me three bad ass paintings

emile bernardish
title"the old jill breton place" 8x10 oil on canvas






















petit oiseau en feu 8x10, oil on canvas
brian duff






















"rouge, rudd, verte" 8x10, oil on canvas.
brian duff

"and either I had a bottle of vodtka or he had a bottle of vodtka, but anyways we were drinking vodtka and I was so happy because I found somebody who would drink vodtka with me."

Letter to Star Editor June 6th, 2008

Some quotes from the Quartering Act of such and such a date by such and such a King: you should allow our soldiers "in inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualing houses, and the houses of sellers of wine and houses of persons selling of rum, brandy, strong water, cider or metheglin... uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings"... “ to provide them with food and alcohol, and provide for "fire, candles, vinegar, salt, bedding, and utensils" for the soldiers "without paying any thing for the same".

Now, what the military has done with fair Indianapolis is not as egregious, but I for one feel it has overstepped it's bounds in using our city's public and private property, without forewarning or debate, for the uses of conducting it's operations. This country is at war, to be fair, but under the present climate of public discourse in our country and, perhaps more certainly this city, I for one wonder if storming Indianapolis with paint ball guns in shear boredom is the proper thing to do in this election year. Many would argue it is for our combined benefit to allow troops and their commanders to conduct operations in our parks, malls, private spaces and skies. Doubtless there is some benefit. There is benefit in all things in which we conduct, abstract as it may be- I'm sure there is benefit in these deeds. But our mayor perhaps has discounted the windfall that landed him his office. Many would argue before his arrival most thoughts in our city where centered on money and jobs. It is our liberty I most worry about these days, that slippery slope which these recent events have encouraged me to speak out about. The Quartering Act of 1765 I cite reference to because I worry deeply about the use of private and public spaces for the purposes of military exercises or preparations, regardless of the institution or agency which produces it, or the literal translation into public grievances. King George or Hammurabi, it is mostly the fact that I heard my housing shake under the wings of helicopters this past day that inspires me to write this.. I understand that Marines need preparation for the tasks they face. We as a people should indeed be as prepared in steadfastly demanding our government consider the source of their power before apparently flaunting the crudest of its formulations this election year, in a city and nation that is long concrete in demanding through democratic processes responsibility in government. This occasion gives me grief, but some benefit may come from debate.

Brian Duff, Indianapolis.

berry wants to see more paintings...

so here they are.... working on a venue for this series. three from a series of a dozen or so.

Review...

Been working on cardboard...
alkyd, grumbacher medium iii, primed surfaces...


been working on paper...
van gogh watercolors
colored pencil, pen



here's my new still life I'm proud of.

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duffcolors

apart from duffcolors.com going up, I've been busy painting small nudes, small pictures of horses, all of them the size of regular trading cards or tall trading cards. I also have made small pictures of fields under sunlight, clouds, storms, abstracts, etc. I have an idea in mind for a venue. More info on that later.

here's one such painting:
this was among the first five paintings of 45 so far...




here's another which followed.






















And a landscape...
I made a dozen or so.

Duffcolors.com is Up, hooray.

Let the BOok of CHa commence.

www.duffcolors.com

La Casa Con Brio

This guy/gal was painted for an eastside preservation group.

On the Facade of a Village Pantry

A mural for the folks who live there on the eastside. Trying out some new things in this one. I didn't use any tape in the previous mural for the neighborhood, note the squared or angular shapes notioning a sense of purpose among the hustle bustle of organic gesturing in the environs. glad they called me back into this.

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