Tag: paste-up

  • New fruit for a friend

    New fruit for a friend

    Finally got around to finishing this painting that i started maybe two years ago. I first completed the painting on paper, then mounted it on MDF, cut it out, sanded and painted the edges, then varnished. Now i just need to make time to drive to Madison so it can meet its owner, my long-time…

  • The Grocer: more street work

    The Grocer: more street work

    More street installations from 2007 and 2008 by The Grocer.

  • The Grocer: summer 2007

    The Grocer: summer 2007

    More works by The Grocer from the summer of 2007.

  • The Grocer: first works

    The Grocer: first works

    In the summer of 2007, I began making original fruit and veggie themed paste-ups and installing them on derelict walls in Chicago under the moniker “The Grocer.” At the time, these acrylic paintings on paper gave me a cathartic outlet that the “serious” paintings I was doing at the time didn’t provide. Below are some…