Impatientism

Untitled 108

2009-10-24T16:43:00.002-04:00

(2009)

Untitled 107

2009-10-24T16:41:00.002-04:00

by J Randall & R Wisdom

(2008)

Untitled 106

2009-10-24T16:40:00.001-04:00

(2008)

Untitled 105

2009-10-24T16:39:00.001-04:00

(2009)

Untitled 104

2009-10-24T16:38:00.001-04:00

(2008)

Untitled 103

2009-10-24T16:36:00.002-04:00

(2008)

Sunrise on Wood (Untitled 102)

2008-08-07T01:06:00.003-04:00

8" x 3"
house paint on wood
(2008)

Untitled 101

2008-07-30T22:15:00.005-04:00

3' x 4'
oil on canvas
2008

Untitled 99

2008-07-11T18:06:00.003-04:00

acrylic on canvas
22" x 28"
2008

Untitled 97

2008-05-21T09:32:00.000-04:00

acrylic and tape on canvas
22" x 28"
2008

Untitled 98

2008-05-21T09:28:00.006-04:00

acrylic on canvas
20" x 20"
2008

Untitled 96

2008-03-27T16:26:00.003-04:00

8" x 24"
oil on canvas
(2008)

Untitled 71

2008-03-03T08:22:00.003-05:00

2' x 3'
house paint
(2007)

Untitled 92

2008-03-01T14:33:00.004-05:00

10" x 10"
house paint on canvas
2007

$30

Untitled 89

2008-02-17T22:03:00.004-05:00

48" x 57"
acrylic on canvas
(2008)

$333

Untitled 87

2008-02-08T13:12:00.000-05:00

30" x 40"

house paint and tape on canvas

(2008)

$250

Untitled 74

2007-10-26T15:12:00.000-04:00

2' x 6'
acrylic on canvas
(2007)

Untitled 72

2007-10-18T21:43:00.001-04:00

12" x 18"
acrylic on canvas
(2007)

$125

I have this one hung by my TV.

Untitled 70

2007-10-11T17:36:00.000-04:00

30" x 42"
house paint on canvas
(2007)

$235

Cascade

2007-09-23T13:26:00.001-04:00

22" x 28"
house paint on thrice-painted canvas
(2006)

SOLD

Untitled 85

2007-06-21T12:07:00.000-04:00

Oil, house paint, and acrylic on canvas
3.5' x 4'
(2007)

$1350

Corner

2007-06-21T12:04:00.001-04:00

3' x 4.5'
house paint on canvas
(2007)

$100

Untitled 80

2007-05-26T11:40:00.000-04:00

Untitled 80
3.25' x 5'
(2006)

$600

A big drip painting. Hey, so maybe Pollock was the first to do these and maybe his hit you harder than any of the rest. But just because Pollock painted in this style doesn't mean the rest of us can't take our crack. It's not like we can't paint watercolor flowers just because O'Keefe did it; or still lifes because the Europeans did them for centuries; or impressionist water scenes because Monet did so many so well. It's fun to make drip paintings and choosing the right colors is not so easy. We are slighting ourselves out of good art if we look at some young painter's drip and remark only that it is a Pollock "rip-off." As if we cannot use brushes and oil paints because someone else did it first.

I.E.D.

2007-03-05T12:00:00.000-05:00

by R Wisdom & J Randall

8" x 10"
acrylic on canvas
(2007)

*AUCTIONED OFF, 9/22/2007*

Spawned from the same impatientist session that conceived of "C.E. Gogh," "I.E.D." is a lilliputian impatientist masterpiece. Despite its size, its features are bold, its colors complimentary, its mixing thorough but not muddy, its composition virtually unequalled. This painting was completed in a matter of five minutes and yet it will hang on the walls of eternity. This I.E.D. is a real E.F.P., made not in Iran but in St. Louis.

Tibetan

2007-02-27T11:00:00.000-05:00

acrylic on thrice-painted canvas
11" x 14"
(2007)

$210

This painting is pseudo-impatientist. I selected the colors blindly and, en mask, attempted with my hands to paint a mountain & farmland scene. The farmland never came to fruition. When I de-masked I continued to work on the mountain scene with brushes and, chiefly, a palette knife. This form of "weak" impatientism was first practiced by Joseph Portera, and I like to think that "Tibetan" is reminiscent of his master work, "Woods."

The canvas first hosted another painting, and then another. Immediately before "Tibetan" the canvas was painted a golden yellow and had the texture of pronounced vertical ridges. This gives the painting an unusual ridgy look while contributing to the "ridges" of the mountains and accenting the vertical splendor of the mountains portrayed.

Meddle

2007-02-26T12:17:00.000-05:00

by R Wisdom and P Vaughan

Acrylic on Canvas
18" x 18"
(2006)

Ray and Patrick pulled off an impatientist masterpiece when they completed "Meddle" in a cigarette and bourbon fueled impatientist session to which I was sadly not a party. But all the better because "Meddle" is nothing like any previous impatientist work. The stark vertical white line was created by absence. That is, the canvas was sheathed with a streak of painter's tape so that when Ray and Patrick went about attacking it with a blind arsenal of deep-ocean trench colors they could not have possibly covered the area submerged in tape. How that last little dollop of blue Hershey's Syrup ended up covering part of the cordoned-off area we may never know. Was it a mistake? Was it purposeful? Was it catalyzed by a dare and a shot of Old Crow? Who's counting.

