Marlboro Madness

Marlboro Madness

3-12x12 triptych Mixed Media

This triptych, another in the blacktop series focuses on the debris left along the road by the people who pass by. When I think of a blacktop road I think about all that travel along its path, most never actually experiencing the road. Most are flying by on the way to someplace else.

I liked the parallels between the marlboro cigarette package I found along the road and the notion of what cigarette's do to one's body. The blacktop seems like the tar that is made by the lungs when one smokes and the package is flung so carelessly aside the way life is also flung aside when one chooses to smoke. No I did not wish to make an ad against smoking, just thought the parallels were kinda a fun play. Thanks for viewing my blog!

In The Shadows

In The Shadows

3-12x12 Mixed Media Triptych

This work is another in my triptych series exploring the insignificant existence of life below our feet on the blacktop road. This work is an abstract which contemplates a birds life and parallel existence in a world ruled by man. The silhouettes of birds in the abstract painting makes  one think of birds in the wild and their plight along the roads and highways. The shapes seem to appear out of the blacktop road.
These paintings were created from my walks and reflections thereof, on blacktop roads after moving from the city to the country. There was a great deal of sublife left by the inhabitants and human passerbys on the blacktop. Which made me think of the fragility of life and brevity all living things are faced with. There was also the richness of that heavy texture and deep charcoal tone of the road. These were all so new to a city girl such as myself that I felt they must be conveyed. Thanks for viewing my blog!