Out of nothing and something from somewhere, and idea, and dedication.
My beautifully ugly, many layered loves.
About 50 layers across nearly 5 months.
Late March 2020- 12th Aug 2020.
Here find a vid compilation from the start to middle of the adventure:
Below find the process in photos and explanation.
Start and end, then plenty in between!
The video documentation is rather fun too- TBC
From thousands of artworks and poetry pieces written, that are hidden, stored safe in books, deliberately never a single sold.
This piece was made to be sold, as a masterpiece. And on my 40th birthday, it was left here on the car complete.
A raffle soon to start for this piece, 100% of proceeds will be applied to fund a charity dream. More details here on site.
There was a car with the paint on it’s bonnet peeling. That had accidentally hit a kangaroo dead. With broken bumper.
And a poet, due Novel Covid lockdown- not allowed to perform. Talk of graffiti art on the bonnet had been jested.
A supreme dripping mural made on hostel wall years earlier.
Layers and layers, with transparent varnish layers between. Until the mess made, was given breath and walked away.
During creation, more time has been spent gazing at it, while drying and dry. Than has been spent working on this deliberate art stunt masterpiece.
One day began, partly inspired by accident.
Purchased not gel medium but modelling paste. What to do with this stuff..?
A form of femme bull came onto being, on the front right at first. The next week, some dark red varnish stain spilt, so smeared cross whole.
And a sprawling lippy unicorn came into existence.
An adventure in outdoor art, that cannot hide from, at all! It is on the front of car, and must be done eventual justice to itself.
Turns out the initial paste was vulnerable to water. A storm in first week turned the hard base to jelly. A second day of rain would have wiped it out. So would have a drive on the local motorway.
Yet fate brought sun, it dried and hardened.
Outdoor public art is a journey!
More various varnishes holding it together each stage ensure.
We are road worthy, absolutely.
As a poet and artist who created thousands of pieces unseen that hide in books. This project is more like when busking poetry, with heart out on sleeve. Sometimes we don’t want to be seen, now there is nowhere to hide.
Art made at a time when expression is limited, congeals.
The most common feedback is that it looks like Vomit- and fair enough! At start people mostly said Bird crap? Tooth paste? Shaving cream? Latter said Candy? Entrails? Cake? Jizz? Pizza? Prawns? Salad? Oysters? Passion fruit? And Puke!!!
An unconventional piece.
A wee doco with peoples feedback will be fun!!
The piece is forged of about 50 layers of countless strokes..
Starting with modelling paste, then paint, gel medium, varnish, it is a lot of varnish!! (close to 30 mostly clear coats) Thus, ought stand the tests of time.
Finished the piece on my 40th birthday, August 12th 2020.
Wasn’t sure if it would be complete, was talking with someone who said- will it ever be finished? They had a solid point, and maybe I needed a deadline or may never be done. So on birthday celebrated last touches of paint and many layers of varnish.
That dried then to be clear and shiny.
All my adult life I have sought to setup a charity, I see a way to save the world.
The plan is to remove the bonnet, and raffle this unique piece to fund raise!
To also remove the original headlights and use them to illuminate it.
Anticipate could raise a mil or more..
There is nothing in the world like it.
This is a deliberate stunt.
Then that for 6 months of each year, that the piece will be exhibited in various galleries.
So when not with the winner of the raffle, is still public for all to see.
Then with a documentary made of how the charitable mil plus raised is spent.
100% invested to the charity dream and see how idealistic intent unfurls.
Will these silly creative beast’s fame, increasing as driving around, complete the circuit?
And fund a charitable ideal of public spaces and enviro/human services?
I believe in magic, and fate.
So here a simple artistic portal, a melting pot of potential.