2024. Oil on panel. 11" x 14"
 
This colorful, little painting was painted from life from a setup in my studio.
 
The background is from the cover of a book that has Hokusai's "The Wave" on it. And then there is a gin and a tequila bottle that I kept because I found them really fascinating. I also really love art about art.
 
With this piece I was focused on color and mark making. However, I think there is something interesting conceptually that happens when glass bottle that are empty leftovers of a product distort the image of a famous piece of art. Art so famous it belongs in the collective conciousness of humaity....and has become a comodity itself.