Mr. P. Physh is Pretty in Pink
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 by admin
Mr. P. Physh, detail
For a few weeks now, I’ve been working on a painting of my puffer fish that I sketched awhile ago. Since I started my new job at the gallery, I’ve been toiling away at it on my weekends, however, it’s been giving me an enormous amount of difficulty and has been no fun at all.
Today, I decided to stop being so finicky about the whole thing, and started to play. I forgot about trying to make the fish a fish, and instead concentrated on the feel of the paint and the oil, and on capturing the truly ridiculous portrait of Mr. P. Physh who now floats in a sea of fleshy pink. This makes him more monstrous and hilarious than ever.
Finally, I like where it’s going.
More updates on this soon.
