CRUNCHY

or High velocity extrusion of polyurethane foam at distance.

Made from polyurethane foam, aerosol, concrete, acrylic, utility paint, epoxy resin, garbage, clay, recycled paintbrush fibres, oil, damar resin, uv archival spray.

I began this piece first by painting a piece of trash floating in the ocean. Only later, in experimenting with polyurethane foams, did it occur to me to entomb the entirety of the earlier painting. I became obsessed with the strange shapes polyurethane makes when pressurized; I shot it fast across the studio, watching it unfurl into these strangely familiar shapes. Wiggling, wagging little puffs coalesced over the heavier concrete painting underneath and begged for a bright, appetizing colour. Contemporary, mouthwatering and undoubtedly crunchy.

48" x 30".
Private Collection.