"CONTACT HIGH" BY ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI

Existential 2: Phoenix Rising?
WiP 4 [detail]
acrylic, watercolor, charcoal powder, ink on muslin

Right now my vision is gone and magic's to blame
It's silent down here, hey I want to get loud again
You'll hold the thunder while I bring the rain

I might be busy doing nothing but I've had my share
You've got a strange infatuation with the love that's in the air

Contact high 

lyrics: "Contact High" by Architecture in Helsinki 

EXISTENTIAL 2: PHOENIX RISING? WiP 4.b

Existential 2:
Phoenix Rising?
WiP 4

    "It's very angry," Erin comments from the doorway. 
    To model a line from a much better writer, disconcerted "isn't the right word, but it's the first word that comes to mind." Taken aback.  Peturbed.
    "Ya think so?" I ask feigning curiosity.  I squish my eye to the corner of my lips and shake my head back and forth.  "I don't see it."  Sarcasm seems the appropriate response to expressed concern.
    "Do you want to talk about it?"
    "Nope.  That's why I painted that," I say, pointing back with my thumb.  
    "Well, I know you're not happy," she responds, cutting closer to truth. 
    "I'm sublimating my emotions," I say, trying to allay her worry. 
    "So the painting is helping?"
    "It is."

Existential 2: Phoenix Rising? WorkinProg#4

Existential 2:
Phoenix Rising?     

WiP 4
acrylic, watercolor, charcoal powder, ink on muslin
95.5 x 75"
2011

Existential 2: Phoenix Rising? WorkinProg#3



Existential 2: Phoenix Rising? WiP 3
acrylic, watercolor, charcoal powder, ink on muslin
95.5 x 75"

Existential 2: Phoenix Rising? WorkinProg#2



Existential 2:
Phoenix Rising ?
acrylic, watercolor, charcoal powder, ink on  muslin  
95.5 x 75"

Existential 2: Phoenix Rising? WorkinProg#1



Existential 2:
Phoenix Rising ?
acrylic; watercolor, charcoal powder, ink on  muslin  
95.5 x 75"