I'm offering some of the original paintings that lead to The Blot for sale now.
"I wanted to create sort of a generic, nameless man that I could do anything with; a character that could represent me or anyone else. But when I started this series of paintings with him, something still felt stifled about the way I was working. That's when I started dropping ink on top of the paintings. I would finish one, lay it on the floor and drop ink on it to break myself away from the preciousness of constructing a picture... Pretty soon, those ink blots began to take on a life of their own. They became a conceptual element within the paintings as well as a formal abstract element.
... After doing a lot of these, some of them started to feel connected, so I began writing a story around them. The process that has grown out of this is that the paintings serve as a space for me to freely express some stream-of-consciousness ideas without having to worry about the bigger picture. Then later, I come back and see if they work their way into the comics... I had all of these short stories worked out that were based on paintings... I tied all those short stories together with some autobiographical elements, and that's what became the final book "The Blot."
These all date back to 2004/2005
They are all 20 x 24 inches
Watercolor and ink on paper
They come with a nice black wood frame
I've sold a few from this series in the past for various gallery prices.
Right now I'm offering them at a bargain for $500 each (+ shipping):
Contact me at tom (at) iwilldestroyyou (dot) com
if you want to purchase them.
Paypal accepted.
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