KEITH ALLYN SPENCER

Month: August 2012

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

INSTALLED: Clarke Flowers

  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).       This work was/is/has-been/always-will-be one of my top favorite paintings — the simplicity of the piece, its process, the size, color scheme….all of it. I LOVE... Continue reading INSTALLED: Clarke Flowers

INSTALLED: Walmart

  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).       Don’t know who runs this Walmart, but it is a mess. The room of which the painting... Continue reading INSTALLED: Walmart

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.