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(Not-So) Portrait of an Artist #6: Joseph-Siffred Duplessis

Alsobrooks — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:14:00 +0000

More about Joseph here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Duplessis (sorry, hyperlinks aren’t showing in this microblog setting). But while we’re at it, here’s to a prosperous 2012, my friends!

Hyperlocal Camouflage lives.

Alsobrooks — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:08:00 +0000

Hey, guys. A peek at new work underway: this painting will be camouflage for the Golden Belt site. Others will follow and it’s all based on the Army’s digitized camouflage pattern, but filled in with photographic elements from specific sites.

Portrait of an Artist #5: Leon Golub

Alsobrooks — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:04:00 +0000

This is not my image. I was unable to find copyright information at the time of this posting. But the art of Leon Golub struck that revolutionary chord in me the first time I saw it as a 3″ wide reproduction in an Art History book. This was not the proper preparation for the first time I saw one of his paintings in person.

Portrait of an Artist #4: Dave Alsobrooks

Alsobrooks — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 01:15:00 +0000

So after a long string of no serious injury due to X-acto blades… seriously long… today I got mine. It was my gift to myself. Thought this image was quite funny in any case. Hope you’ve not had to visit the local urgent care facility today.

The Sound of Science!

Alsobrooks — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 02:17:00 +0000

Woah.Ok, wait a minute… Woah. This is what we’ve all taken in over the years, but not distilled. Word is born!

Portrait of an Artist #3: Lucian Freud

Alsobrooks — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 02:53:00 +0000

Real talk. Or real painting, maybe. Freud said he painted people who interested him in rooms he lived in and knew. I might argue he pushed this simple equation to places no one else was willing to visit, much less live. Rest in peace. Image © http://www.ibiblio.org

Y’all remember this?

Alsobrooks — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:31:00 +0000

Here’s the moment we were drawing winners for the raffle of New Neighbors paintings. Either I can’t bear to watch or I’m trying to reconcile who wants what painting!

Portrait of an Artist #2: Gary Hume

Alsobrooks — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:39:00 +0000

This is not my image. I was unable to find copyright information at the time of this posting.

This is major.

Alsobrooks — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:14:00 +0000

This is the first painting from my “Dropcloth” Series. I used this canvas as a dropcloth in my studio for the duration of 2010. It is a full 91.5″ tall x 55″ wide. A big’n as they might say around these parts. And as you might’ve guessed, I have another I’ve been using in 2011. I will be spending the next week varnishing the @#%* out of this piece to make the dog hair, wine spills, X-acto cuts, paint dribbles and incidentals SHINE.

Gritty little something.

Alsobrooks — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:11:00 +0000

I took this photo circa 1996 in the NYC. Came across it and thought I’d share. Poor Righteous Teachers, yo!