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I’m cleaning up my studio today and I found these guys, a diptych from the Bad Perspective series of a few years ago…acrylic paint and oil paint stick on wood panels, 12in./30.5cm.sq. each.

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Here are three "oldies but goodies" from the Venus series of '92...water colour and India ink on paper, 9in./23cm. x 12in./30.5cm. each.

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All Step paintings so far.

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Eight Steps…acrylic paint, acrylic marker, Stilo pencil and oil paint stick on paper, 24x18in./61x46cm., 2’25.

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Small Steps, #'s 1&2...acrylic paint, pastel chalk and oil paint stick on paper, 18in./46cm. sq., 2'25.

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Floaters…acrylic paint on wood, particle board and canvas , 27in./69 cm .x19 in./48cm.x6in./15cm., 4’25.

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The Steps, #'s 1&2...acrylic paint, acrylic marker, oil paint stick and chalk pastel on paper, 42in./107cm. sq. each, 2'25.

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Today is Flag Day and we are snowed in. I took some interior shots of Carol in our kitchen and then, [as is my want], played around with them.

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A stack-o-stuff on work table. Maybe I'll glue them down and slap on some paint...pieces of wood frames and stretcher bars, fragments of paintings on canvas board and floor tiles all balanced on reverse of old canvas painting.

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Here's the 5th iteration of the ICON series of constructed paintings. Finished them off with more acrylic paint but added acrylic marker and Stabilo pencil for greater colour, texture and pattern.

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Work by Robert Waters, member of S.S.O., [Studio Space Ottawa]...graphite on canvas and paper, 30in./76cm. x 37in./94in., [dimensions for framed drawings only].

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Five stages of ICON # 3, [left to right].

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After finishing the smallest ICON, I added more colour to the second and third ones and left the first as is. To see the different stages of this series scroll down.

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Dragged, Scraped and Framed #'s 1-4: acrylic on canvas, dimensions range from 20x30in./51x76cm. to 10in/25.5cm. sq., 12'14.

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ICON # 3, [redux]...acrylic paint on canvas, canvas board and wood panel, 36in.x20in.x3in./91.5cm.x51cm.x7.5cm., 11'24.

ICON's #'s 1, 2, 3.

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"What if the “baggage” painting carries—its art historical past, its identification with the artist as an individual, its uniqueness—are not negatives in contemporary artmaking? What if the baggage of painting has become the impetus for painting’s rebirth in contemporary art?"

Sharon Orleans Lawrence Excerpted from: How the Materiality of Paint is Intrinsic to the Work of Art: An Explanation of the Meaningful Placement of the Medium of Painting in Contemporary Art Theory (New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 2013

Cut Out #3...acrylic paint on plywood, 14in./36cm.x12in./31cm.x1in./2.5cm., 1975... by Ted Willis