KEITH ALLYN SPENCER

Category: painting

Spy Kids Two

  Spy Kids Two, slate board, acrylic paint, staples, paper, flour, water, mix well, 14 1/3″ tall -+, 2012   backside revealed        

Kinda miss Cholos

Kinda miss Cholos, son’s old clean underwear with doodoo stain, found plywood, staples, 7.001″ tall, 2012 front-side revealed —– HA!      

Walk the Talk If You Can Talk the Walk

Walk the Talk If You Can Talk the Walk, crazy-fresh-dope plywood w/ some dirty scum, ink, dimensions vary – 6.66663″ tall when compressed, 2012 front-side revealed    

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, wood, spray paint for graffiti, gesso for houses, a lot of angst. 14.4″ wide (three parts), 2012   3/4 view      

HOT bod 2D ResQ

HOT bod 2D ResQ, plywood panel, KILLZ primer, GOLDEN acrylic, AMERICAN EAGLE bag, 8.12345″ tall -+, 2012     backside revealed…or I mean the front revealed…   (Now the top left piece is missing.) — I’ve got to document this on a non-white wall, but frankly, no pun intended, I heart the white wall. There... Continue reading HOT bod 2D ResQ

Handsaw Massacre

Handsaw Massacre, wood panel, professional artist paint, student grade paint, professional student acrylic paint, found white-sweaty-under t-shirt reeking of bad cologne, 9.99999994″ tall -+, 2012     backside and studio assistant revealed      

Speech Speech Speech Delay

Speech Speech Speech Delay, found purchased wood, purchased found wood, fine academic artist acrylic paint, primer, junk mail, war story, 6 1/1″ tall, 2012   Backside revealed…or is it the front that is revealed?? I don’t know. Whatever you want. Front. Back. Side to Side. Tootsie Roll. Whoop! There it is.        ... Continue reading Speech Speech Speech Delay

Emerging Adulthood

Emerging Adulthood, wrinkled cotton t-shirt, staples, academic grade acrylic paint, professional grade acrylic paint, professional academic grade paint, wood bits, 14.14″ tall-+, 2012.   backside, and where I went to lunch, revealed      

If I Saw You I Would Look at You Then Look Away

If I Saw You I Would Look at You Then Look Away, super fine artist canvas for fine artist painting, academic acrylic paint, salvaged wood bits, staples, 8.939393939393″ tall, 2012      

R to the I to the P

R to the I to the P , plywood, found shirt, acrylic paint, tension, 5.949″ tall -+ (two parts), 2012         Found this shirt on the basketball court. If it was yours, I’m sorry you forgot it there.              

B xtra Careful 2day

B xtra Careful 2day, wood, pastel, trouble, angst, anxiety, relief, 36/6″ tall -+ (three parts), 2012             These cut-out pieces, as I take the liberty of saying, have been an utterly painful pain in the side of my pain. I must have decorated (yes, I just said decorate), the surface... Continue reading B xtra Careful 2day

Billy Taylor #7

  Billy Taylor #7, newfound plywood, acrylic paint, staples, cotton T-shirt found at Billy Taylor Park basketball courts, dried sweat, 4.9” h, 2012       backside revealed — and toe fungus      

Adopt a Dawg

Adopt a Dawg, fine artist fine-artist pastels, fine-artist pastel dust, eraser dust from fine-artist pastel, a pinch of student-grade academic acrylic paint, wood from an old DIY entertainment center. 700/9.2″ tall more or less (two parts), 2012          

#GOOOOOOOOOOOL-D

#GOOOOOOOOOOOL-D, repurposed dismantled wooden shelf, fine artist fine pastel, academic acrylic paint, filth, eraser dust, 10 22/22” tall, 2012      

Intergalactic Boombastic

  Intergalactic, acrylic paint, paint contractor’s canvas drop-cloth, plywood, staples, 14 1/43″ tall -+, 2012     Created to measure the level of a combination of feelings including euphoria, ecstasy, excitement (usually but not limited to non sexual excitement), light-heartedness, and general glee situated between two or more galaxies. Far out, man.        

