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  • The Collaborators
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  • June 2019 Article on Collaboration with Russell Metzger
    Peripheral Arteries 
    Contemporary Art Review - UK
    Biennial Edition


    Click HERE to read.
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  • The Ravens

    THE RAVENS    48” wide x 50” high     The black clothes represent the artist, who has old artist's brushes sticking out of a pocket of the pants.  This is literally a "painting within a painting."  The canvas with the single raven on it is attached to the alderwood that forms the basis of the artwork.  There are also jeans at the bottom of the canvas for depicting ground.

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  • Night Snowfall in the City

     NIGHT SNOWFALL IN THE CITY     72” wide x 48” high      

    This large piece suggestive of Manhattan and the lights of Times Square NY has eight skyscrapers that are made from blue jeans, and t-shirts form three of the clouds

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  • Night Snowfall in the City - Detail

     NIGHT SNOWFALL IN THE CITY     72” wide x  48” high      

    This large piece suggestive of Manhattan and the lights of Times Square NY has eight skyscrapers that are made from blue jeans, and t-shirts form three of the clouds

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  • Night Snowfall in the City in Room

     NIGHT SNOWFALL IN THE CITY     72” wide x 48” high      

    This large piece suggestive of Manhattan and the lights of Times Square NY has eight skyscrapers that are made from blue jeans, and t-shirts form three of the clouds

     

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  • The Spirit of Vincent

    THE SPIRIT OF VINCENT  48”wide x 60” high (plus 22” hangs down from bottom / 16” wide)   This tribute to Vincent van Gogh, with the swirls of "Starry Night" on the shirt, uses a man's shirt, a yellow hat (Vincent depicts himself in a yellow hat in several self-portraits), and blue-jeans appropriately paint-splattered for an artist.

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  • The Artists with The Spirit of Vincent

    Paul Davids is at left, Russell Metzger at right.

    THE SPIRIT OF VINCENT  48”wide x 60” high (plus 22” hangs down from bottom / 16” wide)   This tribute to Vincent van Gogh, with the swirls of "Starry Night" on the shirt, uses a man's shirt, a yellow hat (Vincent depicts himself in a yellow hat in several self-portraits), and blue-jeans appropriately paint-splattered for an artist.

     

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  • Two paintings in Room Setting

    At left:

    65 MILLION YEARS AGO    96”wide x 48” tall    This work on hardwood is in some respects the most visually spectacular and dynamic, not only for its size (8 feet long) but because it depicts one of the most critical, fiery moments in geological history -- the instant before the gigantic comet struck the sea and caused the "extinction event" that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago... and set the stage for the eventual "rise of mammals" and mankind.

     

    Right:

     FOUR CORNERS SUNSET     48” x 48”   

    The narrow, upright "chimney-like" mesas reminiscent of

    Monument Valley and geological formations near Four Corners, are from blue jeans.

     

     

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  • Family Tree in setting

    THE FAMILY TREE    48” wide x 72” high    

    The "tree" is made from clothing from the entire family - Mom, Dad and the children.

     

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  • Family Tree

    THE FAMILY TREE    48” wide x 72” high    

    The "tree" is made from clothing from the entire family - Mom, Dad and the children.

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  • Blue Grotto

    THE BLUE CAVE     60”wide by 48” high  

    The stalagtites and stalagmites are from blue jeans.

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  • Jean's Cove

    JEAN’S COVE           36” wide x 30” high    

    The "land mass" at the bottom is from blue jeans..

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  • Jean's Cove in Room Setting

    JEAN’S COVE           36” wide x 30” high    

    The "land mass" at the bottom is from blue jeans..

     

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  • Zipper Falls

     ZIPPER FALLS    36”wide x 48” high    

    The two cliffs are from blue jeans, and the title is a slightly off-color tongue-in-cheek reference.

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  • Four Corners Sunset

      FOUR CORNERS SUNSET     48” x 48”   

    The narrow, upright "chimney-like" mesas reminiscent of

    Monument Valley and geological formations near Four Corners, are from blue jeans.

