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Title: An Empty Bed
Medium: acrylic on wood

This is an acrylic painting on plywood that is a few years old and is part of a series I called Institutional.

The source was a photo I found online of an abandoned asylum in New York. I edited the composition quite a bit extending the walls upward and really accentuating the scratched surfaces. In addition, I adapted the image to my own colors and textures (I tried to incorporate the rough surface of the plywood I was using). As a rule I try not to depend on photos beyond the initial sketch, it allows me to take off into my own world.

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:iconjipazz:
Hi,

I realy like this piece of yours.
Any specific reason for doing this? Im curious.....
Because, it does seem disturbing.

Would have loved to see this in real life rather than on a monitor screne!
:iconthedancingleper:
Not that I can think of. I tend to put out really disturbing paintings, but on the outside I'm not really at all! I did finish this at 2am in the morning after not sleeping for two days, so maybe that has something to do with it. ;)

--
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
-James Thurber
:iconteufelhosen:
i love how you created the textures in this piece. the mood is captured perfectly.

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Mental Illness is the Road to Freedom . . .
:analprobe:
because all the cool kidz are into using open source image manipulation programs . . .
~GIMPtacular
~the-gimp
=Apophysis
=The-Canon-Club
:iconthedancingleper:
Thanks!

--
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
-James Thurber
:iconteufelhosen:
you're welcome.

--
Mental Illness is the Road to Freedom . . .
:analprobe:
because all the cool kidz are into using open source image manipulation programs . . .
~GIMPtacular
~the-gimp
=Apophysis
=The-Canon-Club
:iconfish3k1:
Don't know how I missed this last time I was on your page, this is superb. The colours and textures are really unsettling - 'Institutional' is a damn good name for it ;)

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...spacious down here, ain't it?
:iconthedancingleper:
Thank you. I'm not sure why I chose those colors but they turned out nicely. :)

--
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
-James Thurber
:iconbmarianna:
Theres only one word to describe it: GREAT. I love the harmony of the colors.
:iconthedancingleper:
Thank you so much. I did it during a quick moment of inspiration. =)

--
Why do you have to be a nonconformist like everybody else?
-James Thurber
:iconalphagrl:
I love this piece. The colors can tell a story here. The calming blues maybe creating a moment of peace before whoever lay here slipped back into utter insanity. Me likey...disturbing, yet strangely calm at the same time.

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Peace,

Shannon
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