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Second new painting in the span of a few weeks, which (considering the lengthy drought of work before I moved) is very encouraging. I think it really helps that I finally have dedicated studio space now. And I think the long hiatus from painting has allowed me to reconsider my perspective on how I approach work. I decided I wanted to experiment with creating something that was much more than it appeared on the surface. I'm a big fan of puzzles, and always have been since I was a kid. I've hidden subtle things in paintings before, but I don't think that has ever been as central to the concept of any of my fine art as it was to this one.

I'm still working with technology as subject matter, because I still believe it's one of the most central themes to Western life in the 21st Century. As far as the neon aesthetic-- well, I have to admit, that was most consciously influenced by having bought a copy of Shadow the Hedgehog recently. XD Particularly from playing the cyberspace levels, the ones which were themselves pretty much jacked from Tron. I envisioned the canvas as partitioned into different colored sections of light circuits-- red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, magenta, and white. I like the fluorescent circuit effect-- I think I might dabble a bit more with it some time.