Gibberings
Dad told me never to use XTREE when he wasn’t in the room.
July 18, 2008 ~ 09:59:19 PM * -07:00ST
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Log # 395
The Golden Age of Prints Approacheth (Again)
As I type this, I am one-fisting a foiled chicken burrito, naked, praying for death or at least coma.
I keep telling myself that Seattle will be worse this summer, that at least in Death Valley there is interesting wildlife and free-for-the-taking transients on every corner. I made the right choice, I say, wheezing. Gas may be five dollars per gallon, but all my motors run on hate. I’ll be fine.
I laid down a sizable smatter of smackers for a replacement printer today, meaning that the Etsy store is about to go back up.
ECTOBEE: I gonna die.
STICKYPIG: this heat is horrid.
ECTOBEE: I don’t even have AC.
ECTOBEE: I’m gonna be one of those old people you hear about, found jerkified on their sofas.
STICKYPIG: they will find you, full of sadness, but still start chewing on you.
When I stand up, my little folding camp chair remains adhered to my generous buttocks. I do this for you.
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Eliza Gauger on June 20th, 2008 ~ 06:43:46 PM
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Log # 338
New on Etsy: 15×15 Framed Original Oil Painting of ANYTHING YOU WANT
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10052760
This is your only chance to get into my brain, to force my hand, to make me into your angry clown puppet: I will paint anything you want on this canvas.
Portrait of the family pet? Grim visions of the future? Mounted depiction of your level 70 Undead Warlock? Jackson Pollock-style paint sneezes? Cavorting jellysquid in a chartreuse sea? Please, give me the most insane instructions you can come up with. I will not disappoint.
I generally use oil paint and copal medium, a synthetic resin that allows me to build up translucent glazes into paintings of intense depth and texture.
Estimated time for completion of this commission is two weeks. Rush orders are available for an additional fee.
WHAT I NEED FROM YOU:
- a description or photos of what you want painted.
- a few general notes about what you imagine the painting should be (”I want lots of greens and purples”, “I want him to be standing on top of a pile of dead cheerleaders”, I want the piece to exude an indefinable menace”)
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE:
- a beautiful, 15 x 15″ original oil painting on stretched canvas, framed, to do with whatsoever you chose.
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Eliza Gauger on March 5th, 2008 ~ 07:29:36 PM
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Log # 334
New on Etsy: Twilight in the Roachfields (What I Did on My Summer Vacation)
Now available for purchase: www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9974267
Picking up pets offworld was generally frowned upon by the Company, as there were no quarantine facilities beyond the Oort.
Foreign mammalia carried strange strains of crippling flu, shed itchy fibers on cockpit upholstery, and left crumbly little fewmets in secret places, fewmets that became apparent, and airborne, as soon as a ship hit ohgee.
Loneliness was somewhat alleviated, yes, but at the cost of vacation time squandered on bad worlds, stocking up on exotic feed.
ABOUT THE PIECE:
Oil on collage, 5 x 7″
This was painted, over the course of a year, on a canvas that has been worked and reworked, sanded, gessoed, sanded again, glazed, rubbed, painted, scraped, and painted again. Dozens of layers of jewel-tone copal resin give the colors depth, like a stack of stained-glass windows. The duotone triadic harmony of the purple and green make the colors jump and glow. The surface shines like a candy glaze.
This painting will be shipped in a reinforced, padded envelope, and inside a sealed plastic sleeve to prevent contamination and dampening.
At some point, I may ask to borrow this painting for a gallery show. If this happens, I will pay for all shipping costs, the painting will be displayed with a card that credits you as the owner, and the painting will be returned to you at the end of the show.
Hit the jump for larger images.
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Eliza Gauger on March 2nd, 2008 ~ 06:06:55 PM
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Log # 305
Charred and Feathered
oil on mixed media, 2 x 3″
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Eliza Gauger on February 4th, 2008 ~ 12:07:16 AM
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Log # 304
I’m the DJ. I Can Eat Whatever I Want.
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Eliza Gauger on February 3rd, 2008 ~ 11:48:14 PM
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Log # 297
Works in Progress
A collection of current paintings, not quite crossed the finish line.
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Eliza Gauger on January 28th, 2008 ~ 12:50:26 AM
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Log # 283
New on Etsy: Red Sky Over the Vault (original oil painting)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8748447
No sound but the grinding glass under our tread. The desert’s glaze is cracking, sliding away like the ice caps did, turning back to sand.
5 x 7″
oil on canvas
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Eliza Gauger on January 5th, 2008 ~ 11:23:41 AM
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Log # 234
New on Etsy: Shine
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7600667
12 x 12″
oil on canvas
Shine is a thick, decadent painting on a deep, solid frame. Cool gold, blue-black, and jewel-like chartreuse tumble across her demon skin. In low light, she seems to glow.
This was the penultimate piece in the Bee Commission, a years-long toil involving dozens of abandoned projects, and a not insubstantial number of completed ones. After I finished this incredibly grueling painting for my client and presented it to him, I realized it wasn’t really what he had been asking for in the first place. So the final Bee Commission piece came shortly thereafter, and made everyone happy. I was left with Shine, which I am now ready to sell.
This is titled “shine” in relation to a magnetic poem with the line:
shine beneath the honey garden
and watch the sea for me
A painstakingly-rendered oil painting, created over the span of a year, Shine underwent multiple incarnations in various colors and configurations. Progress photos can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eliza/sets/72157594183395035/
I know that original paintings can be pricy. I am more than willing to discuss multiple payments over time, and entertain offers.
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Eliza Gauger on October 26th, 2007 ~ 11:56:51 PM
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Log # 230
New on Etsy: Bat Smax!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7585364
This is a print of an original oil painting which is not for sale.
The story of the Bat Smax cereal mascot is a fun one. I was hanging out with a friend who is a comics artist. I drew a wee bat in my sketchbook, zoomingly loopily. My friend redrew the bat so that it was smoother, more cartoonish and rounded. And I painted his sketch.
And this is why I can’t sell the damned thing, because it belongs to both of us.
This print is a few cents more expensive than the others because it uses an incredible amount of ink. Look at all that nice soft blackness!
He will be crunchily printed onto 8.5 x 11″ heavyweight matte archival paper, signed, numbered, and shipped in a tough envelope.
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Eliza Gauger on October 25th, 2007 ~ 02:25:16 PM
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Log # 225
I Should Have Done This Years Ago
I have sold something, or multiple things, every single day that my Etsy store has been active, with the exception of Sunday. This includes two original paintings, Afterglow (of which I am now selling prints) and Lisette, which is going all the way to Norway.
My friend Mikeatron has been on Etsy forever, and seemingly doing well for himself (damn you, Mike! Why didn’t you tell me?!). His work is a fantastic mythology of breakfast foods, astronauts, crudity and joy.
Really the only problem I’m having now is that I’m selling paintings faster than I can paint them. It’s getting so I have pieces in my actual possession for maybe a week before they’re off on adventures without me. It’s a glorious problem to have, do not get me wrong, but perhaps the next piece I finish will actually hang on my wall, secretly, just for me to enjoy. At least for a little while.
