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Hell's Bells Painting

Ed Smiley

United States

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 16 W x 20 H x 1 D in

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The title of this work comes from an early childhood adventure with swearing when I was first learning to talk. My father was working on the car and he scraped his knuckles, and his hand began to bleed. He exclaimed, "Hell's Bells!" And I must have thought that was the most glorious thing to say in the whole wide world. So much to my mother's despair, I ran around the house shouting "Hell's Bells! Hell's Bells! Hell's Bells! Hell's Bells!" But I digress. I ought to say something "arty" at this point. The technique I use involves using laserjet prints and transferring them directly into the paint and removing the paper entirely and combining that with direct gestural painting. I often scan forms while moving them to create unusual effects. Here I took patterns, some of them found as discarded images, and moved them while scanning them. I also made heavy use of artist's acrylic markers. I like the idea of combining the painterly and graphical with mediated forms. acrylic, ballpoint pen, direct acrylic transfer of electronically scanned images on gallery wrapped canvas framed with neutral natural wood floater frame, archivally varnished, ready to hang

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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:16 W x 20 H x 1 D in

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My last three years have been spent fighting potentially fatal lung disease. This had reached the point I was too exhausted to work, but early this year I got a lung transplant! I had been waiting, listed for transplant for two years. My art reflects a faith of a kind. I believe in the elusive. I believe in the poetic. I believe in ecstasy and in joy. Color is life. My dark experiences have deepened the kind of beauty I am seeking. Lung transplants are the most risky transplants. They come with a significant risk of fatal complications. My recent work has been inspired by the recent experiences of loss and the treachery of the body. Prior to transplant, I did a what I call the "Embodiment Series" of paintings which I will be posting on Saatchi Art as my recovery progresses. I prepared myself for my hospital stay by getting some small art supplies. While in the hospital, I was hooked up to multiple IV lines, and feeding tubes. I was on a ventilator three times. The work I did were abstractions inspired by my body, the medical equipment, the views out my window, the folds in my bed sheets and so forth. I am currently working on some digital posters I will be posting for sale on Saatchi based on the hospital work, which I call the "Hospital Suite".

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