Washes: Loveless Payoff (2004)

Loveless Payoff (2004)


When viewed at its original size of nine feet by six feet, the sense of motion is undeniable. A coral reef swaying to the moon's tidal sweep - sixty or seventy thousand flowers in a soft spring breeze.

In layer one, a blue "t" lays seige against a dark purple "i." A distraction to this combat comes from a patch of orange. Layer 3 shows how the painted underlayers are advanced to a more finished painting by bringing another patch of orange as counter balance and additional shades of blue for tonal harmony.
There's your girl, the far end of the bar, swirled up in smoke. Ice cold martini. In her purse, a nickle plated .38 special. She's been waiting for you.