This six part series is based off a still life that I had done. As a part of class I participated in a program called back water clean up. As a class we went out and cleaned up the Back River of Essex. While we were cleaning I found three of the pieces of plywood I used as canvas. They where covered in muck and rotted out, and I found them inspiring. I love the thought of using found objects in my work. So i set out to find three more, and I didn't have to look any farther than my own backyard. The woods behind my house was littered with abandoned plywood providing ample canvas. After I rinsed and primed them each piece was painted with a different repetitive shape found in the still life. Once the paint had dried I took a electric hand sander and really roughed up each board. I wanted it to feel as if they where found this way like I had done nothing to them. Like they where a part if something greater that had broken off.
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