You ll Always B Missd

You ll Always B Missd, found shirt, painter’s paint, plywood, two staples, hard time, but not hard time like prison time, just hard time as in pain in the rear, 6.66″ tall mas o menos, 2012.                                      ... Continue reading You ll Always B Missd

Wherever U R There U Go

Wherever U R There U Go, slat board, found Boston Celtics basketball jersey via Billy Taylor Park, staples, sore inner-thigh muscle, little guilt, 7.333232323232″ tall more or less, 2012 backside revealed   360 dunk in your face. Tough guys and gals, hot and humid on the mid-day basketball court, strut their stuff. They take off... Continue reading Wherever U R There U Go

almost Relevant

almost Relevant, fine artist’s fine art pastel, fine pastel dust, sample board from interior design company given to Paul Housberg Glass Project, 7″ x 7.11″ roughly, 2012.            

Suggested Reading

Suggested Reading, wood, pastel, paint (three parts, lots of fun). 5.5555555″ tall -+, 2012  

Do One Thang at a Time

  Do One Thang at a Time, pre-made stretcher bars, found wood, debris, oil, ink, staples, canvas. 20″ tall -+, 2011        

On Country Time at POOLHAUS

        P O O L H A U S http://thepoolhaus.blogspot.com/ ON COUNTRY TIME — July 8-22 Stuart Lorimer Dan Schein Zuriel Waters Jonathan Peck Keith Allyn Spencer Hugo Lutz Arielle Avenia

Tumbleweeds at Sunset Surf Club

Keith Allyn Spencer (left and upper-right), El Sol 25 (middle)   Keith Allyn Spencer (left), Daniel Barragan ( right 3), Raul Manyfeathers (floor)   SUNSET SURF CLUB http://sunsetsurfclub.com/ Tumbleweeds — June 30 – July 7   Keith Allyn Spencer Eric Mckillip Daniel Barragan Arto Barragan Cecil El Sol 25 Raul Manyfeathers      

Cut Yourself Some Slack

Cut Yourself Some Slack, found plywood, paint, old Hanes undershirt, staples. Dimensions: 12″ tall -+, 2012  

Adopt a Child Thru the Mail

Adopt a Child Thru the Mail, floor board, children’s underwear (my son’s), water-based paint, staples. Dimensions: 7″ tall -+, 2012

Please Try

  Please Try, bottom of orange bin, fine artist oil paint, 9″ tall -+, 2012  

This Bud s For U

  This Bud s Four U, floor board, plywood, particle board, board board, bored board, bored boar, 7″ tall -+, 2012      

Next Mastapeace Lullaby

  Next Mastapeace Lullaby, plywood, acid rain, pollution, global warming, ADHD, 49/2.3493920″ tall -+, 2012                

Practice Patience

Practice Patience, orange wooden bin, hair, water-based acrylic paint for children 21 and under, sawdust, filth, grime, gross, 5.939″ tall, 2012       3/4 view     detail of a detail of detailed detail

Ol’ Wil’ Wes’ Paraphernalia

Ol’ Wil’ Wes’ Paraphernalia, wood, staples, acrylic paint, old worn out cotton undershirt. Dimensions: 23.9393″ tall -+, 2012 3/4 view    

Clean The Grease Traps Dear

Clean The Grease Traps Dear, wood, staples, orange juice carton cover. Dimensions: 7 99/9999999939390″ tall -+, 2012      

Three Horrible Nights

Three Horrible Nights, wood, canvas drop-cloth, cotton underwear (SpongeBob Edition), staples. Dimensions: 45/5″ tall -+, 2012 backside revealed    

YOU Can To

YOU Can To, wood, burlap, cotton underwear (CARS), staples. Dimensions: 8.3393939329202″ -+, 2012   )backside revealed(

Tale U$ Y

Tale U$ Y, wood, canvas, oil paint, staples. Dimensions: 8″ tall -+, 2012      

Life’s a Beach’d Whale

Life’s a Beach’d Whale, oil paint, scrap canvas brush, oil paint grime, filth, residue, 14″ tall -+, 2012

Still Live

  Still Live, oil paint, canvas drop-cloth, wood, frustration, angst, 24″ wide -+, 2012    

Still Aloof

Still Aloof, oil paint, drop-cloth canvas, art bits, paint grime, 15″ tall -+, 2012   It is seemingly very very very rare when there is a painting I’ve made and actually love it.  Most likely I may look back come a few more weeks or months with a change of heart, but maybe not. This... Continue reading Still Aloof

Stand Alone and Deliver

Stand Alone and Deliver, wood, canvas, oil, bits, pieces, drill holes, staples, 13″tall -+, 2012 Installed and left at Domino’s Pizza, 845 N. Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 2013.  

