Eat the Rich

ABOUT: On reclaimed wood, financial news paper articles act as a moody background for highlighter, spray paint, and washes, building up to graphics hand painted on vellum highlighting internal struggles and decisions surrounding who we are and what we value. Trippy and bright text canvas cutouts bringing poignant messages - not to be lost in the impersonable background like the rest of our woes... Oh, and don't forget the cute, marketable signs as part of the series... Like your morals, they too are available, for a price.

MEDIUM: Mixed Media (Newspaper, highlighter, gesso, acrylic paint, spray paint, acrylic on vellum, pouring medium on canvas cutouts and pen)

HOW IT'S MADE: Pages from the Financials section of the local newspaper are cut out and collaged onto reclaimed wood composite board, salvaged from being sent to the dump from a closet remodel. Once adhered with various layers of the artist's personal matte medium mix, key words are highlighted with standard highlighters, then a layer of gesso and rough high sprayed spray paint round out the background.

The images were hand painted with acrylic paint on vellum, then adhered to the piece. The lettering was created using separate canvas paint pouring, then using a craft cutter and utility knife to cut out each letter on the canvas from the paint pour, and adhered to the background. The lettering is then hand outlined in black using art pen. (all physically hand made and layered, and all images were hand painted).