{"id":185,"date":"2009-07-28T03:52:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-27T20:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trubright.com\/gallery\/?page_id=185"},"modified":"2017-12-06T16:12:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T22:12:44","slug":"drum-stick-portraits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trubright.com\/gallery\/drum-stick-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticking Series Folio"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2009 I started working on a series of drum stick and mallet portraits that I call the Sticking Series. It happened by accident. I was working on a painting that I wasn’t happy with so I kept painting over it with gesso. Eventually I had a big red sphere. It reminded me of a red plastic xylophone mallet so I thought, “Why not? All I need is to paint a shaft on the side” and voila, the idea was born. Drum sticks are some of the simplest tools imaginable and I’ve had them in my hands since I was seven years old. Only lately have I come to appreciate their aesthetic properties.<\/p>\n