Between doing a bunch of things around the house, including trying to get our house to sell, I finally got these two finished, clear coated, and ready to hang.
I’ve been playing some NES games lately, some Zelda, Metroid, Super Mario Brothers (yes, I still have my original NES, but play them also on Homebrew) and the backgrounds of Super Mario 3 inspired these. I’d already kind of made something similar on my iPhone through Brushes, but I felt better with a brush in my hands than using my finger on a screen. Running across worlds in SMB3 there are tons of objects with eyes staring back at the player from the background, and this is my take on their “Blank Stare”.
Each are 9×12”, graphite and latex paint on raised wood panel.
