My latest art effort for my upcoming show is done. It is called DECO FANTASY and it is acrylic on illustration board, 22 inches vertical 13 inches horizontal. It has plenty of brilliant colors and high contrast, because it is designed to go into a small, dark corner space in the exhibition area and in the dimly lit house of a possible buyer. I hope it can brighten up a New England winter. As far as I know, it has no political or social significance. Here's a view of it, fresh from the studio.

I have two pictures left to paint for the show, possibly three if I paint fast. I will be using airbrush for some of these next three. I hope that Fine Arts Galleries don't mind airbrush textures. I have no idea if they do, maybe airbrush is considered crass and "pop" rather than "fine." I know very little about the "fine arts" field in general, having been a commercialoid all my life. But I do know that no artists make any money in "fine art" so they have to be academics or teachers or something of that sort. Or perhaps, a "fine artist" could be like one of my favorite artists, Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte. He worked at commercial design and advertising jobs at least in the earlier years of his career. Since I cannot expect to have a "fine arts" career in which money would be made, I am happy to keep my day job, not to mention the samples of wine, cheese, and artisan bread.

Thick acrylic paint takes a long time to dry, so I had plenty of time to do physics problems while waiting for Deco Fantasy to become Deco Reality. I am currently working on old-fashioned high school problems about mechanical advantage, and am about to be introduced to the exciting world of loading ramps, winches, and gears.

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