Mythografia at BULL AND RAM

View more installation photographs HERE. JOANNE GREENBAUM (foreground), PAUL DEMURO, KEITH ALLYN SPENCER, PAUL DEMURO, MICHAEL BERRYHILL (left to right)  

Gang Tattoo Removal

Gang Tattoo Removal, ink, wood, my son’s old outgrown underwear (clean), 4″ tall, 2012

Makes You Big and Strong

  Makes You Big and Strong, oil paint, wood, my son’s old white undershirt, staples, 12″ tall more or less, 2012 Installed and left at Monroe County Public Health Clinic located at 333 E. Miller Drive, Bloomington, IN  

Mister Fancy Pants

Mister Fancy Pants, oil paint, grime, recycled art bits, my son’s old outgrown “SpongeBob” edition underwear, staples backside revealed  

Talkin’ Trash Talkin’

Talkin’ Trash Talkin’, wood, oil paint, trash, staples, 2012 backside revealed The oil from the rear, with time, will seep to the front creating a slightly visible impression of the painting’s structural wooden framework…..I hope.  

Minorities Expected 2 B Majority

Minorities Expected 2 B Majority, art bits, canvas drop-cloth, oil paint, oil paint grime, filth, debris, my son’s old outgrown undershirt , staples, nail, 2012

Money Supermarket

Money Supermarket, oil, wood, staples, “Stop and Shop” newspaper sales ad, 2012   My oldest son had for a Pre-K homework assignment to invent a name for a grocery store. He came up with “Money”. He is a damn genius.

Sometimes I Feel 100 Sometimes I Feel 12

Sometimes I Feel 100 Sometimes I Feel 12, my son’s outgrown “Toy Story 3” underwear, wood bits, oil, staples, 2012. Installed and left at WorkOne,450 S. Landmark Avenue, Bloomington, IN.   backside revealed, you lucky bastard, you   3/4 view  

It S Just Like Dat

It S Just Like Dat, wood, paint residue, laser-jet print on paper, flour-paste, staple, 2012 Installed and left at Jump-N-Joey’s, 108 North Curry Pike, Bloomington, IN 47404.  

Check N Near Buy

Check N Near Buy, Rhode Island real estate ad, glue, wood, a little bit of rubbing, a little bit of hugging, staple. Dimensions: 5.02″ tall more or less backside revealed

Long Time Awaits Mainly Nothing

Long Time Awaits Mainly Nothing, wood, paper…for drawing it says, oil paint grime, staples, acrylic paint,. Dimensions: 12.2″ tall, 2012

Wake Up and Smell

Wake Up and Smell, fine artist oil paint, canvas drop-cloth, used and abused old art scraps, debris, mildew, fungus, herpes, staples. Dimensions: 5 100/200″ tall mas o menos, 2012 Installed and left at American Painting and Sandblasting, 45 Reservoir Road, Coventry, Rhode Island.   bad photography happens when you are scared of getting beat up by... Continue reading Wake Up and Smell

You R So That You Don’t Always

You R So That You Don’t Always, canvas, wood, paint residue, filth, Home Depot “Paint Crackle” medium, staples, screws, nails, pins. Dimensions: 12.24″ tall more or less, 2012    

In It Tu When It

In It Tu When It, canvas, oil, fake sawdust, real sawdust, art bits, do-dats, all my hugs, all my kisses you don’t know what you’ve been-a missing, staples. Dimensions: 6.39398203″ tall more or less, 2012 Installed at Providence Library — Rochambeau Branch, 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI.    

Fruity Pebbles

Fruity Pebbles, motor oil paint, dust, hair, mother nature, termite infested wood bits, staples, nails, fine artist drop-cloth. Dimensions vary, 2011 Installation varies. That’s part of why I love these multi-pieces sooo much. They are completely flexible and open-minded with arms spread wide. Install them in a line: side to side or top to bottom,... Continue reading Fruity Pebbles

Up To Their Balls N Debt

Up To Their Balls N Debt, the finest artist oil paint, even finer quality watercolour paint, discarded art bits, the strongest staples ever manufactured, and the ugliest/oldest white under-shirt my son ever used. Dimensions: near 8″ tall, 2011 I’d say this is the first time where the “back” of the piece is actually the front... Continue reading Up To Their Balls N Debt

Against the Law to Have Just Juan

Against the Law to Have Just Juan, fine artist oil paint, felt, wood bits & pieces, staples, paint residue, Dimensions: 10″ tall more or less, 2011 Installed and left at Home Depot, 387 Charles Street, Providence, Rhode Island (2012).            

