Grime from Beyond the Grave

2005. Scrap woods, scrap paints, fire and frustration. 22 1/2" x 18" $599.99 plus $28.99 shipping. Click here if you want this piece.

This piece is tortured... which some people are going to love, and an equal number will dispise, as it might as well be. In this piece, I worked on having centralized areas of positive and negative space. I was consciously trying to control the space, and I used deep and recognizable grain structures to carry along the viewer's eye. I also used about nine different colors of leftover spray paint, and a nail to scratch into it. I tried just about everything I could think of with this one (even sandblasted it, a little bit). This does have a sort of post-industrial look, especially in this photo. Now, of course light always has an effect on how something looks (no light=don't see anything), but light plays a huge role in GfBtG (this title's kinda fun to say). I mean, I would probably be well-advised to include images of this piece under a couple of different lighting conditions, just to show off its diverse possibilities. I challenge anyone to find a color scheme that doesn't include something from this piece (I need to do some writing on color schemes and decorations).