Painting 21: Mark

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Painting 20: Santa

Happy holidays from Painting Butt!

(Naughty) Santa's Inspiration:

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Painting Nineteen: Jay

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Painting Eighteen: Martin

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What do you do with all those paintings?

A big part of this project is about being prolific and taking risks- be it style, technique, or color.  This is really about growing as a painter and seeing where that leads me.  Originally I planned one painting a week, now i'm consistently closer to two.  And i'm enjoying it.

But...  oil paints need time to dry, you can't stack them against the wall or pile them up until they have cured even if they dry to the touch in a week or two.  Luckily I have 8 up at a show, but that still is leading to buildup, and so  this weekend I built one of what may be many racks in my basement.  An eight foot section gives me room for 15 paintings- I can't wait to see what it looks like in the end loaded up 3 high and 32 feet long!

Painting Seventeen: Levan

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Painting Sixteen: Chuck

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Painting Fifteen: Javier

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Painting 14: Spring

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Painting Thirteen: Alex

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OPENING SATURDAY

keep an eye out for flyers around town and i hope you can make it to the opening on Saturday

Painting Twelve: Seng

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Painting Eleven: Sean

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Painting Ten: Meir

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Show/Opening Info

Painting Nine: Lazy Bears

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Painting Eight: Kalimera

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Painting Seven: Stefan

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Painting Six: Reinaldo

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Painting Five: Julian

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Painting Four: Robbie

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Painting Three: Greg

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Painting Two: Pete

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Painting One: Winter

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Why paint Butt?

I've painted since i was 10, starting out with Bob Ross, moving on to school and abstract modernism and then boredom and a slow death to painting. At 31, a slower life and house with a studio brought me back to painting, but it didn't come with subjects. When my boyfriend was given a Butt magazine 2010 calendar for his birthday it was a perfect starting point for my winter project. Great pictures make great subjects, so here we are.

this is my cozy little 3rd floor studio, formerly servant's quarters, lacking electricity except for a single hanging light bulb. just about perfect.