10/02/2007

Lost Painting: Underwater Mustard

This one was so thick (and lumpy as oatmeal) from overwork that it weighed twice as much as other paintings its size (48 x 48 inches).  The rim was dark and blurred so it didn't interfere with the center, which looked like a patch of rusty mustard corrosion glittering on the side of a sunken ship.

I kept this around for years even though I knew it was a goner, because I liked looking at it.  Every time I picked it up and felt that extra 15+ lbs. of invisible, buried paint I thought "It even feels like a burden."