I recently had a painting stolen from an exhibition,Stardust #2 (pictured top left)a 38x38 aerosol i had painted back in August 2009.I feel no loss,no sense of redemption.I know it's long gone and yet i feel honestly quite flattered.My curators are making things right and there are no worries.I have many questions of course ,but no answers.Does this sorta thing happen very often to starving artists and if not why am i a starving artist?I like the motivation this question raises in me.I look at this as an opportunity to make an evolution with that particular motif (Marilyn Monroe)...I blew the image up by another 100% and set about creating 6 multiple stencils for a two-tone effect,along with 6 stencils for 3 different sized two-tone stars.The first one in this series of 5 is "Stardust #5 (pictured top right) a 21x27 aerosol on canvas beat my own wildest expectations.I was then accepted to present work for the i heART show February 13th at Junctionview studios and i hurriedly set about on a 23x32 "Stardust Valentine" with the holiday of love (both good & bad)in mind.I enjoyed working on it while listening to an 80's mix of The cure,smiths,talking heads,public image and some others.I painted and envisioned myself working in New York City in the 80's.A favorite day dream of mine and as i painted i thought of no valentine,no past love or great love lost.The moments flowed thru me as the paint flowed from the can.It felt "Just like heaven"............
