Medium Notes:
Atelier acrylics, Phthalo Green, Crimson Red and Titanium White, household acrylic, pot belly black enamel and enamel oils, bridge sign, collage on stretched canvas, 1715mm x 1100mm
Artists Notes: 14th October 2009
Thoughts while painting: To think for ones self takes time and effort, to let or expect another individual to think for you takes fuck all. To me it is the individual thinkers that have brought about change by thinking outside the square and persevering to initiate such a change in collective thought. Are we becoming a nation of brainless robots, has our lives become so hectic that we have learnt to switch off and accept what is dihed up to us by our leaders, bosses or husbands and wives. If you are one of those people I pitty you or envy you all at the same time.
This Painting is a mini meltdown, my personality is of such that I aint no leader, on an individual basis I dont handle pressure well, I dont like many people around me for I become confused. Problem solving is difficult for me however I always push on and try to learn to fix it or to find a way around the obstacle. Being a loner I have troubles when the most basic of problems are pushed onto me without the person taking just a little time to try and work it out for themselves. I am struggling at the present time to accommodate those types of needs upon me. When I feel this weight of expectation all I really want to do is go screaming off into the bush screaming 'FUCK OFF'. The sad bit is is when I try to explain to another their laziness or lack of trying is impacting on me I get a look of 'what are you talking about, I have no idea of what you are trying to explain.
So the Fuck Off is directed to all you non thinkers, to scared to even have an original thought or to even try and fix a small problem by having a go. Because for some fucking reason I need to help others think for themselves, there are times when it just gets all too much.


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