintings for my next couple of shows. One in LA at La Luz De Jesus Gallery on Hollywood Blvd, which opens on the 4th of March, a little show in a cafe in Brooklyn opening next week and some works for an upcoming exhibition in Whanganui, New Zealand at the Rayner Bros. Will fill you in a bit later on with more details and the works in the shows.
In the meantime, here's a couple of studio shots:
Have been flat tack with new paintings for my next couple of shows. One in LA at La Luz De Jesus Gallery on Hollywood Blvd, which opens on the 4th of March, a little show in a cafe in Brooklyn opening next week and some works for an upcoming exhibition in Whanganui, New Zealand at the Rayner Bros. Will fill you in a bit later on with more details and the works in the shows.
In the meantime, here's a couple of studio shots:
LUNES, SIETE DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
third and final installation photo from 'One Wall / Thirty-Three Paintings' at Enrique Nevarez Studio at Blackbird, 1551 S. Commerce St, Las Vegas. The exhibition was for one night only, but the works can be viewed on my website at the link above.
third and final installation photo from 'One Wall / Thirty-Three Paintings' at Enrique Nevarez Studio at Blackbird, 1551 S. Commerce St, Las Vegas. The exhibition was for one night only, but the works can be viewed on my website at the link above.
DOMINGO, SEIS DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
second installation photo from 'One Wall / Thirty-Three Paintings' at Enrique Nevarez Studio at Blackbird, 1551 S. Commerce St, Las Vegas.
second installation photo from 'One Wall / Thirty-Three Paintings' at Enrique Nevarez Studio at Blackbird, 1551 S. Commerce St, Las Vegas.
VIERNES, CUATRO DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
Tonight is my little exhibition 'One Wall / Thirty-Three Paintings' at Enrique Nevarez Studio at Blackbird, 1551 S. Commerce St, Las Vegas. It's only up for for one night and I'l be reconfiguring the hanging throughout the night, trying to have some fun with the works and making some different narratives with them. I'll be taking photos of the installations and adding them through the night on my website. Some of the works in the exhibition are online here.
If you're in Las Vegas, come along, introduce yourself and say hi.
Tonight is my little exhibition 'One Wall / Thirty-Three Paintings' at Enrique Nevarez Studio at Blackbird, 1551 S. Commerce St, Las Vegas. It's only up for for one night and I'l be reconfiguring the hanging throughout the night, trying to have some fun with the works and making some different narratives with them. I'll be taking photos of the installations and adding them through the night on my website. Some of the works in the exhibition are online here.
If you're in Las Vegas, come along, introduce yourself and say hi.
JUEVES, TRES DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
A little experiment - I spilt some indian ink the other day over some pieces of aluminum that I had laid out ready to prime for oil paintings. It was damned expensive ink too, so I spread it over a couple of the pieces and let it dry. This afternoon, while watching a doco on Delacroix, I picked up the piece and started scratching into it with a compass. It reminded me of the scraperboard drawings we did at school, but those ones were on cardboard prepared with a layer of clay, then covered with indian ink. In a way I like this better as you get the glistening of the shiny metal when exposed. You can see in the photo below, there were some areas where the ink didn't take to the surface of the metal as there must have been some oil-based residue on the surface, which acted as a resist to the ink and when scratching into it, whole flakes came off. Something I'll need to assess if I want to use this medium and technique.
I like how this technique lines up with my scrimshaw which are halted at present due to not having the tools to make them. This is like the photographic negative of them.
A little experiment - I spilt some indian ink the other day over some pieces of aluminum that I had laid out ready to prime for oil paintings. It was damned expensive ink too, so I spread it over a couple of the pieces and let it dry. This afternoon, while watching a doco on Delacroix, I picked up the piece and started scratching into it with a compass. It reminded me of the scraperboard drawings we did at school, but those ones were on cardboard prepared with a layer of clay, then covered with indian ink. In a way I like this better as you get the glistening of the shiny metal when exposed. You can see in the photo below, there were some areas where the ink didn't take to the surface of the metal as there must have been some oil-based residue on the surface, which acted as a resist to the ink and when scratching into it, whole flakes came off. Something I'll need to assess if I want to use this medium and technique.
I like how this technique lines up with my scrimshaw which are halted at present due to not having the tools to make them. This is like the photographic negative of them.
MIERCOLES, DOS DE FEBRERO, VEINTE-ONCE
After a couple of months, I sat down and decided to finish the spleen painting. I actually posted it back in November, last year, here on my blog. Based on the Catholic 'Sacred Heart', I ended up thinking it would be best to keep the imagery reasonably generic and then went to work drawing sketches of what I thought were good analogies for 'venting', and to keep it kind of upbeat for such a tempestuous subject. I decided on the flick of a rubberband, the violence of the broken bottle as a weapon , wrist-slitting, a gunstapler attack on a penis (as seen on Dirty Sanchez) and a snail traveling over a razorblade.
LUNES, EL TRIENTIUNO DE ENERO, VEINTE-ONCE
As I used to do in New Zealand, I'd trawl junk shops and opshops for old period frames to mount my paintings in. Often, I'd have to work on a specific sized surface that I'd have to cut especially for the frame rebate. It was a hassle if I didn't pull-off the painting as then I'd have to have another go at repainting the idea, trying to get it right for the frame. I recently also found an old photographic frame for an 8x10 Ambrotype or tintype, so I've painted a retablo of an old view camera to mount in it. I'll post that as soon as I've photographed the work in the frame.
As I used to do in New Zealand, I'd trawl junk shops and opshops for old period frames to mount my paintings in. Often, I'd have to work on a specific sized surface that I'd have to cut especially for the frame rebate. It was a hassle if I didn't pull-off the painting as then I'd have to have another go at repainting the idea, trying to get it right for the frame. I recently also found an old photographic frame for an 8x10 Ambrotype or tintype, so I've painted a retablo of an old view camera to mount in it. I'll post that as soon as I've photographed the work in the frame.
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