Broken Arrow / Contest

Broken Arrow (36x24in, aerosol on canvas, 2012)

Yo! Whats good? Here's the most recent commission from the Singularities series, which I finished and delivered late last week. I had a lot of fun with this piece, and a lot of thought went into it as well. I was planning on explaining all of the inspiration and thought patterns behind the work in a verbose & long-winded blog post, as usual, but I'm way more curious what it makes you think of. Shoot me an email at ajalouden@gmail.com with 'Broken Arrow' in the subject line, and tell me what you're looking at up there! Don't be shy, say whatever you're thinking, and be honest! Whoever has the most thought-provoking or hilarious or most original response will receive a mystery painting, courtesy of me. Get at me!! 

**contest ends july 15 2012**

Sneak Peek: New Paintings!

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Yeah yeah yeah!! I'm back again with a sneak peek at the new work - I was trying to keep it under wraps until the upcoming solo show at Finesse, but I'm too stoked and have to give you all a lil look. I've been working nonstop on a new body of abstract work that has a much stronger focus on texture and patina than my previous work, and in short tries to visually elucidate the amorphous relationships between homo sapiens, technology, and the urban environment. This style is extremely time consuming and laborious, because it basically involves layering several paintings on top of each other and discarding the majority of each to make a single new painting. This stacking of layers as a process is evidenced partially as texture within the final painting, and perhaps makes a statement of its own regarding the structure of the aforementioned relationships. The photos you see here (more to come before the show!) are details of much larger works, and obviously aren't very efficient at capturing the texture or patina of the work, so you just gotta come to the show to really check it out!