2025.05 GRAY CUBE GALLERY

THEME: RED - Los Angeles/CA/USA/online

THE BACK STORY  

TITLE: THE RIGHT TIME & PLACE

          Fire Engine Red/Pantone 032C/Golden Acrylic Paint Pyrrole is one of my favorite colors.  A red by another name is just red.  There could be too much blue or yellow in it. It is one of the 3 primary colors.  When Gallery Gray Cube list a competition exhibition with Red a theme, I looked for my dominate red folder. Besides exhibiting my paintings I’ve decided to show some of my photos which would not, translate to a canvas painting.

          Imagine coming out of the grocery store, Trader Joe’s in this case, and find you are parked next to a red-red-red car.  Looking around, I see a red post in front of the parked car.  Both were painted the same color.

          My heart skipped a beat.  I was even more excited than  when I saw the Snow Plant.  While pulling my phone out, I also noticed the shopping carts were also the same red. With the a gray wall and the gray walkway, everything seemed perfect.  If I painted something like this, no one would believe it happened for real. 

          As I started to take photos, the car started backing up.  In a panic, which probably looked like a manic obsessive episode, I tried to get the lady to stop and pull back into the parking space.  

          Once I convinced her I was not going to harm her and that I loved her car as it was parked by the post, I quickly shot one only image.  I did not want to disturb nor delay her further. 

MEDIUM: PHOTOGRAPHY

SIZE: MISC. Upon Request - YEAR: 2025