September 10, 2009 by tom.

I started covering up some of the rust spots on the truck with Body filler yesterday after work. Have a few more spots on the cab to repair, have to get some sheet metal to the edges around the cab. Looks like my truck was painted white before silver and then orange before white. I’ve been thinking about painting it white with custom painted murals. I haven’t designed the murals yet as I want to fix the mechanical and other cab areas first. I may have the cab taken off next summer to have the rear of the floor repaired. I think it needs welding and I have to research the cab mounts. They may need replacing but I’ll talk with the guys from the dealership to see if I can find out some information about replacing them. I haven’t been painting, although, I start teaching my acrylic painting class tonight at Bangor Adult Education. Will right soon, Tom

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September 1, 2009 by tom.

I started working on a diptych style painting on Sunday. I’m laying out the right side on a canvas panel after designing the image with Photoshop. I’m still working on the left side of it and then will lay that out on the other panel. The style is a mixture of Art Nouveau and Cartoon Surrealism with social commentary added for flavor. My signature use of fat men is evident in this work. I’ll post more when I work on it again at the end of the week. I’m enjoying drawing out the composition. Till then, Tom

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