CHECK OUT THE VIDEO MEGAN KELLEY OF STUDIOMNIVOROUS MADE!!!
DIRECTLY BELOW ARE PROGRESS WORK ON THE PAINTINGS
The acrylic piece was painted over four times .... I let some eyes from previous attempts to remain showing through....
pro tempore
I created one canvas in traditional oil and acrylic, the second in digital painting print for the purpose of showing my own personal tastes and artistic development. This artwork created on two canvas and one wall I consider only to have been complete at the time of the show while hanging in 2016. This work officially existed in final form on the walls momentarily of gallery 40au, which itself as a gallery no longer exists. At the end of the exhibit the walls were repainted white in preparation of the next months show. I like to play and explore themes of impermanence in all of my artwork, and this was a perfect example of a "sand castle art- meant to be enjoyed as a temporary moment, a memory that would not be there the next day"
Something that isn't permanent or lasts only a short time.
The canvas themselves of just the upper face portions of the work do still exist, in a partial completion or separate from the site specific intention.
OTHER ARTISTS IN TERRIBLE TWOS!
"Super excited for this group #exhibition by @artbyjeffbertrand, showcasing the #illustration #art talents of 22 #artists from around the #unitedstates, opening this weekend at #40augallery.
#40AU #gallery #fortyau #fortyaugallery #painting #nashville — with Chip Boles, David Pound, Jeff Bertrand, Anjeanette Illustration, Burn353, Charles V. Bennett and Drew Camino at Forty AU." -Megan Kelley
“Terrible 2’s, an art show curated by Jeff Bertrand will be held on June 4th from 6 to 9 pm at 40AU Gallery inside the historic Arcade building in downtown Nashville. This show will feature twenty-two of the best local and regional lowbrow and outsider artists. Bertrand, who is curating the show, wanted to challenge each artist to reflect on their childhood, to create paintings based on what they thought it meant to be an adult. Bertrand, who will be featured in the show, states that “when we were kids, we rushed to become so much older so quickly. Time seemed to take forever. Yet as adults, time seems to slip by us so quickly and it seems we wish we had that youth what we once had.” Each artist will create two paintings that will relate to two distinct themes. The first painting will show what each artist viewed their future as when they were children. The second will be looking back on how they view their youth as an adult. The artists featured in the show are as follows: Charles Bennett, Jeff Bertrand, Chip Boles, Tony Brock, Brooke E ,Burn 353, Ryan Case, Drew Camino, Abby Coppage, Erin Crissey, Jeremy Cross, Amy Elizabeth, Brandt Hardin, Dirk Hayes, Vince Herrera, Anjeanette Illustration, Elisheba Onedropink Israel , Megan Kelly, Jonny Lashley, Janet Lee, Anna McKeown, Michael “Old School” Mucker, Shaunna Peterson, David Pound, Joshua David Sarver, and Chad Spann -”
Official show poster by Brandt Hardin and Dirk Hays