MARCH 'SILHOUETTES' SHOW BY SANDYJONES IN HIS OWN WORDS...
SO I HAD ONE WEEK TO PUT TOGETHER AN IMPROMPTU COLLECTION AND SHOW FOR A FRIEND WHO CURATES THE SPACE AT A DOWNTOWN PORTLAND JOINT CALLED CAPTAIN ANKENEY'S WELL. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I AGREED AND GOT TO BUSTING BUTT. THE RESULTING WORK WAS A NEWER THING FOR ME... SAME SUBJECTS THAT MY USUAL INFATUATIONS INSPIRE ME TO PAINT, WOMEN, BUT IN A NEW WAY.
IN ALL HONESTY, THESE ARE (OR WERE) ONLY HALF-FINISHED. I INTENDED TO PAINT HIGHLIGHTS ON TOP OF THE BLACK SILHOUETTES AND ACHIEVE SOMETHING LIKE A VELVET PAINTING IN STYLE, WITH SOME GRAF FLAVOR (HENSE THE DRIPS). WHEN THE DAY OF HANGING THE SHOW ARRIVED, I WAS ONLY HALF WAY THERE. I DISCUSSED IT WITH A FRIEND AND DECIDED THEY COULD FLY AS-IS AND I'D SIMPLY CHANGE MY AIM WITH THE PIECES. IT WAS ACTUALLY AN AWESOME EXERCISE IN RESTRAINT. AT TIMES, I CAN PAINT A SINGLE CANVAS FOR MONTHS... OR LONGER! SO FOR ME TO STOP AT SUCH A RAW STAGE WAS OPENING A NEW VULNERABILITY FOR ME.
I EMBRACED THIS NEW TRUST IN OUTSIDE VIEWS OF THE ART AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT... SUCCESS! PEOPLE RESPONDED REALLY WELL TO THESE PAINTINGS AND I LOVE IT! THE REACTION WAS SO WELL THAT I SOLD THREE OF THE PIECES BEFORE I EVEN HUNG THEM AT THE VENUE!!! THREE MORE SOLD THE OPENING NIGHT (TENTATIVELY, AS THEY WERE OVER-EXCITED BOOZE-INFUSED OFFERS...) THERE ARE STILL A HANDFUL OF THE PIECES LEFT FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN OWNING PART OF THIS COLLECTION, SO DON'T FRET.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT, AND ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO OPTED TO 'TAKE A LADY HOME'... LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THESE ON A DIFFERENT CANVAS. THE ORIGINALS ARE ON FOAM-CORE WHICH BOWS AND ANNOYS THE SHIT OUT OF ME, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE LIGHT AS FUCK AND EASY TO HANG. I MAY TRY MASONITE OR STRETCHED CANVAS NEXT ROUND... AND I AM ALSO GOING TO PAINT THE TYPE OF IMAGE I HAD ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO, A FULLY DEVELOPED PORTRAITED SILHOUETTE. STAY TUNED!
-SANDY
HERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL SHOTS OF THE OPENING NIGHT AND SOME IMPORTANT PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE:
THANKS TO ANKENEY'S, REBECCA AND JOHN FOR PUTTING ON THE VENUE, AND TO MY FRIENDS WHO SHOWED THEIR SUPPORT. LOOK FOR UPCOMING SHOWS THROUGH MYSPACE.COM/SANDYMFJONES AND THIS BLOG. THE RESTAURANT 'HASH' WILL BE HOSTING A SHOW IN MAY FEATURING THE WORK OF SANDYJONES WITH BETH MYRICK AND A KID NAMED MATT. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR MORE NEWS ABOUT THIS TO COME.
