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Little Pink Houses by ~dgerdem:icondgerdem:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > People

©2008-2009 ~dgerdem
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The American Dream, a little pink house, picket fence etc etc. How can this be when poor boys fight a rich man's war for his tax returns from the oil conglomerates? The boys die and float over their homes hoping for what could have been, figuring out the truth way to late. The dream is always too far from my reality.

So, if you are chest thumping for this shitty ass war, sign up and go over seas and fight it. Otherwise, be in vocal opposition and grow some nuts.

(I'm a veteran, I can say what I want.)

for the saints and sinners show

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~neonengine May 1, 2008, 6:45:00 AM
if you could see me...
i'd be smiling.
thanks!
it really does mean alot to me.

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"...we form each day the stuff of which eternity is made" -Elder J.B. Wirthlin
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~0-Hermit-0 Jun 4, 2008, 5:30:16 PM
Mhm. I love this stuff for the Saints and Sinner's show, these ones with the text in the banners in particular. The text kinda reminds me of the circus or fairgrounds... kinda something tawdry and tacky, but also (still) of proto-Renaissance religious works - like how sometimes there'd be a bit of narrative text in latin down the bottom. A lot of your stuff seems to be have the religion/earthly everyday contrast going and I bloody love it.
Also, with this one, the telegraph polls in the background kinda remind me of a patriarchal cross (I think that's what it's called anyway). Was that intentional, or am I reading this in the wrong direction completely?

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Well, it made sense at the time.
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~dgerdem Jun 7, 2008, 6:12:28 PM
Gosh Thanks!!! The show went well. Only sold a few, which is okay. I am still falling in love with the pile in my studio. The text most def is derived from my love of small circuses and comic book covers, as a child, tacky and ornate, sloppy and windblown. I think religion definitely comes into play in my work. Not overtly of course, but because I wrestle with my faith on a daily basis. The telephone poles started as a gimmick that came from an accident I had, but have turned into otherworldly symbols for all kinds of things... You are right on. Thanks for appreciating my work and writing meaningful statements. Someday, I will send you one. D

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it's the work, it's the work, it's the work
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Apr 18, 2008, 11:20:43 AM

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