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Meeting of Frontsby =lydario

Traditional Art / Paintings / Surreal

Meeting of Fronts
162"x32"
Oil on Canvas

I call this the centerpiece to my show. Being 13.5x2.5 feet in dimension, it was balls to paint, but really fun. It came to embody far more than I originally projected upon it when I had the idea. It looks at ones sense of self as defined on an individual basis and as part of a group, and the complex balancing act one must perform in order to navigate the pressures of belonging and conforming. The subjects are the men from my swim team as they were in the week after our state championship meet. Still dripping with the bittersweet residue of accomplishment and disbanding. In other words at the peak and base of a mountain. I like to think of this as a land scape.

This is the piece that I mentioned in my journal, having made it to New York... which, by the way, was sold!

Artist Statement:
This body of work explores commonality on the basis of the body. So ripe with potential to communicate, I wanted to explore what information is accessible in the absence of recognizable external features such as clothing, hair and the face with it's connection through the eyes.

Having been part of a swim team for 10 years of my life, I've found many of these features to be denied, and head-shaving to be one of the most radical. A practice equally rich with history, meaning and significance, there is a transformative power to head-shaving, and when the action taken into a public realm as an exercise done in and by a group the notion of self is challenged. The head becomes a multiple, the outward individuality is negated, and there is a complex engagement between unity and conformity. This series of work ultimately explores the more intimate influence that alteration of the exterior has on the interior.

_{The image quality is fairly lousy, but since the canvas is 13 feet wide, that sort of quality is unavoidable if I don't splice individual shots together. So sorry for that.} :/

Image (c) Jeffrey Swartout/lydario

WHAT THE BALLS?!
To the right there's a section saying 'camera data' and it lists the camera type, date, editing software and so much more... info that, since my friend documented the show for me, I wasn't even keen to. Deviantart, you clever shrew... you scare me.

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Given 2012-06-07

The suggester says: A beautiful painting that expresses an intriguing personal insight into conforming and peer pressure. Meeting of Fronts by ~lydario ( Suggested by ~unaru and Featured by ^Astralseed )

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~dchan May 13, 2013 Professional General Artist

This is so cool, Your oil brush work is fantastic!
Congrats my friend.

See ya!

=lydario May 13, 2013

Thanks.

~FrozenFeather Mar 19, 2013

i was going to ask where you keep this but you said you sold it, out of curiosity how much did you sell it for? or is that too personal?

*Canankk Mar 13, 2013

Featured in my journal [link]

~KatherineLin Jan 30, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

I wish I could see the show! I love the mood in the painting and your statement is powerful. Also congrats to the sale.

=lydario Feb 26, 2013

Thanks so much Katherine. For the most part, they were pretty hit or miss. The good shows were awesome, and the one's that weren't good were pretty underwhelming.

~KooboriSapphire Jul 6, 2012 Student General Artist

Haven't been checking on my watch list's messages, so sorry if this is late! But congrats on the DD. I like all the shades of their skin, & how detailed you went on them. Looks like things are getting better for you.

=lydario Sep 20, 2012

Thank you.

I have the same problem, as you can see. xD 2 months later.

~KooboriSapphire Sep 21, 2012 Student General Artist

Lol I see that

~arrogant904 Jun 19, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

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