OIL SPILL

florescu · Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Posts: 7

"the Big Picture"
oil on canvas 30"x40"

"The Oil Dimension"
oil on canvas 30"x40"

Boris01 · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 228 Location: Western Australia

brilliant

sunfire · Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 1430 Location: Toodyay

Very explicit, & yes, brilliant.

Jade · Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 12:35 am Post subject: Re - OIL SPILL

FANTASTIC!

florescu · Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Posts: 7

Thank you all!
A new painting on the subject:
"Beyond Paradise"
oil on canvas 30"x40"

Boris01 · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 228 Location: Western Australia

mate, youre pumping these out, great work - I hope you sell them all and they get seen by a LOT of people

theyre completely "on point" and to do with whats going on these days, not specifically because of the oil spill, but they make a broader statement about the general sentiment ( or lack there of ) of society this decade

you could go a long way with these works as long as each one keeps on being better than the last ( and they are ! ), and they either get more complicated/meaningful/detailed OR get more offensively pointful ( dont take that the wrong way - I feel bad about polluting and I want it to HURT when I look at those pictures - the more they do that the better they are, if that makes sense )

I think if you keep bringing these great works out and try and get some respected conservation bodies behind you it might go a long way . This might be overdoing it but the more exposure these works get the better - if one of your paintings tips someone over the edge from passive spectator saying "oh well" to active protester / selective consumer / responsible investor whatever, then its achieved a real change.
Hell, paint 20 more and hit up every gallery near you for an exhibition till one says yes ( one will see the sense , and the good publicity in doing so ) and donate a huge percentage to an enviromental cause, I have no idea at what stage your career is at, but that'd give it a real boost
(hope that didnt come across as all-knowing and pretentious)

but please, oh please, don't paint tears in the dolphins eyes. or rainbows

SOMEONE needs to be painting this, and that person is YOU
thankyou

Boris01 · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 228 Location: Western Australia

ooookay, I just checked out your website now I feel like a twit

you're definitely well ahead of the curve and you know what youre doing, good on you mate and keep up te great work

please ignore my childish gushing

Boris01 · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 228 Location: Western Australia

hmmm, just noticed there was an "edit" button

I can go and delete stuff that I say that now sounds silly when I read it back, but I'm sure there's probably some point in some of the things I say when I ramble , so as always I'll leave it ( if only the DIY Furry Suit Makers of Northumbria Forum were so fortunate .. )

Chrissy D · Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 1053 Location: Queensland

It is nice to see some empowering symbolic work making a statement about contemporary issues on this site. Sometimes we get so use to pretty things and doing the nice looking paintings that we need a reality check. But having said that, thats why we do paint alot of nice pretty things because real life is not so nice to look at and live in all the time. And thats exactly what your paintings show

florescu · Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Posts: 7

florescu · Joined: 14 Dec 2008 Posts: 7

Bills of Power
oil on canvas 32"x40"