Oh how I adore working in large format!! It makes my heart sing. I still remember painting this piece in the basement corner of my friend’s rental house. I was looking for a studio space after undergrad and she offer a spot in their basement saying they only used their basement for laundry. It was a dream. She gave me a key to the house and let me come and go as I pleased for four years!!! What a gift she (and her roommates) gave to the young aspiring artist I was. In this corner I worked tirelessly anytime I could, slinking in and out the back door, trying not to be noticed or bother them. It was there that I developed a body of work that got me in to graduate school at CUNY Brooklyn College. This painting will always carry these memories for me. Memories of beginnings and working hard and generosity.
Life and Story of a Painting Commission : The McCullough Painting
Living with Original Art - The ongoing life and story of a painting commission.
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