Acrylic painting of the Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago by Lesley Spanos. Copyright 2008, all rights reserved.

“Da Bean” 12 x 9″ acrylic on panel

Talk about being late – this one was supposed to be done by October 8 so I could send it to Karin Jurick for her Week 5 challenge on “Different Strokes From Different Folks.”

But somehow I got lost in a gloomy diptych which was probably way too challenging for a quick project like this. That’s the bottom image, still in progress.

"The Day The Met" and "The Day They Married" by Lesley Spanos. Copyright 2008, all rights reserved.

I don’t know how it got so dark and depressing, because that wasn’t what I was going for. I think maybe I was reacting to the gloom and doom surrounding the economic collapse in the US, and it came out in my painting. Maybe one of these days I’ll try to finish it, because I like the concept. My intent was to put the couple making out under the bean in the left panel, and the same couple having their photo taken on their wedding day on the right panel. Maybe I’ll keep the rain on the left side, and make the right side a sunnier day.

(Now maybe I shouldn’t point this out, but doesn’t the left-hand panel remind you of Eric Cartman mooning? All I can see is a big, fat cartoon butt.)

The much brighter piece at the top of this post is an acrylic I did at the last minute just so I’d have something to turn in, but not fast enough to get it to Karin for her to put it on her blog. It’s listed on my Boundless Gallery space for $70, shipping included.