Teardrops & Rainbows
Teardrops & Rainbows
Teardrops & Rainbows
Teardrops & Rainbows
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Teardrops & Rainbows

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*This 18x36" piece is OVERSIZED and does not qualify for free shipping. Pickup can be arranged if you live in the DMV area.*

I have a number of time-lapse videos and photos of this piece being created on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CH8VjLZh42E/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHwEBq2hR0b/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJbo9asBMYE/

My inspiration in creating this piece:  
I created this piece during the pandemic, and I recently heard this song that made me tear up. This painting is for all the tears that were shed last year, and for all the unexpected rainbows despite our grief.

'I Miss the Band' by Alanis Morissette:

Inside joke, well understood
The nudge nudge wink wink and
Finishing each other's harmonies
The late night drive through Italian roads
Trains pulling out and we're all in on the secret

Where did you go?
We are a league to be reckoned with
As we run all around the planet

And I miss the band
One plus one equals fifty
And I am imploding without you
And there's not a day that goes by
Where I don't hear our music in my head
Where I don't miss traveling in your company
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

We're on a plane, we're in Japan
In baggage claim I ask, what city we just landed in
The paper slips under the hotel door
I'm shaking all hands
And the hum-of-the-road keeps me happy

Where did you go?
I thought we'd meet at the temple
As we go all around this world
And I miss the band
One plus one equals fifty
And I am imploding without you
And there's not a day that goes by
Where I don't hear our music in my head
Where I don't miss the adventure in your company

Hugs full of sweat and the late night call in tears
Lights that are blinding then onto the next country
The ritual huddle as we storm the stage
The sense on the street of this beautiful world

I miss my family, my ears are ringing
The sun streams in on my unmade bed in Portugal

And I miss the band
One plus one equals fifty
And I am imploding without you
And there's not a day that goes by
Where I don't hear our music in my head
Where I don't miss the pleasure of your company

 

This piece took 110 hours to create over a period of about 6 months. The molding paste takes about two weeks to dry, and then the base layer of underpaint (the rainbow gradient) takes another month to dry completely. After that I apply the white filament layer with a very small brush. This is the most time-consuming component, but it is also meditative and time goes by very quickly as I'm creating. This piece has particularly deep ridges, which makes it interesting to look at from different angles. 

This 18" tall x 36" wide oil painting is applied to a wood-cradled Masonite board. It comes with a coated wire on the back, ready to hang.