(aca) deserted

(aca) deserted, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

you may not have seen this one before. it's from several years ago but it's always been a favorite of mine. this was painted on the very last day of aca and because our class was on saturday, we were the very last class there. classrooms around us were already being cleaned out but we were still there painting....

wild iris

wild iris, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

a small painting from 6 years ago that still rests on a shelf in our living room. i love this painting and it's still unofficially on hold for someone, but i'm now thinking it would transfer to a linocut print very well. and i need a project to work on while eula is in california...
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untitled

untitled, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

another painting that recently got a makeover. the background took forever and helped turn this painting into a more interesting piece.
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untitled

untitled, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

an older painting that recently got a makeover, it went from one of my least favorite paintings to one of my favs. it's very calming and reminds me of a native american. perhaps i'll rename it america.
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somewhere sometime someone did something not necessarily like a dragonflying over iceland. was that funny?

somewhere sometime someone did something not necessarily like a dragon flying over iceland. was that funny?, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here's my newest work to date. just finished it on wednesday. this painting requires a strange title that has nothing to do with what's going on in the painting (or does it?). this painting is number 699... just about at 700 and creeping towards 1000....
i hope you like it.
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teardrops of my soul

teardrops of my soul, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

i painted this on wednesday night. the image of the woman was from a photo that i saw in vogue and instantly had to draw it on my canvas. i think it would be a fantastic album cover for wayne's next cd... even if it doesn't though, it's still hanging in our living room! i love it and hope you do too...
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pas de guerre

pas de guerre, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here is my anti war piece. only mannequins should wear gas masks! i'm not usually a political person but i do firmly believe that our civilization has advanced to the point that war should be obsolete. give peace a chance... for a change.
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it's fantastic! it's lush!

it's fantastic! it's lush!, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

i don't really care if people like my art or not (i paint what i like) and people are free to have their own opinions (i certainly do!), but this collage brings back a funny story.. it's one thing to ask someone their opinion especially if you admire their work and respect their comments, but when an artist walks up and says, "that's trite", i will have very little respect for him.. plus i never did care for his work, there was nothing entertaining or fun or fresh about it... i did not walk up to his painting and say, "that's boring as shit" even though that's what i wanted to say.
please enjoy my fantastic, lush collage!
and feel free to leave a comment :)

from sketchbook

IMG_1528, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

so i decided to photograph some of my favorite pages from my many sketchbooks... here's a page from several years ago. i love to sketch with sharpies because of the beautiful way that the ink bleeds through the paper...

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...

at last! a walk-in bath tub.

at last! a walk-in bath tub., originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here's a collage from many years ago...
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sunfleur in green vase

sunfleur in green vase, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here's a sunflower that wayne got for his birthday. i put it in a green vase that used to belong to my great-grandmother...
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daisies in orange vase

daisies in orange vase, originally uploaded by marcofrey.

here is a very recent painting for you to enjoy. 3 daisies from my garden in a very cool handmade orange glass vase that some friends made.