The last two of twenty

Steven LaRose, Proud Time, 2009
Oil on wood, 5 x 7 inches

Steven LaRose, Appetite for Submission, 2009
Oil on wood, 5 x 7 inches

Maybe I should make 20 more before I increase the scale?

Braid

Steven LaRose, Ruth Benedict, 2009
Oil on wood, 5 x 7 inches

Steven LaRose, Perpetual Hyperbole, 2009
Oil on wood, 7 x 5 inches

Steven LaRose, Hell Freezing Over, 2009
Oil on wood, 5 x 7 inches

Steven LaRose, Dull Roots with Spring Rain, 2009
Oil on wood, 5 x 7 inches

Picton Points

I brought some paintings to Matthew's truck today. That is my delivery vehicle in the front. Matthew is driving up to Seattle this weekend for a show he is having at the Howard House. He was kind enough to let me use "grandma's attic" for free!
If you are in Seattle, you should definitely go see Matthew's show which opens on the 26th. I, for one, will be up there a week later because I received this email from my friend Tim: "hey Steve, i'm now curating a vinyl only (only records played) bar. i've hand-picked 700 LP's so far. Also curating the Art & entertainment. Am working on Tim Kerr(Big Boys/Poison 13/Monkeywrench) 1st Seattle art showing& a few others and was wondering if you would be interested in being our 1st show?! Opening weekend is March 6 and we have Tom Price's Desert Classic playing." I said yes to Tim because all the opportunities seemed to fall into place.

Recent painting class

I gave them all a lump of play-doh and a square foot of aluminum foil. It may have been too much for their seventh week.

Moments

Steven LaRose, Never Dream of Genie, 2009
Oil on wood, 7 x 5 inches

Steven LaRose, How It All Ends, 2009
Oil on wood, 5 x 7 inches

Steven LaRose, Formula One, 2009
Oil on wood, 7 x 5 inches

A couple more arrangements

Steven LaRose, Between His Wrath, 2009

Oil on wood, 7 x 5 inches


Steven LaRose, Prosperity Doth Bewitch, 2009

Oil on wood, 5 x 7 inches

Thank You to Heather at Pablo Picasso Club for her extra kind words that can be found here.

"K" is hard in kiss and soft in knife

Thanks to CAP for the Jean-Paul Riopelle tip.

Demonstration

The other night in painting class I tossed one of Stacy's bean-bag chairs on a pedestal and hung a sheet behind it. I had hand painted stripes on the sheet for a drawing class. This particular painting class is reinforcing my belief that Drawing should be a pre-requisite for Painting. Anyway, I tried to hold a dozen student's hands and walk them through this ridiculous set up in three hours. With the students set up behind me, I would dabble a little and try to explain what was going on in my brain and then I would take a lap around the room to hover behind each student briefly. I was exhausted.

Steven LaRose, When the Ostrich Soared, 2009

Oil on wood, 5 x 7 inches

Why bother painting?

New

Steven LaRose, Systematic Fiction, 2009
Oil on wood, 7 x 5 inches


Steven LaRose, Her Sabotage of Icarus, 2009
Oil on wood, 7 x 5 inches

Scale:

Sky Porn

New Project

Steven LaRose, Bonsai Potato 2009
dimensions variable.

Could this be a tradition?

Zaida has been compelled to supply her third grade class with Valentines Day cards.
The final cards ended up like this:(To see the ones from last year, click here)

Me No Talkie

Steven LaRose, The Season of Credulity, 2009
Oil on wood, 7 x 5"

Steven LaRose, Such Sweet Neglect, 2009
Oil on wood, 5 x 7"

Steven LaRose, Political Party, 2009
Oil on wood, 5 x 7"

Steven LaRose, Marvel at Nothing, 2009

Oil on wood, 7 x 5"

Language escapes me for the moment

Steven LaRose, Horace Hurled Securely, 2009
Oil on wood, 7 x 5"

Steven LaRose, The Lampshell Mother's Revolution, 2009
Oil on wood, 7 x 5"

Sky Porn

Collaboration Update

Title: "I had discovered the miraculous possibility that art holds out to us -- to be part of the world and to be removed from the world at the same time" 2009
acrylic ink, acrylic paint on paper 20" x 30"
This is a collaborative drawing/painting with Timothy Buckwalter.
Other pieces can be viewed by clicking here.

Eight year old girls sleep over and grind the notion of Art into dust

When was the last time that you spent a Saturday morning playing Centipede in your jammies?

Have you ever blissfully dressed the same as someone else?

Have you ever tried to choose a "Best Friends" charm?

Up late.
Up early.
These are the days that make sense to the kitten and the dog who understand the power of the nap.