Floating into ‘Love. Shebang. Disco.’ drew inspiration from a wildly vivid coordinated group activity harmoniously experienced amongst painters, creators, and lovers while drifting downstream of the Hudson River aboard a 2 person kayak with a party of 4. Comfort amongst land was not a certainty and neither was it appetizing to the group of ramblers who have unknowingly become hypnotized by the flowing technicolor water pushing them closer to a waterfall. Blissfully unaware and impervious that some of the floating faces in the water will never be seen again. 

Love. Shebang. Disco. began as a 5 x 4’ portrait painting utilizing spray paint and acrylic brush work. 
After a high quality photo was taken, minor digital alterations were applied, and then the animation team at Cryptic Gallery brought the technicolor river to life for its final form.

Love. Shebang. Disco.

It is rare that an artist has the opportunity to speak of how many hours it took to complete a work of art. For the first memoir of this painting I would like to give appreciation and thanks to the people and places that inspired or assisted in the process of bringing this specific idea to life 

Thank you to the inspiration behind this artwork, the 4/3 Aquatic Wood Stoves who are an endless source of friendship and inspiration.

John Stavros for giving me the space to create and display entire bodies of work.

Cryptic Gallery, teachers of the web3 world, who have passed me knowledge of new tools for exploring artistic expression.

Ovid the Swiss accent army knife of the arts AKA: Mr. Business AKA: Randolph Reasonable AKA: Ronnie Ruckus the 3rd.

The master of movement mi amigo Esteban AKA: Real name Steven AKA: He's from NY with the boys.

Miles & the rest of the team at MintGoldDust for curating & assisting me through the MGD process

And lastly, thank you to you. You, the supporter of the arts, whoever you are reading this.. Thank you for your time. We, all artists, appreciate you! This NFT is a 20 second animation that started as a physical painting that then went through a phase of digital additions and lastly the finalized imagery was animated. This process took the efforts of multiple parties over 100 hours to complete.

To the future owner of this NFT: Thank you for supporting me, my team, and our artistic endeavors. 
You're giving us the opportunity to pursue our dreams  :- )


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