Gibberings
Dad told me never to use XTREE when he wasn’t in the room.
August 19, 2008 ~ 10:45:54 PM * -07:00ST
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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.
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