art in numerical order

art in numerical order, a set on Flickr.

here's the link to my great cataloging project on flickr... have a look when you have some free time...

2 pink fleurs

2 pink fleurs, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

landscape and upside down flowers painted in a frame made for lang graphics calendars. painted just the other day.

and in related news, my great cataloging project is winding down. about 99% of the paintings i have here are photographed and put in numerical order on my flickr page. i still have to get some photos from works that friends and family have and print out copies for my non-digital photo albums. this is huge! i've been working on this project for years!

and i'm creeping towards that next big milestone of 1000 paintings - i just finished number 836 this morning...

enjoy.

habersham cactus

habersham cactus, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

i'm doing some cataloging this afternoon and came across this old favorite. it's from several years ago, but i still love it. i'm glad i have photo as it was sold in a benefit silent auction.
i'm up to number 829 pieces and desperately trying to catch up to the newer works in my ongoing cataloging efforts.
enjoy

so there you have it.

so there you have it., originally uploaded by marcofrey.

in 2003 i did a painting of dash that i apparently didn't like very much so i painted over it in 2004. i never made a note of it and thought for the longest time that i had numbered 2 paintings with the same number - 429. part of my great cataloging effort is to solve mysteries like this. today i was looking through my studio for these two paintings, one of dash and one of al. on the back of this painting of al i noticed an older date from 2003 and the name dash - both slightly painted over. aha! this is both paintings!
"so there you have it" is also written on the back and slightly painted over...

the piano

the piano, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here's a little painting from september 2003. there is no piano in the painting, but the way she is sitting makes me imagine one.
enjoy.

this side face down. glue this side.

this side face down. glue this side., originally uploaded by marcofrey.

happy valentine's day! i'm enjoying this day working on the great cataloging project! i've got 2 full photo albums full now with 200 photos each. the painting here is number 400 and a great painting that has been hiding out in my studio behind a larger painting. it took me a few minutes to locate it, but now it's hanging on the wall in the living room. i hope you remember to put the glue on the proper side and always read the fine print!
enjoy!

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..
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.

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!

3 kathys

3 kathys, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

working on some cataloging this morning.... photographed a few works, numbered and signed some recent prints, and feel like a making a slight dent into the entire project. i've put the first 261 in numerical order up on my flickr page. after numbering all the recent prints, my count is up to 683 works. lately, i've been playing with the gouache, but mostly in my various sketchbooks...

gray anthem

gray anthem, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

working on the great cataloging project today... this is quite a rare painting in my collection as it's one of the few (if not the only) black and white paintings....

the great cataloging...

untitled, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

as i sort through and find paintings that i have not yet photographed i have made a few observations...
1. some of them were not photographed for a reason. that reason is usually because i think they are horrible paintings and should never been seen by anyone. that said, i'm going to photograph them anyway as they have brought me to where i am today. (once photographed though, they are completely at the mercy of the brush and chance getting a fresh face...)
2. i have come across a few works that have never been numbered. actually there are quite a few on paper that have never been signed, dated or numbered. some of my favorite works (past and present) are on paper (like number 58 here) so i'll soon go back and number all of them. that'll probably take me way over the 600 mark.
3. i found the folder of my works from my first painting class with eula. that's going to be so much fun to sort through and compare to my current stuff. a before and after fete!
4. this great cataloging project is really a lot of work, but i'm enjoying every minute. documenting my paintings, finding old gems, and working back through the years up to the present.

thanks for being patient

untitled, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

thanks for being patient while i plan the next phase of the great cataloging project. i have next week off work while wayne is on tour and i plan on doing a little painting and cataloging..... meanwhile, please enjoy this painting of you waiting patiently. cheers.

untitled

untitled, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

step one of the great cataloging effort is done. 1-20 are up on flickr, in their own set and in numerical order, not chronological order.

the great cataloging

feeling like i need to dive back in to the great cataloging project. it's a long and ongoing project, but i've got a different approach this time - focus on 20 paintings at a time. i want to make sure that each painting is titled, numbered, signed, photographed and added to my flikr page.