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Cockscomb Painting

Ken Herren

United States

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 24 W x 24 H x 1.5 D in

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About The Artwork

Cockscomb is a heavily textured abstract painting that is part of a larger body of work called "Soul Patch" "Soul Patch" is a collection of unique and colorful abstractions that were inspired by a rare childhood experience.* And while this particular painting invites the viewer into a world of riotous color and visceral experience, it is simultaneously exploring the complexity of self-identity in a social media world. In traditional social interactions, people generally walk away knowing certain facts about you through what they saw and what you let them see. In today's social media interactions, what is "known" is often strategically crafted to be audacious enough to stand out amongst the vying voices, but ultimately proves to be abject concealment of human vulnerability. This work challenges the viewer to sit with the tension of wanting to see more, wanting to know the "true colors," wanting to wipe away the course veneer that hides the true soul of another. * On an otherwise ordinary day, a semitrailer carrying hundreds of 5 gallon cans of paint lost its load on my neighborhood street. As a child, the whole scene: its array of color, sticky texture, and fragrance was beyond my wildest imagination. When the city heard about the incident, dump trucks full of sand converged onto the block. Heralded by adult prudence to “reduce property damage,” workers heaped sand onto the larger than life abstract painting. To this day, I am forever chasing the wonder of the day that it “rained” paint on my neighborhood

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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:24 W x 24 H x 1.5 D in

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People ask where I get my inspiration for my paintings. When I was a kid, living in a dusty farm town in California, I watched a tractor-trailer carrying hundreds of 5 gallon paint cans lose its load right in front of my house. A million gushing containers of paint exploded before my eyes. The cracked and traffic worn pavement became an abstract painting that continues to influence my work to this day. As the little town grew up around "my painting", I sadly watched the decay that suburbia and 'progress' imposed on it, swearing that someday I would recreate the wonderment of that day when God rained paint on my street!

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