Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Art in progress

My friend Mike Fitts, a kick-ass artist in Charlottesville, recently posted a series of photos on Facebook. The series shows one of his paintings from beginning to completion.

Mike paints in oil on found metal. He fashions metal into a canvas shape around wood framing and paints small objects—often kitschy or vintage—realistically to the point of trompe l’oeil. Below, a painting that will be in a show in NYC later this spring.





and the final painting—the twinkies are actual size; the whole piece is 15 by 21":

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