foolish fire

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Painting from a vintage piece of ephemera, probably European (I loves me an odd composition). Somehow paint conveys importance to commonplace subjects that photography doesn’t always. Medium the message?

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Inspired by a visit to Russia shortly after the demise of the Soviet state. There weren’t many visible signs of the increasing economic disparity but what was there was greeted with silence and denial.

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I love the proportions of man to machine in this painting from a vintage photo I’ve had hanging out in my files for a while. I think it may actually may be taken in France or the Netherlands but the title sounds better in Italian, as do most things.

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Returning schizophrenically to a painterly style for this topic. “Stripes” reminded me of learning calligraphy when I was younger and the tedium of making guidelines. That idea morphed into the reality that so few people use handwriting at all these days, let alone learn fine penmanship. But it’s never too late.