"THINGS GO BETTER II"

30" X 30" 

Oil on canvas

"Things Go Better II"

Now showing at the Steamboat Springs Arts Council

February 5 - 27

If you get a chance stop in and see the show

I leave everything up until the next day to decide whether it's 

finished or not. I was happy with the result the next day 

I ordered a frame and the rest is history. 

Thanks for taking a look - MB

"PROCESS - THINGS GO BETTER II"

Here's the next day - I usually don't add the background color till

the end but for some reason it felt right to do it all at the same time. 

I used a palette knife instead of a brush

(tried a brush first but didn't like the results so I got out my knife because I

wanted to create a different texture for the surrounding color - I thought it would add 

some interest I didn't think there needed to be any more brush work 

because there was plenty of action on the surface of the coke bottles).

Thanks for taking a look!

Andy Warhol my hero 

"PROCESS - THINGS GO BETTER II"

Here's how this painting got started. I knew the Palette show deadline was coming and

I like to have a new painting for the show. The idea is to display the five senses through

The painting(sight) - smell - touch - sound and taste. Well the sight part is easy it's fitting

In the rest that can cause some anxiety. I had been thinking about Andy Warhol a lot

Lately and had his books on my table. He has a great coke quote - I'll try to

Upload that tomorrow.  I always have a coke bottle around but what

About the sound and taste portion of the display. Then the Sam Cooke song "Having a Party"

Popped into my head and my problems were solved. The line in the song 

"The cokes are in the icebox - the popcorn's on the table...."

The project was complete in my head now all I had to do was paint.

Of course it's never that straight forward but that's how the painting was created.

Andy Warhols coke bottles were green - that's why my first one is green(originally I thought

They would all be green) but Visually I had to change that idea so I added purple and red before I put the painting To bed for the night. I like to walk into the studio the next day with a plan 

And try not to obsess tooooo much!

Whew - thanks a bunch!