Time to Cut Your Pelo

Time to Cut Your Pelo, wood, sawdust, fine artist oil paint of the highest caliber, my son’s old shirt, discarded and forgotten art bits, particle board, studio filth/grime, hair, cobwebs, Dimensions: roughly 10 inches tall, 2011        

Follow Directions

Follow Directions, fine artist oil paint, fine artist filth, fine artist grime, regular guy staples, wood bits, discarded art, canvas drop-cloth, dimensions vary: more or less under 10″, 2011  

get along lil doggie

get along lil doggie, wood, fine ass artist oil paints (Bob Ross), canvas drop-cloth, staples, Burger King buy one get one free coupon, heart, soul, stomach. Dimensions = x + y + z =(something around 13″ x 14″ x .7599328201″), 2011 Is it because I don’t know what position to hang it in? Yes. I... Continue reading get along lil doggie

It’s a Delivery Truck Rocket Ship

It’s a Delivery Truck Rocket Ship, made w/ the traditional paint materials: oil, wood, canvas, and of course staples. Duh! Dimensions: near 7″ tall, 2011  

Joe Pickett

Joe Pickett, oil, canvas, old SpongeBob pajamas (not mine, my son’s), some sawdust, sprinkles, pony hair, staples, wood, Dimensions: 14″ tall — more or less, 2011                

Fernando Valenzuela

Fernando Valenzuela, oil, canvas, wood, parts, bits, pieces, filthy ass filth, staples, dimensions vary (two parts), stir, mix, blend well, serve chilled, 2011 I’m down to show this piece any mother f’n’ way, just give me the chance, g                        

Randall Cunningham

Randall Cunningham, oil paint, my son’s old underwear (“Thomas and Friends” edition), studio filth, staples, discarded art bits/wood, size: 10″ tall — more or less (two parts), 2011

Heathcliff Huxtable

Heathcliff Huxtable , oil on canvas w/ wood, staples, filth, grime, paint residue (m/m), two parts, dimensions: 7″ tall or so, 2011

Darryl Strawberry

Darryl Strawberry, wood, oil paint, canvas, some filthy ass-shit, staples, no nails or screws or bolts or nuts, but you gotta go nuts, 8 1/2″ tall or so, 2011 all dogs go to heaven

Leeroy Alyn

Leeroy Alyn, oil, canvas, wood, debris, filth, 9/11 commemorative flier, dimensions vary (small/precious), 2011

Jethro Socorro

m/m including but not limited to m/m, dimensions vary, 2011

Ethal Emilia

Ethal Emilia, m/m (canvas, wood, oil, staples) 2011, dimensions vary depending on installation; otherwise, it’s around 12″ tall and can be extended to 24″ tall — mas o menos

Huey Luis

Huey Luis, m/m (my son’s old Thomas the Train flannel pajamas, canvas, oil, wood, staples), 2011, small size, two parts  

Clifton Santiago

Clifton Santiago, m/m (oil, wood, canvas, staples), 2011, small scale — 7 inches tall or so Installed in the Service Department’s waiting room at Elmwood Dodge Chrysler Jeep, 625 Taunton Avenue, East Providence, Rhode Island.  

Jerrome Jacobo

Jerrome Jacobo, m/m, 2011, small scale Installed and left, WITH PERMISSION, at UPS Store, 11 South Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Island.          

Antonio Estupinan

Antonio  Estupinan, oil paint, the white mesh from the inside of my old swimming trunks, reborn art stretcher pieces, staples, 2011, 13 1/2″ x 7 1/17″ backside revealed 3/4 view

Fernando Lavenant

Fernando Lavenant, oil paint, my son’s old underwear Toy Story 3 edition – size 5T, old wooden stretcher scraps, paint residue, staples, 2011, 8 2/9″ x 4.0″ backside revealed 3/4 views

Juan Leyva

Juan  Leyva, oil, my son’s old underwear-size 3T, wood, staples, 2011, 8 1/3″ x 3 99/100″ backside revealed 3/4 views

Consuela Jimenez

        Installed and left Consuela Jimenez at the United States Post Office branch located at 24 Corliss St # 100. I had been meaning to install a painting here for a while since my family and I frequent this branch quite often, but I always hesitated for some reason or another (too... Continue reading Consuela Jimenez

