marco and eula

marco and eula, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here's a picture of eula and me at her show at eyedrum. eula's work is behind us.
enjoy.

moon and sleep

moon and sleep, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

there is something i've always loved about this painting - it sort of hypnotizes me.
enjoy.

12 toes

12 toes, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

this is a little painting of ruthie that i've always adored. it has recently resurfaced much to my delight!
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stuffed (or. lady smith-smythe)

stuffed (or. lady smith-smythe), originally uploaded by marcofrey.

my newest work. painted this yesterday. i painted over stuffed, an old painting that i was not fond of. i do like to keep the original title, but this work required a second or alternate title - lady smith-smythe.
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panda

panda, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

so one day my friend keith said, "so i saw these really large paintings of tiny things". to which i replied, "someone should do tiny paintings of giant things." here is panda. 3"x5".
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simon

simon, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

simon loves to have his photo taken. this is a recent photo of simon taken with the hipstamatic app for the iphone.
as i've been working through the great cataloging process, i've made sets in flickr of self-portraits, eula, and now i realize that i need to make one of simon too. i have several paintings of him and want to do several more..
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fish tail

fish tail, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

something new:

so here's my newest painting, a self portrait. it's been a couple years since i've done a self portrait so it was time. (i created a set of self portraits on flickr if you'd like to see more of them...) in the theme of the 2010 living room show, i recycled an old painting, fish tail. when ever i paint over an old painting, the old name stays. it's a reminder to me that there was another painting here before. it's also hilarious when painting and title clash like this one.

something else new:

if you'd like to know more about a particular painting of mine that you saw on flickr, just post a comment that says 'please blog this" and a specific question if you have one and i'll write about it here...

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eula

eula, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

it was this portrait of eula that first gave me the idea to call my style of art 'post naive'. i thought it was funny and somewhat representational - i love naive art, but have had too much instruction (by eula) to really be considered a naive artist. post naive seemed like a natural progression and i used it for a while (and still do occasionally though it confuses people or perhaps because it confuses people). enjoy.

pink folk

pink folk, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here's an acrylic and charcoal painting from 2001. i did several gesso board paintings back then and as i catalog them now i'm getting inspired to do some more... i just love the way the charcoal mixes with the wet paint - it's quite striking. enjoy.

practice

practice, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here's a sneak peak of the 2010 living room show. new paintings on top of old works of mine that i don't like. it saves space, recycles and reuses old materials and most of them already have nice texture to work on. i think the green petal falling from the hand is about all that's visibly left from the under painting... and the title. enjoy.

david in the hairdryer chair

untitled, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

started off 2010 with a organizing frenzy...
cleaned up my studio and filed several month's worth of paperwork.
canceled a credit card that i no longer use.
photographed and cataloged some works and ordered prints of them for my hardcopy album as well.
and with all this work i give you a favorite painting of mine on pegboard - a plastic man without arms!

i hope to catalog many more works this year.
i hope to paint at least one new painting per week.
i hope to keep my studio clean - well, let's call that 'ready to paint' instead of 'clean'.

cheers and happy new year!

summer's waiting

summer's waiting, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

an old one but a good one. this painting has recently resurfaced and i'm glad because i really enjoy it and many people have asked about it over the years. now i know exactly where it is and i hope it finds a perfect home soon!