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Discombobulated Painting

Richard Arfsten

United States

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 20 W x 14 H x 0.1 D in

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There are times when you think the whole world is against you. Everything goes wrong all the time and you just want to give up and quit. Some people want to go get drunk or get high or whatever but if you stop and think about it that will just compound your problems. In my case I try to hit a home run. I remember when I was very young playing little league baseball. I swung so hard at the ball that I lost my balance and actually fell face down on Home plate. Of course I was embarrassed but I got up and took another swing at the ball. I don’t remember if I ever hit the ball. But I realized it isn’t how hard you swing but how accurately you swing that counts. Sometimes when you are all discombobulated it might be time for a bunt. The important lesson is to not quit. Play out the string, try every option and then if you fail you have no regrets later on. There is actually a great deal of satisfaction in knowing down deep you gave it your all. I like to stop and look around me and realize I am not the center of the world. There are a lot of people worse off than me and getting discombobulated is the first step in finding a solution to dealing with the mess. The extra pictures try to show you how you can interject your personality into this painting. You are buying the bare canvas, shipped in a tube, that you take to your framing place. They can help you find the perfect presentation. Have fun. It will give you a great deal of pleasure to put your stamp on it. This painting, with its story, would make a wonderful gift for the younger generation to illustrate a life lesson, or just to give yourself a boost when life gets to be too much.

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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20 W x 14 H x 0.1 D in

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I have an ambitious approach to life ... and to art ... make something happen every day ... but most of all have fun doing it! A sculptor first, and now working in 2D, I do my best to do just that. Presented here are examples of some of my work. •• My sculpture runs the gamut from abstract, to figurative, to architectural. The materials and methods used are diverse ... from figures modeled in clay or wax, then cast in pewter or bronze ... to aluminum maquettes (produced by evaporative pattern casting) which serve as the 3D blueprints for the pieces that are enlarged and fabricated from sheet metal of all kinds. •• My 2D pieces range from abstract to figurative. You’ll find Originals done in oils or acrylic, one-of-a-kind monotypes, collages, mixed media paintings, and more ... I love working in all mediums. Some of my 2D work may be available as reproductions on this site. ••• MY FASCINATION WITH SCIENCE FICTION & MAKE BELIEVE - When I was in second grade, television was new and the hottest thing. The "Adventures of Flash Gordon" was my favorite program. There was only one kid in the neighborhood who had a TV. We, all the kids, gathered at his house for every episode. I was a huge fan of the characters. Flash was cool and my hero. Dale Arden was OK but Princess Aura was way cooler because she was naughty. Ming The Mercilous was very interesting. But Dr. Zarkov and his super duper telescope - that could see into time forwards and backwards, far and near - was the star of the show for me. The spaceship was really hoakey. You could see the wire that it was traveling on and the little puffs of smoke coming out of it were a joke, even for me. But the concept of the show was magical. Also at that time there were radio shows about space travel and aliens and monsters. I would listen to those shows with my grandfather as I sat on the floor next to the big wooden box radio so I could get the full impact of the sounds. •• These shows inspired me to draw spaceships, mostly "new and improved" versions of Flash's ship. I taped them all over my bedroom walls. At night I would travel with Flash. We would go to distant parts of the Universe and explore ancient ruins - like what I saw in National Geographic when I was not looking at the bare-breasted girls of exotic cultures. (I think artists and sculptors, are to a large part, voyeurs.) Those memories pop up in my art over and over. •• Faces also intrigue and inspire me.

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