ed doing big abstract paintings. I used textures and different
materials, different tools. With these paintings for Vaselina
Springs, I’m taking the approach of the abstract paintings,
but I am making images with that same technique. It’s all
in the way that I’m handling the materials. There is a lot of
putting on, scraping through, building up layers of textures.
It is a step-by-step process. I excavate back through.
The project as a whole is still developing, and I’m collaborating with a number of people who are all helping me
create this project. My assistant, Stephanie, is helping me do
social media, which we are just getting started. Everything
will be archived on the website. You will be able to read
all the letters, see the images, which won’t be the same as
seeing them in person. I have thousands of photographs.
You will be able to see all the little portraits of the citizens
and the music will be there. Right now, we are releasing
one song a week. The website is such a nice virtual venue
where people from anywhere can access it. The flip side of
that is that we are going to do a live show at my home. Two
of my friends from Arkansas are coming down, and two of
my friends from here are going to play. It is like a roadside
attraction to me. I have a stage outside that we will play on
for a small audience.
Collaborators for
Vaselina Springs
include:
Charlie Chalmers
John Davies
Stephanie D’Ercole
Matt Dickson
Rachel Fields
Andy Griebel
S. Herbert
Ed Nicholson
Will Nicholson
Tara Norwood
Darren Novotny
Barbara Raney
Jeff Woodward
Gary will be showing Vaselina Springs and the Arkie
DeLeons at the Homer and Dolly Hand Art Center on
Stetson University’s DeLand campus,
August 19 through October 22, 2016.
You can see more at:
GaryBolding.com
VaselinaSprings.com
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left, from top to bottom: oil on linen
Man with Flaming Wiener
The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even the Bridesmaids
Clipping Man
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