Allegory of Good/Bad Government 20ft long!!

[tcarlson]

Allegory of Good/Bad Government, the house of Human Civilization

This is a painting that Ive been working on for the past 3 months. It is painted with many glazes and layers of medium

before I write about the concept
Id like to get your initial reactions

thanks

http://www.tjcarlson.com/finalwebpage.jpg

there are three panels.. these are them pushed together

http://www.tjcarlson.com/finalwebpage1.jpg

A possible frame Idea...



http://www.tjcarlson.com/pic.jpg
http://www.tjcarlson.com/pic2.jpg
http://www.tjcarlson.com/leftpanel.jpg
http://www.tjcarlson.com/process.jpg

thank you

[strych9ine]

Massive, beautiful, and inspiring to see all at once... I'd love to see this up close and personal. Please keep posting.

[Crash]

holy shitmonkey thats impressive

[wassermelone]

Man it is finally finished? I gotta see it again!
This is Drew by the way... as in hangs out with Bobert.

-drew

[Dominie_Dirtch]

Absolutely amazing.

[TheGreatSlayer]

If you think about it, a one word post is actually spam, but somehow i don't care:

Awesome!

[Patton Art]

Wow. Holy crap this is amazing!

Is this a commission? This is crazily awesome (good english, huh?)... you had to have put in tons of hours into this. Geez.


I've been thinking of doing a large mural like this, too. I'm too afraid of actually doing it, though. haha

[Sanby]

That's incredible, and very huge:)

It's a very inspiring piece of work.

BTW, is it a commission?

Sanby

[Scratched Glass]

came out well tom. will be nice to see in person.

Dave

[tcarlson]

wow thanks guys..

its wasnt a commission it was my Senior Thesis Project at the Ringling school of art and design... Im glad to be working like this, it has taken alot of time and effort.. I want to talk about the concept.. however I dont have alot of time now.. however will later

[JabMasta]

so awesome... O.o
I would really like to see that pics in RL.

[jgillman]

When i first look at it it kinda reminds me of those pre-rennassaince religious Jesus paintings. One of the ones with an incredible amount of symbology and hidden meanings. I think that thar light qualitiy is really incredible (how you did the lighting), and also the composition.

Good Job

[anjy]

Niiice, man!

(Much longer than I had imagined!) Interesting things going on, and the Michelangeloesque colors work well in the piece.

All the activity and number of characters makes this is a bit trippy.

Massive...

Good job.

(this is Jason, by the way)

[Ezekiel]

thats beautiful, is there any chance of some more detail shots?

[zandernice]

My initial reaction was that it looks like the Modern art style of Thomas heart benton's during the government funded Public Works Project. His murals in particular.

[el coro]

i think thats just fantastic. bravo! you inspire me.-c36

[Myriadian]

It's quite amazing. If that's your senior thesis project, then you definitely have quite a life ahead of you. The style is superb and clean, and the colouring is wonderful. It's true inspiration. Keep up the good work, and continue to put out as much as you have been.

I'd love to see some more detail shots.

[tcarlson]

The opening was last night at Ringling for the senior show at the Ringling school... it was quite nice... alot of great work all across the board. The responce to my piece was excellent... one thing Ive really focused in on in the last year has been cooking oils, the ciannini recipe, and working very traditionally. This is something that is very difficult to do because information is difficult to obtain and involves alot of extra research...

but last night It really payed off to have it on the wall.. the Yellow in the middle is so bright it is incredible... Im really happy with my paint.. and cant wait to continue my studys

thanks.. I will hopefully have more details soon

http://www.tjcarlson.com/atshow.jpg
http://www.tjcarlson.com/atshow2.jpg