{"id":4197,"date":"2014-10-03T13:29:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T17:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/?p=4197"},"modified":"2014-10-03T13:29:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T17:29:29","slug":"really-big-paintings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasparkerhudson.com\/wordpress\/2014\/10\/really-big-paintings\/","title":{"rendered":"Really big paintings"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am wrapping up one of my really big paintings.  This bad boy, The Offensive<\/em>, is 74″ x 96″–roughly 6 by 8 feet. It comes from a series of paintings with subjects that are more topical than my recent work. At different times, I become engrossed by such topics. If you peruse my gallery, you’ll seem some of them there. I’ll have The Offensive<\/em> in my gallery soon. Its size alone presents challenges, both in making it and in photographing it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am wrapping up one of my really big paintings.  This bad boy, The Offensive, is 74″ x 96″–roughly 6 by 8 feet. It comes from a series of paintings with subjects that are more topical than my recent work. At different times, I become engrossed by such topics. If you peruse my gallery, you’ll seem some of them there. 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