Susan Bolles - plywood

Washing Machine, oil & charcoal on plywood, 30" x 48" - sold

Sewing Machine, oil & charcoal on plywood, 30" x 22" - sold

Television, oil & charcoal on plywood, 32" x 48" - sold

Rolodex, oil & charcoal on plywood, 24" x 26" - sold

Stove, oil & charcoal on plywood, 35" x 48"

Milk Jug, oil & charcoal on plywood, 16" x 30" - sold

Shopping Cart, oil & charcoal on plywood, 30" x 48" - sold

Bathroom Mirror, oil & charcoal on plywood, 32" x 48" - sold

Bathroom Sink, oil & charcoal on plywood, 32" x 48"

Toilet & Brush, oil & charcoal on plywood, 26" x 48" - sold

Urinal, oil & charcoal on plywood, 24" x 48" - sold

Fire Extinguisher, oil & charcoal on plywood, 30" x 48" - sold

Bike with a Flat Tire, oil & charcoal on plywood, 35" x 48" - sold

Gamble Reading a Book, oil & charcoal on plywood, 48" x 72" - sold

Artist Statement

Laziness.

I was in the mood to sketch big but I’d left my large newsprint drawing pad in the back of my pick up truck. At the time I still lived in a loft in Downtown LA. The truck was sleeping in a parking lot one block away. I was too lazy to go get the newsprint so I grabbed a chunk of old plywood. It had a great tooth for charcoal.

A surface that large is begging for a life size drawing. My studio mate had an old rolling office chair with a worn seat he liked to take a break in while he was painting. We called it, ‘Greg’s chair.’ The drawing went fast - yet it wasn’t complete. It wanted paint. It screamed for paint. It pleaded for paint.

More chairs, a stool, ladder, the refrigerator, stove, coin operated washing machine just down the hall, on to the toilet, bathroom sink, mirror, the last working urinal, an iron, rolodex, a tv, coffee cups, bags, cleanings supplies. Sketched and painted on old scraps.

Bits and pieces of life in a loft building written on plywood.

About the paintings

Charcoal and oil painting on salvage commercial grade plywood panels.

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