Painting processes
New painting work in progress from Daggers to Dohnuts
This is a current work in progress of a large painting (130cm x 130cm). Part of a series of re-imagining of cafe diner scenes from popular cinema. An amalgamation of daydreaming my way through cinema these pictures are generated by contrasting objects that produces a dialogue which suggests a scenario of events and those that…
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series. Panel 11 of 26 – K is for Kill-Fire
Vietnam War Painting Well, for a minute I thought I was losing it when after spending a decent amout of time making a stencil for the text that I knew would be found on a Claymore mine during the Vietnam war,,, I asked myself “How in the hell did I get back to the letter ‘C’?”.…
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series. Panel 10 of 26 – J is for John Wayne
The Vietnam War slang “John Wayne” crops up a lot for various different meanings in the Vietnam War, my favorite use was for the soldier that was going a bit too “bizerk” in a fire fight, exposing himself to direct fire as if was imortal just like that unstopable cowboy.
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series. Panel 9 of 26 – I is for Iron Triangle.
The Vietnam War slang Iron Triangle was the name given to the Viet Cong dominated area between the Thi-Tinh and Saigon rivers, next to Cu Chi district.
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series. Panel 8 of 26 – H is for Ho Chi Minh Shoes.
The meaning of the slang word “Ho Chi Minh Shoes” literally reffered to a pair of shoes that were made from tires and worn by the North Vietnamese tecking over the Ho Chi Minh trail from North to South.
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series. Panel 7 of 26 – G is for Ghost.
“I was living proof that a grunt could endure a year of combat duty with hardly a scratch. Of course my Ghosting was a big help.” Arthur Wiknik.
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series. Panel 6 of 26 – F is for F4.
The F4 Phantom was the primary air war workhorse of the Vietnam War, they were used for fighting MIGs, targeting bridges and other strategic targets and provided fire support. I’ve read a bit on the F4’s pilots war stories and I believe that they all had balls of steel.
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series. Panel 5 of 26 – E is for ETS.
ETS if you think about it is not really a slang word but an abreviation for “Estimated Time of Serperation”. Soldiers would write the months they had left on their tour of duty in Vietnam and cross them off as they progressed.
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series. Panel 4 of 26 – D is for Dalgleish
War paint was a common occurance, the most elaborate and well decorated helmets during the Vietnam War were those of the fighter pilot. War paint decoration is also sernonimous with showing up on the sides of military weapons, vehicles and larger bombs.
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series. Panel 3 of 26 – C is for Comics.
Comics was the US army slang word for topographical maps used during the Vietnam War.
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series. Panel 1 of 26 – A is for Arclight.
Arclight or Arc Light is the general term for the use of B52 bombers to provide CAS (Close Air Support), the title was first used as the monicer for mission Operation Arc Light in 1965; that mission consisted in part the deployment of B-52F Stratofortresses as conventional bombers from bases in the US to Guam to support…
Read MoreVietnam War Slang Series – Panel 2 of 26 – B is for Basketball.
This panel is the result applying various types of stencils and masking for spray painting. The Vietnam war slang word “Basketball” refers to an illumination-dropping aircraft mission, capable of lighting approximately a square mile of terrain, rather than using the actual action (illuminating the terrain at night) to come up with an image, the final design is…
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