Deadpool was fucking SPOT ON. Chick-chicka!
Friday Night Videos presents… Wham!, “Careless Whisper”
Substitutions
This was part of my receipt for my online grocery order. This kind of thing is exactly why I have trust issues.
Christopher Woodall, “The Metric System”
Christopher Woodall, The Metric System, 2024, tempera and acrylic on canvas, 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in)
This painting unfortunately sustained minor water damage when my roof and ceiling collapsed during a thunderstorm. The water damage has been cleaned as much as possible and a new sealant applied in an effort to restore and preserve the original colors. Unfortunately the new sealant darkened the piece significantly. This is the only photo of the painting’s original appearance before it was damaged.
Friday Night Videos presents… Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, “Nowhere To Run”
Feelin’ it…
Random Artwork Wednesday: “Did You Notice A Sign”
Christopher Woodall, Did You Notice A Sign, 2024, tempera, acrylic, and tempera glitter paint on canvas, 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in)
I’ve never worked with tempera glitter paint before, and after this I never want to work with it again. It is difficult to apply, difficult to see, it dissolves underlying dried paint, and doesn’t give anything like the finished effect I was looking for. Still, I’m happy with the way this turned out, especially the weathering on the yellow stripes. I feel like I’m finally getting a real feel for making colors do what I want on black canvas.
That Chiefs Kicker Is Very, Very Gay
Pictured: A placekicker with ten times more balls than that Chiefs douchebag.
Empathy would dictate that I should try to see things from that football player’s point of view, but my house doesn’t have closets that deep.
“The Guns Of The Navarone”
Christopher Woodall, The Guns Of The Navarone, 2024, tempera and acrylic on canvas, 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in)
The image below was a sort of test canvas for The Guns Of The Navarone. I painted the rough outlines of the American flag and knew that I was on the right track. But I would need to refine the painting to better match what was in my head. I spray painted a thin coat of flat black over the painting below, let it dry completely, then removed some of the black spray paint with sandpaper. This gave me a black canvas with patches of turquoise and yellow showing through. This was the canvas on which I painted A Bowl Of Rice; you can still see some of these details behind the red bars. The Guns Of The Navarone was painted on a new canvas using photographs of the test canvas as a guide.
Friday Night Videos presents… Dire Straits, “Private Investigations”
“And what have you got at the end of the day?
What have you got to take away?
A bottle of whisky, and a new set of lies,
Blinds on the windows, and a pain behind the eyes…”
Random Artwork Wednesday: “A Moment Of Clarity”
Christopher Woodall, A Moment Of Clarity, 2024, tempera and acrylic on canvas, 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in)
This painting was made entirely without the use of brushes. All paints used in this piece were dropped from their bottles onto the canvas and allowed to run their courses guided only by gravity. Once on the canvas, the paints were never physically touched.
Friday Night Videos presents… Bee Gees, “Jive Talkin'”