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  • 65 Million Years Ago

    65 MILLION YEARS AGO    96”wide x 48” tall    This work on hardwood is in some respects the most visually spectacular and dynamic, not only for its size (8 feet long) but because it depicts one of the most critical, fiery moments in geological history -- the instant before the gigantic comet struck the sea and caused the "extinction event" that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago... and set the stage for the eventual "rise of mammals" and mankind.

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  • Chicago Moon

    Mixed Media on board, 96 x 48 inches.

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  • Thunder Ridge

    60 x 72 inches on board.

    Contact us for pricing.

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  • The Fab Four

     THE FAB FOUR        60”wide x 40” high   

    The "fabulous four" large flowers are made from clothing.

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  • Twisted Cloth Canyon

    TWISTED CLOTH CANYON   48”wide x 36” high   

     Five of the flowers and their stems, and the land beneath them, are from clothing.

     
     
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  • White Collar Peak

      WHITE COLLAR PEAK     30” wide x 48” high 

    Various articles of clothing form the mountain, including a prominent white collar shirt.

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  • White Collar Peak - Detail

    WHITE COLLAR PEAK     30” wide x 48” high 

    Various articles of clothing form the mountain, including a prominent white collar shirt.

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  • Northern Ice

     NORTHERN ICE      36” x 36” (plus an inch overhang on each side of length for 38” long)  

    The land mass is from blue jeans, and the clouds are from T-shirts.

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  • Andy's Collection

    ANDY’S COLLECTION  48” x 48” (plus 20” hangs down from bottom / 16” wide)   Among Andy Warhol's last works:  images of lady's shoes.  This work incorporates 17 individual painted and glittered lady's shoes, as well as a man's shirt (complete with a Campbell's soup can as a Warhol tribute), t-shirt and trousers which come down below the 48" square on which the shoes are mounted.

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  • California Dreamin'

    CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'  48”wide  x 20” high   

    This work on hardwood incorporates polished stone for the rocks on the beach.

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  • Windowsill Roses

    WINDOWSILL ROSES 28” wide x 40” high    The dozen roses in the bouquet in the vase, and the white decorative stick-like objects coming up from the vase, are all made with stiffened clothing, and these three-dimensional elements are fixed to the canvas that depicts the view through the window behind the flowers.

     
     
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  • Coyote Mesa

    COYOTE MESA    46” wide x 36” high   

    The mesa is polished stone.  Part of the land mass is jeans.  The work is on alderwood.

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  • Meditation

    MEDITATION    48” x 48”   This work that has stiffened clothes in a meditation posture also incorporates a gold-painted pine-cone that is fixed approximately where the pineal gland would be located.  With its suggestions of the yogis of the frozen Himalayas, it incorporates the "colors of the chakras" that rise up the spine in the yogic, Hindu tradition.

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  • Mountain Men

    MOUNTAIN MEN     60” wide x 48” high   

    The mountain and the clouds are from clothing.

     
     
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  • Narrow Cityscape

     NARROW CITYSCAPE   18”wide x 48” high  

    This uses blue jeans for the skyscrapers.

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  • The Lighthouse

    THE LIGHTHOUSE   42” wide x 28” high   

    This work on alderwood incorporates polished stone and small strips of hardened clothing for the lighthouse and rocks to the right of it.

     
     
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  • Wrinkle Point Pier

    WRINKLE POINT PIER   48” wide x 36” high  

    The land mass is jeans and the clouds are T-shirts.

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  • Unknown Soldiers
    Incorporated in this painting are several real marine uniforms.
    The 5 paintings that incorporate clothing (chemically treated blue jeans, etc) as identified above were co-created by Paul Davids and Russell Metzger.
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In this unique collaboration, the two artists have found materials and subject matter that convey something quite indescribable!  Sometimes humorous, and sometimes quite romantic, they should be viewed in person to appreciate their deep textures and extraordinary detail.

Most of the art is on stretched canvas, but some pieces are on alderwood (hardwood) with treated surface.  The three-dimensional elements in the art are mainly of treated cloth that is hardened to a completely stiff state with epoxy and various resins.  Epoxy resin also creates the glossy surface that has been painted over using oil paints with fast-drying alkyd. 
The cloth is in most cases blue jeans, although sometimes clouds may be from T-shirts or flowers may be from dresses.  Some of the art has polished traventine or polished onyx (stone) incorporated that suggests cliffs or mesas or stones on a beach.
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