Angry Duck Studio

I had to paint this morning before work.

She's not as cute as the inspiration photo (sorry, can't link to it right now - just try searching Google images for 'beautiful'). But I think her Natasha style snarl is here to stay. Clearly she's annoyed that you'd dare to look at her!

I'm still lovin' the Yupo for portraits.

Acrylic on 11"x14" Yupo.

You hear rumors of artists burning works that aren't up to their standards. Forget that! I'm feeling chatty tonight and since I haven't made anything good for a couple days, here's some bad stuff to tide you over...

First up is Horrific Mona Lisa.
On a big 'ole 24"x30" canvas.

Don't worry, she probably won't always look like this.
I wonder, would Lovecraft describe her as 'squamous'?

Next up is War Cow, on 11"x14" Yupo.

I wanted a panda on the tank, but got a cow instead.

Then we have the ever-changing Icelandic Landscape.
On a 28"x22" canvas.

I hated this one, so I put more paint on it.
Now it has 'figures'. I still hate it.

Last and least, we have Mudslide Houses.
On 9"x12" canvas paper.

When you mix too many colors, you get gray goo.
That's the 'mudslide' part. But if you use a little
imagination, you can sort of see inside the houses.
That's the 'houses' part. Duh!

I decided to use my GooglePages option and whipped up a quick gallery style web page (requires javascript). I'll probably point my mattring.com and angryduckstudio.com domains at it soon.

Enjoy!

My second self portrait. Based on this photo, it's kinda over-the-top. I may tone it down later, but am posting it as-is now.

I painted the black frame in order to resize the surface. But maybe that was a mistake, because it looks like a black velvet painting. I also regret the blue in the background. I meant for it to echo my eye color, but it just adds to the velvetness.

But I still like it.

Oh, it's on a 29"x17" salvaged Ikea board.

This is just a quick random portrait on 11"x14" Yupo.

I love the way the Yupo, which is actually a plastic sheet, shows the brushwork. Yupo also seems to require less paint than canvas.

I intended to work from this photo of a Native American woman, but it didn't end up that way. But that's OK.

I'm very happy with this piece.