My new logo is OJESUS. Why? Because I have said this phrase with daily regularity ever since November, 2016. I used to say it with an exclamation mark. Today, after seeing the headlines from Michigan. Omnicon. I just mutter it now, more a sigh. A text embedded sigh. I think I’ll tell you how I made it because it distracts me.
This morning began with yet another sighing “O, Jesus” and after my cup of coffee, I remembered seeing Mel Bochner’s 1940 “HA HA” yesterday on Instagram.
So, I bought some large paper stencils at Michaels and came home and went to work. I tried at first to duplicate Mel Bochner. Then, it just evolved into what it became. I am going to enlarge it onto a metal paper/frame that is 24in x 24in and hang it in my hallway. I wish I had a pink chair like the photo. Mel Bochner painted with oils on velvet. I was going to try to paint on velvet at first. Then, I slapped my face on one side and then the other side with clarifying force. I hand stenciled the letters onto to mix media paper but then the rest of the mutations were done digitally: painting, layering, and added textures. I’ve got a piece of nice black velvet that is still calling my name, though. But, I have no oil paints. Yet.
You could watch it in video form, too.
