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This painting is
called, "European Imports" and it was
done a little while ago, in 1988 and it's
based on I think it's Fifth Street and Harrison
in San Francisco. There's Harrison right there and
right away of course is
the kind of subject that has interested me all
along which is one where up you have multiple levels of
reality. We live in this civilization which is kind of layered.
I think that's what's going on here. This is on of these corners that's kind of
interesting because
I think it's now or was a car lot
and you can see pieces of the gas station. I don't think the gas station was
operating at that time.
What interests me is first of all
the variety of different things. Everything from the colors of the
flags, to the gas prices, to the figure of the
woman up in there the in the painting there.
And the kind layered thing that you get here. I guess
how I choose a subject is that it chooses me, really.
I think that there's two types of main, two big blocks of
artists: those who are inspired
by what they see and those people whose inspiration comes basically from within
and then comes out. I've definitely
fallen into that first category of people who are inspired by what they see.
So I'll be walking down the street, and this happened
with this one you know and say, "Wow, there's a painting in there."
There's a literary level which we look at the sign. The sign gives us a
message
of a certain thing for sale
whatever it is and then there's also
the abstract patterns created by the signs and
in combination with the support. This is the freeway is behind here.
And up here is another billboard piece.
And then there's a little bit vegetation which is always kind of fun
to put in there. There's something about the combination
that I think is really important.