Elena Sanchez

Elena Sanchez, oil paint for only the finest artists, canvas drop-cloth for only the toughest paint contractors, readymade canvas stretcher corner wooden wedges, staples, 2011, 6 99/100″ x 6 1/2″ 3/4 view

Angel Aragon

Angel  Aragon, fine artist oil paint, crotch mesh from an old pair of my swimming trunks, discarded art pieces, scrap wood, boogers, staples, 2011, 11 1/21″ x 7 1/2″ Installed and left at Holiday Inn Express, 5500 Tuttle Crossing Blvd, Dublin, Ohio 43016.   3/4 view 3/4 view backside revealed detail

Slipping N2 Comparison 4D Sake Of Good S Madness

Slipping N2 Comparison 4D Sake Of Good S Madness, oil, canvas, discarded art wood and canvas, staples, 2011, 9″ x 8 1/1″ Installed and left at the Carousel Village at Roger Williams Park, 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island.   backside revealed 3/4 view

Control S A Means Of Social Sin

Control S A Means Of Social Sin, oil, canvas, discarded art pieces, wood scraps, free Slurpee coupon from 7-11, 2011, 13 1/77″ x 7″ Installed and left at SpeeDee Oil Change, 985 North Main Street Providence, RI. 3/4 view backside revealed

Too Many Mothers Shouldn’t Make Sacrifices

Too Many Mothers Shouldn’t Make Sacrifices, oil, canvas drop-cloth, foul odor, paint residue, subflooring board, staples, 2011, 14″ x 9 1/2″ backside revealed 3/4 view

U Can’t Fool Yo Self If U R Fooling Others

U Can’t Fool Yo Self If U R Fooling Others, oil paint for fine artist painters such as myself, canvas drop-cloth for paint contractors and home do-it-yourselfers like myself, wood, staples, 2011, 09 1/1″ x 7″ backside revealed 3/4 view

Saying Thank U Mucho Means A Lot

Saying Thank U Mucho Means A Lot, oil, painters canvas drop-cloth (my favorite fabric to use), staples, discarded art piece and plywood, 2011, 11″ x 5 8/9″ backside revealed 3/4 view

F U Live About Simply 2 Worry There S Nothing

      F U Live About Simply 2 Worry There S Nothing, oil, painters canvas drop cloth, discarded art pieces, wood, plywood, lil dirt, staples, 2011, 5″ x 4.223″ x 2 1/19″ 3/4 view three quarter view

He S A Real Wild Juan

He S A Real Wild Juan, oil, painters canvas drop cloth, wood, discarded art bits, grime, filth, staples, 2011, 8 22/309″ x 4.99″ x  33/11″ 3/4 view 3/4 view

It S Better 2 B Jaded Then Naive

It S Better 2 B Jaded Then Naive, oil, painters canvas drop cloth, discarded art bits, wood, board, plywood and playwood, elbow grease, staples, 2011, 5″ x 4″ x 4 1/177″ 3/4 view 3/4 view

Raise D Roof And Shoot Em On Down

Raise D Roof And Shoot Em On Down, oil, paint residue, wood, discarded art scraps, canvas, staples, and those little wooden wedges that come with pre-made painting stretchers, 2011, 12/2″ x 8/2″ 3/4 view backside revealed

This S Ur Brain This S Ur Brain On Drugs

This S Ur Brain This S Ur Brain On Drugs, oil, discarded board, felt, staples, 2011, 14 2/3″ x 8 3/4″ Installed and left at Providence’s Ben & Jerry’s located at 237 Meeting Street. 3/4 view backside revealed      

Smoke Time S A Gigantic Leisure Screen

Smoke Time S A Gigantic Leisure Screen, purple fabric paint, canvas, discarded pine wood pieces, staples, floor filth including glitter, 2011, 8.1″ x 6.1″ Installed and left at the office of Dr.Sperber in the Hillside Family and Community Medicine  located at 727 East Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. 3/4 view backside revealed

Can U Help Prepare Worrying

Can U Help Prepare Worrying, discarded drywall pieces, canvas, staples, floor filth/grime/dust/dirt/old paint residue, 2011, 6 99/99″ x 4″ 3/4 view

Romantic Women Was Invented Too Manipulate Love

Romantic Women Was Invented Too Manipulate Love, oil, canvas, staples, grime, and those little wooden chips that come with pre-bought stretchers to wedge in the corners for re-stretching purposes, 2011, 5 3/4″ x 4 15/16″ 3/4 view backside revealed

