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Colorful face
acrylic, old book pages on very thick canvas, 20x30 inches, by Terry Barnhart.
perspectivebyviewers.Themostmemorableexample
wasdisplayedonTheBeatlesSgtPeppersAlbum
Cover,1967(recordsleeve),bySirPeterBlake.
Warholwalksabout,muchlikeRobertRauschenberg
usedtodo,searchinggaragesales,thriftstores,and
auctionsinsearchofthatpaintingthatscreamstobe
transformedintoanenjoyableworkofart.Standing
backandexaminingthepainting,hemightthinkof
addingshapes,creatingshadowswithcontrasts,while
keepingtheoutlineintact.
Whentheperfectwhatifmomentoccurs,the
paintingistakenbacktohisstudioandtheacrylic
paintscomeout.Eventhosepaintingsthatdonotbring
outacertainenthusiasminhim,theyarerescuedmany
timesandusedinconjunctionwithothermedia.
ColorfulFaceisanacryliconoldbookpagesonvery
thick20x30inchcanvas,isanexampleofhowthese
paintingsareincorporatedintovividscenes.
rtistBarnhartcompletedhisfirstshowatJava
discoveredthatpeacethatcomesfromhisinner
guidethatwasjustrestinguntilthetimewas
right.Seeingandhearingofthehappinessthat
hisworkbringstoothersistheicingonhiscake.Heis
nowexperimentingwithwatercolorsanddifferent
typesofbackgroundmaterial.
NationinCelina,Ohiowith40paintingsandhas
Submission
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