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This series of paintings is inspired by archetypal mid-century advertisements for motels, diners, bowling alleys, drive-ins, cocktail lounges, breakfast joints and cowboy bars. Originating from authentic neon signs of the 1950’s, each painting is a mash-up of classic Americana, kitsch, mid-century design motifs such as boomerangs and atomic stars. Wrung through my own imagination they eventually emerge as icons newly created. 

Part documentary, part fantasy, the signs are constructed intuitively, unscathed and protected as cardboard furniture is in a child’s doll house. Glamorized on their pedestals, these cherished objects of romanticized memory are surrounded by the murky darkness of passing time, strangely abandoned, yet brilliantly alive.
This series of paintings is inspired by archetypal mid-century advertisements for motels, diners, bowling alleys, drive-ins, cocktail lounges, breakfast joints and cowboy bars. Originating from authentic neon signs of the 1950’s, each painting is a mash-up of classic Americana, kitsch, mid-century design motifs such as boomerangs and atomic stars. Wrung through my own imagination they eventually emerge as icons newly created. 

Part documentary, part fantasy, the signs are constructed intuitively, unscathed and protected as cardboard furniture is in a child’s doll house. Glamorized on their pedestals, these cherished objects of romanticized memory are surrounded by the murky darkness of passing time, strangely abandoned, yet brilliantly alive.
The edges are painted so you don't have to frame it.
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Range Riders Motel Painting

Rachel Paxton

United States

Painting, Acrylic on Wood

Size: 16 W x 16 H x 2 D in

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Originally listed for $675

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This series of paintings is inspired by archetypal mid-century advertisements for motels, diners, bowling alleys, drive-ins, cocktail lounges, breakfast joints and cowboy bars. Originating from authentic neon signs of the 1950’s, each painting is a mash-up of classic Americana, kitsch, mid-century d...

Year Created:

2019

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Painting, Acrylic on Wood

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

16 W x 16 H x 2 D in

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Not Applicable

Frame:

Not Framed

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Certificate is Included

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Ms. Paxton has 3 stylistically distinct sites on SaatchiArt. One is images of mid-century signs under Rachel Paxton, seen at . The other is is mid-century inspired abstract paintings under Rachel H Paxton seen at . The third is nature inspired paintings under Rachel Hunt Paxton, seen at .

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