Use 2 Much Force Often Fathers

Use 2 Much Force Often Fathers, oil, canvas, wood, staples, KISS poster cutout, 2011, 6 1/2″ x 9/3.9″ 3/4 view backside revealed

A Man Walked Into A Bar

A Man Walked Into A Bar, oil, green chile burlap potato sack, discarded art pieces, staples, 2011, (6+1)” x 3 19/20″. Installed at Walmart located at 51 Silver Spring Street, Providence, Rhode Island (8/2012).   3/4 view backside revealed

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><, oil pastels, floor filth, fabric paint, canvas, plywood triangles, staples, 2011, 7″ x 6 98/99″ 3/4 view backside revealed

Door-Stop Thief Faces 15 2 20

Door-Stop Thief Faces 15 2 20, oil, canvas, several different door stops, paint residue, staples, 2011, 6 1/4″ x 6 3/88″ Installed and left at Chips Auto Transport, 295 Union Street, East Walpole, Massachusetts.       3/4 view backside revealed installation shot at OFG (Courtesy of Oliver Francis Gallery)

He S Who He S

He S Who He S, my lil boys old SpiderMan underwear, plywood, discarded art pieces, staples, fine artists oil paint, and some weird/found oil paint that has still remained tacky for over three months, 2011, 121/11″ x 125/25.3″ 3/4 view backside revealed

“Keep and Clean Your Dirty Sex Fights” — Kevin Tocino

“Keep and Clean Your Dirty Sex Fights” — Kevin Tocino, oil, ink, gamsol scum, clorox bleach, canvas, found wood, staples, 2011, 8″ x 4.556663239389298383929238292300329834282920320323293289320032932893203429239832932040432932093203293420903293290320″ Installed and left at the Providence Children’s Museum Coming to Rhode Island exhibit.     3/4 view backside revealed  

Go 2 NewYork and Turn Ur TV ON

  (after) Go 2 NewYork and Turn Ur TV ON, oil, canvas, found board, sweat, sawdust, regular dust, canvas, 2011, 10 111/230″ x 7.21″ More than one year later I couldn’t stand this painting anymore, even though it used to be one of my favorites, I went ahead and flipped it inside-out. Refreshing………………………………..for now.  ... Continue reading Go 2 NewYork and Turn Ur TV ON

Past 0ld Friends R Better n d Left

Past 0ld Friends R Better n d Left, oil, old wooden bits and pieces, discarded art fragments, paint residue, staples, 2011, 28/2″ x 6.5493″ Installed and left at Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island’s 6th floor family waiting room.   3/4 view

Trouble Causes Mo Thought Than Action

Trouble Causes Mo Thought Than Action, canvas, safety yellow enamel paint, acrylic, plywood, staples, Brown University painting studio floor filth/glitter, 2011, 13″ x 7 33/34″ 3/4 view

Listen When UR Talks Body

Listen When UR Talks Body, oil, plastic produce bad, discarded art pieces, 2011, 7 11/32″ x 5.49300″   3/4 view

Weak Recluses Always Get

Weak Recluses Always Get, oil, good ol’ fashion artist canvas, wood, staples, 2011, 5 3/4″ x 4 15/16″ 3/4 view

Lil Pe0ple R 4 M0rals

Lil Pe0ple R 4 M0rals, fine canvas drop cloth, paint residue, staples, Oaxaca folk art remnants, 2011, 14″ x 5 1/1″ 3/4 view

Can N0ise B Hostile

Can N0ise B Hostile, oil, cotton, discarded weave, wood, staples, 2011, 5.434382″ x 4 1/111″ Installed and left at Savers, 1925 Pawtucket Ave  East Providence, RI 3/4 view

Trooper Clap!

Trooper Clap!, oil, canvas, wood, drywall bits, discarded art, staples, 2011, 13 3/4″ x 4.7839″

A Lot 0f Cr0ckpots R Professionals

A Lot 0f Cr0ckpots R Professionals, oil, filth, debris, drywall bits, my son’s old underwear, discarded art, staples, 2011, 8.24″ x 4.37282294″

Soul T00 Sole

Soul T00 Sole, discarded fine artist’s oil, Brown University painting studio floor filth, abandoned readymade canvas stretcher wooden corner-chips, canvas, staples, 2011, 75/12″ x 4.37″ 3/4 view  

Nell Painter’s Painting

Nell Painter’s Painting, oil, plywood, canvas, staples, studio debris/filth, 2011, 4 33/44″ x 3 54/61″

