KEITH ALLYN SPENCER

Category: still-life

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)