Facebook Art Challenge Part 5

The following are my offerings for the last day of the Facebook art challenge. Two of the works were created because I was tempted by a commercial for the Roto Zip. The commercial made it seem like you could cut shapes in wood as easy as cutting paper with scissors. Initially I wanted to cut shapes out of wood for relief prints. However, while at a residency, I became intrigued by the shapes of the scraps from my collage work. Putting the best scraps together, I decided to recreate them in wood. This is the only time I used the Roto Zip. However, I had many fun outings to Lowe's while making these sculptural paintings. 

I called the scraps "Stuffing" and the first work has this as the title. Also included is a work in progress view of Stuffing. The second image uses the the leftover shape from cutting out the "stuffing". It looked to me a bit like Great Britain and I had liked Billy Bragg's song "New England". I particularly liked the song because of the way he said "a new England" rather than "New England" (another place altogether). This is a simple but big difference. So my piece is titled A New England.

The last work shown here is a drawing/ painting where I use the shapes from Stuffing. It is titled Spring Training. 

Kip Deeds, Stuffing, 48"x 42"x 2 3/4", Acrylic & Collage On Wood, 2009

Kip Deeds, Stuffing as it was being built

Kip Deeds, A New England, 42"x 23"x 2", Acrylic & Collage On Wood, 2009

Kip Deeds, Spring Training, 16" x 12 1/4", Watercolor, Acrylic, ink, & Collage, 2009

Lastly, I nominated Marcus Howell for this challenge. Marcus and I hung out and made prints for three years at the University of Illinois 1998-2001. Marcus's work is often dark, but he is a skilled draftsman and printmaker who has a distinct perspective about social justice that he applies to his narrative work (also see Sue Coe). Those that are corrupt or suffer from vanity do not escape their moral short comings. Below I am pictured in front of one of his printed works.

Kip with Marcus Howell's artwork

Marcus Howell, Magical Apparition, Mixed Media Mono-print