SOLAR LAP 60
I started this group of paintings on my 60th birthday, around the time of the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 5 months ago. It is my 60th lap around our Sun. One piece, REPO JINDO, was started two years ago and is included in this set.
The new work is a reflection on life and mortality, and, among other things, my identifying with my cats and with animals in general. Solar Lap 60 is ongoing, and there will be more.
This work had been completed just before I am about to relocate to a better studio/house elsewhere in South Korea.
All images Copyright Paul Fortunato 2022. All rights reserved.
THE MIGHTIEST OF THE KALIKIDS
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 232 cm., 65.5 X 91.5 in.
REPO JINDO
2022
Acrylic on crate panel with found wood joinery and digital router cut offs. The ‘fragile’ icons in the Moon are preexisting with the crate panel.
80 X 109 X 11 cm., 31.5 X 43 X 5 in.
Detail, REPO JINDO.
Detail, REPO JINDO.
Detail, REPO JINDO.
Detail, REPO JINDO.
MIMICRY IN NATURE
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 264 cm., 65.5 X 104 in.
IMMORTAL BEHEADED
2022
Acrylic on linen, 151.5 X 166 cm., 65.5 X 59.5 in.
LOVELIEST OF THE MANTIDS
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 255 cm., 65.5 X 100.5 in.
PAULIEMON
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 197 cm., 65.5 X 77.5 in.
DOUBLE-HEADED FLY
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 229 cm., 65.5 X 90 in.
MANTER SLOTH
2022
This is a fragment of an earlier painting that I cut up and reworked.
Acrylic on linen, 76.5 X 62.5 cm., 30.25 X 24.5 in.
A BIRTH OF TWO SONS
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 201.5 cm., 65.5 X 79.5 in.
I AM A CAT
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 193 cm., 65.5 X 76.25 in.
TITLE UNDECIDED
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 196 cm., 65.5 X 72.5 in.
CHANGING COURSE
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 215 cm., 65.5 X 84.75 in.
I FORGOT
2022
Acrylic on linen, 118 X 167 cm., 46.5 X 66 in.
HANG ON A SEC, I’M ON ANOTHER LINE
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 166 cm., 65.5 X 65.5 in.
FORCH
2022
Acrylic on linen, 166 X 202.5 cm., 65.5 X 79.5 in.
My highs school nickname, ‘Forch’, and my tag, resurrected and reinvented.
I was so exhausted from preparing for the photo shoot of the new work that I forgot to take off the gloves and put down the mask for this portrait by photographer and friend Brian Park. Brian photographed all the paintings in this set. Thank you Brian.
All images Copyright Paul Fortunato 2022. All rights reserved.
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