An oldie but a goody, probably from my last submission to the Clark University Scarlet.
Sausage Party
Old Works – 2005-2010
I am publishing a book of old works on paper. Most of these pieces I sold on the streets of Portland, Maine, or Worcester, Massachusetts. A few of them even made it out into the streets of Antigua, Guatemala. Most of them went for free, or just a few dollars and some change. I think my motto the whole time was “Pay What You Will.” I was inspired by the Radiohead album, In Rainbows.
I would just like to thank a few people for believing in me along the way and supporting my craft, as I sold my work like a raving lunatic in the streets.
Robert Tobin, Seth West, Tim Murdoch, Tina Phillips, Christian Millian, Bryan Breault, Michael J. Sirois, Tina Zlody and the Arts Worcester Crew, Hanley Denning and the Safe Passage brigade, Sara Tarbox, Matthew Woods Sidar, Steve Rothschild, Dean Denise Darrigrand, Aunt Leslie, and last but not least, Gilbert and Cynthia Wilcox. Oh, and why not, Miko Carating. I love you all. Meg and I are gonna make a sick book.
This is just a sample of a few pieces*
Challenge Convention, Change Our World Mural – Clark Uinversity
Change Mural – Clark University
No One Has To Know How We Love Eachother
Alan vs. Sampson
Visitations From The Luster
Not as important
To the impulse
Is the reality
As the vision.
Fun
Progressive Archaeology at The Ivy Corset Building
Over the past week I installed a mural in the Ivy Corset Building in Worcester Massachusetts. This project was done with generous support from Steve Rothschild of Applied Interactive, with lighting design by Access Fixtures. The Ivy Corset Building is a current project of Mr. Rothschild, renovating the historic factory space to provide a creative and communal atmosphere for progressive minded companies like Skyscope Creative, Snap Grow, Earl Gray Entertainment, K12 Kit, and Applied Interactive, some of the current businesses in the building.
The inspiration and process behind this piece coincides with my recent body of work dealing with concepts surrounding the post-industrial atmosphere of the city of Worcester. I tried to examine the layering that occurs through the history of the building and reflect it in the aesthetics of the piece. The original composition of the piece used the basic structure of a post-apocalyptic seascape, with a radiant, nuclear-orange sky and dark blue ocean. Off of this central theme I worked the piece into the depth of character that the room and building itself have from the years of activity. I call the piece ‘Progressive Archaeology,’ because through Steve’s vision of the project and my own response as an artist, I think we’ve created something new and interesting while preserving and examining a piece of Worcester’s history.
Wrong Spell – Robes Be Gone
