Decay 3 Canvas Print

The texture I used for this painting is sand mixed with acrylic gesso. ( Gesso is a primer that creates a barrier between canvas and paint.) The look I was going for was that of a stucco wall. The image of the man was part of a mural in Chico California. The mural was of three bicyclist but it had been decaying for years. I joined with a small group of artists doing a show at the Chico State University in 2008. The show was called "Apropos Appropriation" and was the brain child of my good friend Marian Bronson. Her original plan was to find artists to create paintings from her close-up photographs of graffiti to create abstract paintings. But then she became interested in photographing our paintings, turning them into abstract photographs, which in turn became the inspiration for more paintings.
This is painting one of the triptych I did for the show. I took Marion's photographs of the decaying mural and recreated the scene in a more surrealistic manor.

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Darice Machel McGuire lives on the beautiful Island of Maui. Her Hawaii and California landscape oil and acrylic paintings are gracing the homes and offices of collectors nationally and internationally. McGuire's choice of subject matter comes from her love of nature and all that surrounds her on a daily basis. She paints in large and small formats. Her works are represented by Village Galleries in Lahaina, Karen Lei's Gallery in Kahakuloa, Karen Lei's Gallery in Ka'anapali, Kaukini Gallery in Kahakuloa, and Kingwell Island Art in Lahaina. All these locations are on the Island of Maui Maui. McGuire brings hands-on experience to her art. Her childhood years were spent shadowing her mother who is a fine art oil and watercolor artist and...