Painting

I was once somewhat obsessed with Orange Grove Tool Sheds and Utility Boxes of Oliva, Spain. I photographed thousands over the course of just a few months.

Joe Eszterhas, the screenwriter of Basic Instinct, Flashdance, Betrayed, Music Box, and many others, once said that all his screenplays discuss the same thing. If you've seen these films, you'll know that they're quite different from one another, so it's a rather curious comment. Then he said, and I'm paraphrasing, "But I wasn't aware of it. It was someone else who pointed it out to me, the theme that I return to over and over again: Can you really know the one you love?" Indeed, that is what all those films are about.

I once heard author and Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano say that he writes the same book over and over again and that he likes to think of himself as a photographer with one subject. Before exploring them again, he just moves the camera to see them from another angle.

I like when artists do this. When they repeat themselves without being repetitive. It seems to me that this is what Seth Armstrong is doing with his urban landscapes:

Wonderful stuff. More on Armstrong's site.

Jen Orpin paints bridges. More on their site.

These untitled oil paintings are all by Brazilian artist Lucas Arruda. They're from his Deserto-Modelo series. If I showed these to my mother, she'd say, "Those aren't paintings. They're moods." She'd mean it as a compliment.

More here.

Alberto Ortego builds 3D models and then does 2D paintings of the sets. They're set in the 50s but I get a strong Raymond Carver vibe from them, especially High Noon (above).

Here's Ortega with one of his models:

More on Ortega's site.

More on Geddes' site, including timed releases in his shop.

Love these Rolling Pin Paintings by Daniel Eatock.

Looks like he also had an unusual Black Friday Sale where he offered up paintings via barter for items he would send you links to. I love unorthodox approaches to commerce. I missed out on them but am quite taken with this one from that series:

Many more on Eatock's site.

London-based painter Ian Robinson focuses on music, books, and collections.

More on Robinson's site.

Nico Sawatzki's paintings manage to be both organic and industrial at the same time. I imagine that in person one would want to reach out and touch them.

More on Sawatzki's site.

Some beautiful new work from Keita Morimoto.

Morimoto has a new book out as well — might be Japan only. Their site is here. Morimoto studied at OCAD.