I don't remember this guys name. He had these really large paintings of planets and then usually a sculpture in front of it. His paintings were probably about 12 feet or so long and maybe 8 feet high. The canvas or wood or whatever the material was, I'm guessing wood, was completely black, and the only thing on the the wood was one planet, which would take up the middle of the painting with the edges of the planet touching the top and bottom of the painting. The planets were usually brown and silveryish, which I guess isn't a word. They were all textured but some had these big spots where the artist must have put cloth or something attached and painted over it. I don't think my explanation is very good and I probably should have just taken a picture of it, but anyway, they were neat looking. His sculptures were made from what looked like old farm equipment and garden tools. Some times they looked like African masks, but most of the time he set them up to look like bugs on display. They were pretty neato, which I guess is a word.
The gallery these paintings were in was a little different from all of the other galleries, which were all extremely similar. This one seemed like it could have been a house and I've actually been in a few houses that were set up the way this one was. It had a split level and these were in the basement.
This painting of the girl in bed was the first painting I saw in the basement and it reminded me of my friend Becky. One of my friends took pictures of Becky for the art show in high school and they were of her in bed just kinda lounging around. I liked the light and the look of the blankets, there is a really great atmosphere and mood that comes out of this painting, it could fit a lot of different senerios and stories, which I think works well, because it can keep someones attention.
Once again, I don't know the name of the guy who did all of these, I wish I had made a point to remember the names.
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