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Description
“Stages of Life”
MMMMMORE MERTON MMMMM Series
(Merton’s latest grouping of pieces in his Maxi Meaningful Mixed Media Series)

© Merton Parrish
All rights reserved

NOTES ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE IN THIS SERIES:

“Stages of Life,” shows four nude, male figures, progressing in age, in various trajectories with a sun, out in space. One young adult figure holds on his shoulder a large, over-sized pocket watch. Another, the youngest, holds in his hand a small pocket watch. A forty/fifty-ish figure has a bit of a pad or waddle under his chin. The oldest figure, bearded, peeks around the sun. So it is a piece about life, aging, etc. It shows (sort of humorously and metaphorically) a progression of our various selves, as we age and live with time, our bodies, etc.

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NOTES ON THIS PARTICULAR GROUPING IN THIS SERIES
(THIS LATEST INSTALLMENT OF PIECES IN THIS SERIES)

I am working on five art pieces of varying sizes, progressing from small to big. They all are were begun in pencil form, then inked, then colorized in mixed media (colored pencil, pastel, Copic marker, Copic airbrush, etc.)… my usual pastiche.

One piece of the five, the biggest, is called, "If I were a ghost" and features a handsome zippy figure out in space, zipping about with stars and comets, above the earth. It is appealing, I think, with its large, airbrushed space-scape, and brings to life the frequent thoughts I have about where I might go and what I might do if “I” were a ghost.

The next, slightly smaller piece is a self portrait of me drawing and is entitled “Muse ‘n the Moon.” It shows me lying nude on the bed, large artpad on my tummy, with my bedside lamp at my side, a sun partially executed on the pad, and the moon with a ghostly tree branch in the window just past my reclining figure.

The next smaller piece is called "Sorrow and the Peace Fairy." It is a long narrow work, with a nude figure reclining on its tummy, resting its head in a pillow, as the "Peace Fairy" whooshes (healing, we assume) dust all about the personage.

The next smaller piece, another long narrow one, is my "Save the Planet Mobile." It puts into visual form my ideas concerning the virtues of small, ecological, moveable houses, which could, with different laws and zoning, help people on earth have smaller ecological footprints (and save the planet... before it is too late... which it might, sadly, already be).

The smallest piece, entitled “Stages of Life,” shows four nude, male figures, progressing in age, in various trajectories with a sun, out in space. One young adult figure holds on his shoulder a large, over-sized pocket watch. Another, the youngest, holds in his hand a small pocket watch. A forty/fifty-ish figure has a bit of a pad or waddle under his chin. The oldest figure, bearded, peeks around the sun. So it is a piece about life, aging, etc. It shows (sort of humorously and metaphorically) a progression of our various selves, as we age and live with time, our bodies, etc.

All but the last are generally pretty big in size, even though they vary in dimension. So, they are included in/added to my MMMMM Series (Merton Maxi Meaningful Mixed Media Series) ([link] ). They are the latest installments in this evolving series.

________________________

NOTES ON THIS SERIES:

The MMMMM Series (Merton Maxi Meaningful Mixed Media Series) was begun in 2011 by myself, Merton Parrish, in my “house of many studios.” I completed it mostly in my bedroom studio, where I spend a great deal of time lately (and in which I now, with some recent modifications, can draw, ink, traditionally colorize, photograph, scan, edit and post). Some of the work, however, was done in the den drawing studio, during tv with hubby, or late at night when I could not sleep and needed not to wake hubby with a bright “art light,” marker/pencil scratches/squeaks, airbrush “pssssh’es,” etc.

The series consists of large (“maxi”) mixed media works which tend to be on meaningful themes (to Mertons and other humans). These were originally pencil drawings on large, frequently recycled art boards, cardboards, or painted/gessoed-over prints in large frames. After the pencil drawings were finished (as is common with me of late) the pieces were inked with fine black pen. Then, they were colorized traditionally (by hand) with mediums from amongst the following list:

*colored pencil
*pastel pencil
*Copic markers
*Copic marker with aircan airbrush attachment

This series, like many of my groupings of original art, may be added to in the future. I rather enjoyed doing these large, “maxi” works, and feel that their size adds to their impact. The pieces are anywhere from about the dimensions of a big fish (think exaggerating fishermen, saying, “It was THIS big!”) to several which fit in some nice, big frames purchased by my parents at a hoighty toighty furniture store (the sort of frames designed to hold large art prints and take up substantial wall space behind a couch). So, the larger pieces in the series are pretty good size.

Now, if I can only figure out a way to do some of those REALLY big art pieces… the kind one sees covering entire walls of a certain, ever-present coffee house chain, of great renown. That would be cool. Maybe I can talk hubby into turning our garage into a big art studio, after all. Hmmm… “It could happen!” as comedian Judy Tenuta would say! Wink.

I can dream, can’t I?

(I should get busy manifesting and follow my own rhetoric, now shouldn’t I!?!