Legitimate Investigation S A Area Of N E Thing

Legitimate Investigation S A Area Of N E Thing, oil, acrylic, floor filth from Brown University painting studios, discarded stretcher workshop wooden pieces, staples, 2011, 8 1/33″ x 4.25″ 3/4 view

D Real Issues 0ften 0bscures Drama

D Real Issues 0ften 0bscures Drama, wood, twig, doorstop, oil, floor filth, staples, my son’s old underwear (cleaned version), 2011, 5 77/309″ x 5 45/47″ 3/4 view

2 B Pure S D 0nly Way 2 Stay Buy YoSelf

2 B Pure S D 0nly Way 2 Stay Buy YoSelf, oil, acrylic, discarded wood parts from a stretcher building workshop, Brown University painting studios floor filth and debris, 2011, 7 33/44″ x 5 1/2″ 3/4 view

According 2 0perable Laws d W0rld 0perates

  According 2 0perable Laws d W0rld Operates installed and left at Burlington Coat Factory 60 Newport Avenue, Rumford, Rhode Island. Materials: canvas, discarded wood parts from a stretcher making workshop, Brown University painting studios floor grime/paint residue, filth, 2011, 49/7″ x 5 1/98″   3/4 view

Reign Bro Brite

Reign Bro Brite, oil, wood, mechanics rag, staples, grime, paint residue, dirt, sawdust, 7″ x 6 23/25″, 2011

Kars

      Kars, oil, wood, mystic artifacts, staples, and my lil’ boy’s old underwear, 2011, 6″ x 5 7/8″

Spydurmn

    Spydurmn, oil, wood, staples, and my lil’ boys old underwear, 2011, 5 1/9″ x 4″

Born 2 Loose

Born 2 Loose, oil, ink, wood, discarded art, Vogue magazine cutouts, filth, grime, staples, and my lil’ boy’s old underwear, 2011, 8 45/88″ x 4 22/33″   backside revealed

Relative Decency S A Thing

  Relative Decency S A Thing, oil, wood, staples, our son’s old window valance from when he was a lil’ baby, 2011, 12 12/12″ x 4 1/2″

X Rug

  X Rug, oil, particle board, bathmat, staples, tub scum, and grime, 2011, 8 2/3″ x 8 23/45″ Installed and left in the children’s bedroom showroom section of IKEA (Stoughton, Massachusetts)    

Dr. Robinson’s Xmas Gift

  Dr. Robinson’s Xmas Gift, oil, wood, discarded car parts, readymade art portions, filth, debris, staples, and a “Arizona” brand western shirt, 17″ x 5″, 2011

African Mosque

  African Mosque, oil, canvas, wood, discarded art, filth, grime, tons of anxiety and disappointment, and staples, 2011, 11 1/3″ x 5 77/89″

Old Man Sweater

  Old Man Sweater, oil, wood, staples, and my favorite sweater ever, 9 3/4″ x 6 15/16″, 2011 Installed and left at Center for Obstetrics & Gynecology located at 297 Promenade Street, Providence, Rhode Island.  

Stone Yielding

  Stone Yielding, oil, canvas, wood, staples, grime, debris, 2011, 5″ x 19″

U r a Fool Sure Means Being Yo Self

  U r a Fool Sure Means Being Yo Self, oil, canvas, discarded art pieces, found board, cut headboard, staples, filth, Vogue Magazine cutout, grime, 2011

A Mother Can’t No What It s 2 b A Man

A Mother Can’t No What It s 2 b A Man, oil, canvas, wood, discarded art, grime, filth, Vogue cutout, pine twig, sonogram printout, 2011, 11″ x 7 2/3″

Barbaric s Torture

Barbaric s Torture, oil, canvas, wood, staples, filth, discarded art, Vogue Magazine scraps, Pine twig, 2011, 6″ x 5 12/45″,   installed at Oliver Francis Gallery, Dallas, TX (photos courtesy of Oliver Francis Gallery…thanks Oliver Francis!). December 2011: NOW! THAT’S WHAT I CALL ART: VOL 1       installed at Sol Koffler Gallery, RISD,... Continue reading Barbaric s Torture

Blue Tooth

Blue Tooth, oil, canvas, wood, staples, debris, dust, 2011, 4 12/66″ x 12 45/76″  

Terror Dome

Terror Dome, oil, gray submarine oil based primer, board, discarded art, YMCA swimming lessons flier, staples, wood panel, 47″ x 30″, 2011   installation shot

