What Would Jesus Buy?

During our power outage on Christmas Eve day, I made this collage by candlelight. It is a meditation on the commercialization of America and the rhetoric of the last eight years--patriots must spend money to support our nation, and patriots must revere Jesus. That led to the thought that Jesus should save our economy. Thus the title: What Would Jesus Buy?

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What Would Jesus Buy?

Mixed media on canvas

12 x 12

Then, this morning, I saw there was a film by Morgan Spurlock by the same title--that must have been somewhere in my subconsious when I titled the piece.

The picture here is cobbled together because my scanner is not big enough to scan the whole piece.

My dad is visiting and he liked the piece so I gifted it to him.

Snowed In

The other day, we were snowed in (still are) and I made a few mixed media collages, which are now up on my Etsy site.

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Amulet against Headaches
Mixed media on canvas with Easel

2.5 x 3.5

Detail
Amulet against Headaches

This first item is one of my "mini masterpieces" (i.e. it is made on a canvas 2.5 x 3.5 inches in size with its own little easel). The title is "Amulet against Headaches" and it is designed to ward off the evil migraine spirits. It was made using vintage dictionary text and wax.)

The second one is a larger collage (8 x 10) entitled "Father." It is a meditation on the competing conceptions of masculinity in our culture. Materials include vintage maps, dictionaries, a gocco print I made of the Tin Tin rocket, some instructions for rocket launches, metal studs, a heart, some wax. I really like the colors in this one.

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Father

Mixed Media Collage

8 x 10

$45

Detail

Father

You can view these works in more detail on my etsy site for "serious" artwork:
http://ajparis.etsy.com/.

Blue Poppies

Again, this is a square painting that I cannot fully scan, but most of it shows here. About two years ago, I did a ton of poppy paintings. They have all either sold or been given away as gifts. I held onto this one for a while, but now I'm making it available. Ready to move on to new work, I guess. I love the combination of a deep green/blue with yellow ochre (my favorite paint color!).

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Blue Poppies

Acrylic on stretched canvas

12 x 12

Update: I recently gifted this to my friend Margaret. It is now in her private collection.

More Inchie Paintings

I actually completed these a while ago, but at the encouragement of my friend Nena, I'm finally putting some new paintings up. I really like both of these pieces. Unfortunately, the scanner won't let me show the whole painting, but most of it is here. Both of these paintings are square.

I love the variety and richness of color in this painting, and the way meaning is implied in the letters, but not clear enough to be understood.

Thing Be

Acrylic on canvas

11 x 11

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$45

Again, I love the colors in the painting below, but for the minimalism as opposed to the variety. I also love the way the composition suggests a human face, through an accident of inchie randomness.

Suggestion

Acrylic on canvas

11 x 11

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$45

A new blue trailer

I found this trailer today while waiting for my friend Sascha to arrive at her studio. I was too timid to actually go into the people's yard for a better angle--too bad, because I just love this trailer. I think it might be as cute as my "little trailer that could." I need a better angle to paint it though!