Friday, February 26, 2010

first commission


this painting was the first commission i ever did. it is also the largest painting i have done until now. i decided to paint two cans of my favorite foods from america. i called it "warhor" because painting cans of food made me feel a little like andy warhol and because taking someone's money to make art made me feel a little like a whore.
oil on canvas.

12 comments:

  1. Bansky led me here but I am glad I also found this work. My art vocabulary is not the best, but I like how this pops off the canvas. And aren't all artists whores (at least to some degree)?

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  2. NietzscheIsDead2/28/2010 09:57:00 AM

    @xavier that's something I've always agreed with. How many artists do we know who didn't paint or write music or sculpt for money. DaVinci always worked for a boss who demanded this and that. Bethooven as well. You name it. The concept of doing it for the love of it is new. Yes these masters loved what they did but a whore who loves sex is still a whore.

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  3. If felt like a whore maybe you should have painted a couple of cans of spotted dick instead. lol

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  4. That painting's SOUPER!!!!!!!! lol

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  5. Katie, It's not soup.

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  6. Lady Ha Ha I realize it is not soup. I was making a reference to Warhol who DID paint cans of soup. Mr. Ensueno said he felt like Warhol and it is that comment that I am referring to not the actual cans in the painting.

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  7. I was just kiddin. No need to PUNish me ;)

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  8. Seeing the painting Warhol says, "Bean there, done that."

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  9. Cue the canned laughter.

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  10. Then again, isn't this a painting of a bird. Two cans. Get it. Toucans.

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  11. I think you mean birds. Toucans is plural.

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  12. "No need to PUNish me" LadyHaHa. (Cue the CANNED laughter).

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