Description
“Stages of Life”
MMMMMORE MERTON MMMMM Series
(Merton’s latest grouping of pieces in his Maxi Meaningful Mixed Media Series)

© Merton Parrish
All rights reserved

NOTES ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE IN THIS SERIES:

“Stages of Life,” shows four nude, male figures, progressing in age, in various trajectories with a sun, out in space. One young adult figure holds on his shoulder a large, over-sized pocket watch. Another, the youngest, holds in his hand a small pocket watch. A forty/fifty-ish figure has a bit of a pad or waddle under his chin. The oldest figure, bearded, peeks around the sun. So it is a piece about life, aging, etc. It shows (sort of humorously and metaphorically) a progression of our various selves, as we age and live with time, our bodies, etc.

______________________

NOTES ON THIS PARTICULAR GROUPING IN THIS SERIES
(THIS LATEST INSTALLMENT OF PIECES IN THIS SERIES)

I am working on five art pieces of varying sizes, progressing from small to big. They all are were begun in pencil form, then inked, then colorized in mixed media (colored pencil, pastel, Copic marker, Copic airbrush, etc.)… my usual pastiche.

One piece of the five, the biggest, is called, "If I were a ghost" and features a handsome zippy figure out in space, zipping about with stars and comets, above the earth. It is appealing, I think, with its large, airbrushed space-scape, and brings to life the frequent thoughts I have about where I might go and what I might do if “I” were a ghost.

The next, slightly smaller piece is a self portrait of me drawing and is entitled “Muse ‘n the Moon.” It shows me lying nude on the bed, large artpad on my tummy, with my bedside lamp at my side, a sun partially executed on the pad, and the moon with a ghostly tree branch in the window just past my reclining figure.

The next smaller piece is called "Sorrow and the Peace Fairy." It is a long narrow work, with a nude figure reclining on its tummy, resting its head in a pillow, as the "Peace Fairy" whooshes (healing, we assume) dust all about the personage.

The next smaller piece, another long narrow one, is my "Save the Planet Mobile." It puts into visual form my ideas concerning the virtues of small, ecological, moveable houses, which could, with different laws and zoning, help people on earth have smaller ecological footprints (and save the planet... before it is too late... which it might, sadly, already be).

The smallest piece, entitled “Stages of Life,” shows four nude, male figures, progressing in age, in various trajectories with a sun, out in space. One young adult figure holds on his shoulder a large, over-sized pocket watch. Another, the youngest, holds in his hand a small pocket watch. A forty/fifty-ish figure has a bit of a pad or waddle under his chin. The oldest figure, bearded, peeks around the sun. So it is a piece about life, aging, etc. It shows (sort of humorously and metaphorically) a progression of our various selves, as we age and live with time, our bodies, etc.

All but the last are generally pretty big in size, even though they vary in dimension. So, they are included in/added to my MMMMM Series (Merton Maxi Meaningful Mixed Media Series) ([link] ). They are the latest installments in this evolving series.

________________________

NOTES ON THIS SERIES:

The MMMMM Series (Merton Maxi Meaningful Mixed Media Series) was begun in 2011 by myself, Merton Parrish, in my “house of many studios.” I completed it mostly in my bedroom studio, where I spend a great deal of time lately (and in which I now, with some recent modifications, can draw, ink, traditionally colorize, photograph, scan, edit and post). Some of the work, however, was done in the den drawing studio, during tv with hubby, or late at night when I could not sleep and needed not to wake hubby with a bright “art light,” marker/pencil scratches/squeaks, airbrush “pssssh’es,” etc.

The series consists of large (“maxi”) mixed media works which tend to be on meaningful themes (to Mertons and other humans). These were originally pencil drawings on large, frequently recycled art boards, cardboards, or painted/gessoed-over prints in large frames. After the pencil drawings were finished (as is common with me of late) the pieces were inked with fine black pen. Then, they were colorized traditionally (by hand) with mediums from amongst the following list:

*colored pencil
*pastel pencil
*Copic markers
*Copic marker with aircan airbrush attachment

This series, like many of my groupings of original art, may be added to in the future. I rather enjoyed doing these large, “maxi” works, and feel that their size adds to their impact. The pieces are anywhere from about the dimensions of a big fish (think exaggerating fishermen, saying, “It was THIS big!”) to several which fit in some nice, big frames purchased by my parents at a hoighty toighty furniture store (the sort of frames designed to hold large art prints and take up substantial wall space behind a couch). So, the larger pieces in the series are pretty good size.

Now, if I can only figure out a way to do some of those REALLY big art pieces… the kind one sees covering entire walls of a certain, ever-present coffee house chain, of great renown. That would be cool. Maybe I can talk hubby into turning our garage into a big art studio, after all. Hmmm… “It could happen!” as comedian Judy Tenuta would say! Wink.

I can dream, can’t I?

(I should get busy manifesting and follow my own rhetoric, now shouldn’t I!?!