Funny. I was never really confident about that painting. It makes me a little uncomfortable. But seen in context of the other bio-morphic petri-scapes, it makes more sense.
Petri-scapes. When I showed my old painting teacher this: http://notpaintings.blogspot.com/2009/12/collage-4-x-4.html
he said it looked like a slide of syphilis. He said it in his understated British way, so it was extra potent -- "Rather like slide of syphilis, isn't it." I assume he meant not literally, but something about its seaminess...
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Whoa, look at that. Yay!
These four could be the whole show.
Minimalist, super rarefied....
(I only mean that they look good together.)
They look good enough to shut me up, and just post em without further blather.
"Further Blather" - I'm still in title brainstorming mode.
Not to imply that the comment section should be blather-free. I'm generally pro-blather, and pro-banter.
"Pro-Banter"
Funny. I was never really confident about that painting. It makes me a little uncomfortable. But seen in context of the other bio-morphic petri-scapes, it makes more sense.
You certainly take the word coinage prize today.
Petri-scapes. When I showed my old painting teacher this: http://notpaintings.blogspot.com/2009/12/collage-4-x-4.html
he said it looked like a slide of syphilis. He said it in his understated British way, so it was extra potent -- "Rather like slide of syphilis, isn't it." I assume he meant not literally, but something about its seaminess...
http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/products/pox.html
I think you're version is more syphilisy.
Oh my god, maybe he was being literal! http://www.webpathology.com/slides/slides/Vulva_PrimarySyphilis3.jpg
Yikes. Who knew? Well, he did, apparently....
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