Self Portrait as a Care Bear
Painting
$400.00
Self Portrait as a Care Bear, 2022
Work size: 18 W x 22 H in
Framed size: 19.5 W x 25.25 H in
Materials: Acrylic paint on canvas
Frame: White
Work size: 18 W x 22 H in
Framed size: 19.5 W x 25.25 H in
Materials: Acrylic paint on canvas
Frame: White
From the Artist:
Self-Portrait as a Care Bear emerged as an Abstract Painting turned Rorschach test. Over the summer I began to experiment with a new way of organizing the compositions of my paintings during a season when I reflect on the past and revel in all things nostalgia. The Care Bears were so popular that the price of the toy remained very high for several years after they were introduced. For a long time I pined away for Tenderheart Bear until I finally acquired one at an age where I was too embarrassed to be excited about the gift. Out of guilt, I kept the bear until I moved to Cincinnati in 2016, when I recklessly sold him for a scant amount of money. It feels as though I sold a small part of my childhood for nothing and I have regretted that sale ever since. Self-Portrait as a Care Bear is a gift to myself that can be endlessly recreated and manufactured and it’s a new kind of self-portrait that describes personality with object proximity by placing my identity in the context of the generation that shaped it.
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