Trust Washing Ton

  Trust Washington, oil, wood, canvas, staples, grime, paint residue, 11″ x 8 22/44″, 2011 Placed and left at Washington Trust Bank located at 56 Westminster Street Providence, Rhode Island

Wild Thaaang

Wild Thaaang, oil, gesso, bed bugs, triangles, plywood, canvas, staples, 2011, 20″ x 8 3/4″     Installation shot: We Care A Lot at the Sol Koffler Gallery (after the show came down)   (detail)     Installation shot: We Care A Lot at the Sol Koffler Gallery, view from inside RISD Dean of Graduate... Continue reading Wild Thaaang

Born 2 Dye

  , Born 2 Dye, oil, grime, wood, canvas, staples, 2011, 20″ x 17″ Installed at YMCA Pawtucket, Rhode Island in the kids playroom

Donna Bruton

  Donna Bruton, oil, canvas, wood, staples, grime, paint residue, 2011, 7″ x 6″

Shadowing Revolutions

Shadowing Revolutions, oil, grime, canvas, floor debris, paint residue, wood, staples, 2011, 19″ x 11 56/94″. Installed in abandoned Clarke Flowers, 398 Hope Street, Providence, RI (8/23/2012).       studio installation shot w/ my assistant

F me iF u

F me iF u, oil, canvas, wood, paint residue, grime, 22″ x 21″   Wild Thang, oil, gesso, bed bugs, triangles, plywood, canvas, staples, 20″ x 8 3/4″

Ex Ex Ex

Ex Ex Ex, oil, white latex primer, canvas, wood, grime, staples, KISS poster, 2011, 24″ x 23 45/134″   this is one of my very favorites even though I initially hated it….it’s an acquired taste   Installation shot: We Care A Lot at Sol Koffler Gallery   Painting in lower left by Francisco Moreno.  

M m E e O o W w

M m E e O o W w, oil, canvas, paint residue, grime, wood, staples, catnip, 2011, 8 12/14″ x 6 1/16″

Use what s change n a Culture 2 dominate it Kwikly

Use what s d0minant n a Culture 2 change it Kwikly, oil, canvas, discarded art, grime, mice feces, sawdust, staples, wood, El Paso City Comptroller’s certificate, 2011, 16 22/44″ x 11 120/240″

Hung Upd

Hung Upd, oil, grime, canvas, wood, staples, 14″ x 8″. Installed at Providence, RI laundromat.

Ey3 Forg0T 2

  Ey3 Forg0T 2, 2011, oil, canvas, wood, Vogue Magazine collage, discarded art, rubbings, staples, filth, post-abortion pamphlet, 12″ x 5 13/14″. Placed and left in a communal bulletin board located in Lippitt Memorial Park, Providence, Rhode Island.

A Solid Sense of Self Builds a HomeBase

A Solid Sense of Self Builds a HomeBase, oil, canvas, wood, grime, paint residue, 13 1/21″ x 8 33/34″, 2011 3/4 view A Solid Sense of Self Builds a HomeBase3/

Remote Control

oil, canvas, plywood, staples, grime, filth, paint residue, protest fliers, 16″ x 11 1/2″

Stop n Shop n Drop

Stop n Shop n Drop, canvas, oil, staples, particle board, filth, 14″ x 15″. Painting installed/left on (upper right) top shelf section of the seasonal aisle in a Providence, RI Stop N Shop store.

(K)Not!

  (K)Not!, oil, canvas, staples, and floor board, 7″ x 6 13/13″, 2011

Rewarded Deeds R E Ventually Good

  Rewarded Deeds R E Ventually Good, oil, canvas, discarded art, wood fragments, triangle, filth, 2011, 13 94/222″ x 6 33/34″ Placed and left at Kennedy Plaza Bus Depot, Providence, Rhode Island

Out E

Out E, oil, canvas, wood, staples, discarded art, debris, oval, 2011, 13″ x 5 55/91″

Kimo’s Got Dis

Kimo’s Got Dis, oil, canvas, wood, staples, discarded art piece, floor filth, 2011, 8 1/1″ x 4 99/100″

Ethan’s Present

Ethan’s Present, oil, floor board, canvas drop-cloth, staples, grime, 8″ x 32/4″, 2011

N D Beginning There Was D WORD

  N D Beginning There Was D WORD, oil, canvas, gesso, wood, filth from studio floor, 7 1/16″ x 16″, 2011   backside revealed (this was the very first of this series)