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Snake Eyes

Snake Eyes, Two-Dimensional Wall Art > Paintings
Snake Eyes
 

Two-Dimensional Wall Art > Paintings (Oil)    60 x 46 x 2    $6,000.00   

Artwork #
142
Artist's Statement
Some paintings are preconceived and some are not. Even preconceived paintings can take off on their own. That’s fine. After all, it’s about searching, exploring, digging, and magic, isn’t it? I wanted a large void area in the middle of the canvas with improvisation on the sides. Jazz. I had been looking at doodles in my sketchbook. Fun! The right side of the canvas began morphing into a skeleton. Thinking of death, finality, and of the coronavirus. I realized where the painting was heading. I created a pattern on the left side of the canvas with the number 19. The middle needed resolution. So. A pair of dice in the center. First, they were larger but that didn’t work. The dots on the dice represent “snake eyes”—a losing throw of the dice in the gambling game of Craps.
Artist
Peter Onstad
Contact Information
707-456-1067