I bought this painting from the duo. I won't say how many thousands it cost me but I will say that it sits above my reading chair in my humble University City, MO abode and damn, I just love this fucking painting. I believe one day I will put it in my Navarre, FL beach house. Other than the white stripe, my favorite part of the painting is the aguamarine suggestion of tide-pool snorkeling that pre-dominates the left hand side of the painting. It is such a peaceful green patch of shallow water that I want to fall asleep in every time I see it.

This is a "strong" impatientist work, which is to say it is perfectly impatientist. The colors were chosen blindly out of the now-infamous "Paint Bag." Further, the artists wore winter masks over their faces and did not see what effect their hands and minds were having on the canvas as they worked.

C.E. Gogh

2007-02-24T11:02:00.000-05:00

by J Randall & R Wisdom

1' x 2'
Acrylic & Crayon on Canvas
2007

$280

C.E. Gogh is the insidious leader of the anti-globalization union private equity underground. He sits at the table of his basement corner office smoking cigarettes and plotting the next embargo.

Ray began the painting by sketching John with an oil crayon on the 1' x 2' canvas that Ray long ago vowed he would make into a portrait. John sat idly by while Ray sketched. When he saw his likeness on the canvas he remarked, "That's actually not a bad sketch." But he knew how to make it better—paint it in. The duo instantly launched into a pseudo-impatientist background and fill-in session in which Ray painted in the table, the cigarettes on the table, somebody's phone, an ashtray, and a couple of orange chairs. John added warrior face paint — subtle, subversive, and negotiation-proof — to the C.E. Gogh's face. From there he stitched in a green tie and a green outline of the Gogh's shirt before he then began dropping huge amounts of pink gray and white on the walls behind C.E. Gogh and with a brush added a Van Gogh-style wallpaper encircling the C.E. Gogh, attune to his every insurgent thought. Ray then managed to create a beutiful periwinkle type blue to serve as his carpet but also, when considered with the chair, evokes a sunset scene, as one would see from the Inner Bay in the San Francisco area. Is this the location of C.E. Gogh's ultra-top-secret hideout? No one knows, no one could say if he knew.

Now and then denizens of the Bay Area will claim to have seen the C.E. Gogh. As in, Have you seen the C.E. Gogh? His status is mythical, like Sasquatch or Amelia Earhart.

Exit 74

2007-02-24T10:59:00.000-05:00

by J Randall, P Williams, &
R Wisdom

2' x 3'
Acrylic on Canvas
2007

What we have here is the first three-way impatientist painting. John, Ray, & Phil are old comrades, going back a long ways to the mid-nineties when they were barely even shaving. They convened the session that spawned "Exit 74" in John's attic at about two o'clock in the morning. They were tipsy on cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Phil was reeling from a Notre Dame loss in the Sugar Bowl. But these mere trifles of life weren't about to interfere with some good old-fashioned impatientist painting. This was Phil's first brush with impatientism but he performed beautifully.

It is a fairly large canvas for impatientist painting. The trio actually had only five colors to work with: mars black, titanium white, cerulean blue, hansa yellow, and a cadmium red. What is remarkable about "Exit 74" is that the artists managed to pull out so many different colors from the basic palette. The greens in the middle, the grays in the lower right corner, the oxide reds of the lower right corner, the flaming reds and yellows at the top, and everything in between.

It was likely Ray that executed the three-fingered swoosh working its way down from the top right into the middle, giving the painting a prominent and forceful personality. The patchwork at the lower left is distinctive and unusual; someone, we're not sure who, had to have been adding those numerous small strokes while the other two artists were busy mixing and swooshing on the rest of the canvas.

The painting right now sits atop Ray's fireplace in the McKinley Heights neighborhood of St. Louis. However, Phil has a claim on the painting as soon as he moves to St. Louis.

Navarre

2007-02-04T23:17:00.000-05:00

House paint on canvas
3' x 4'
(2006)

$1400

Vineyard

2007-02-04T23:13:00.000-05:00

House paint on canvas
3.5' x 6'
(2006)

$1750

The Painting We Did, and Then Never Did Again

2007-02-04T23:07:00.000-05:00

House Paint on Thrice-Painted Canvas
2' x 3'
(2007)

*PAINTED OVER*

This was a canvas I had white-washed (with a dark cranberry red) and had set aside to maybe go four-way impatientist on with my wife and a couple of friends. But they weren't interested in painting that day so I said screw it, I'll just leave it as it is—blank but so much more. It is the painting we never did, and are never doing again.

Looking for Thomas Kortkamp

2006-11-11T23:18:00.000-05:00

Still reading Gary Snyder, Thom Kortkamp?
Thought you might be in northeastern Missouri, Thom Kortkamp.
Thom Kortkamp Thom Kortkamp.
Landscaper, sutainable heat options, VW bus.
Thomas Kortkamp, Thomas Kortkamp.
IMSA and all the rest.
His house on the lake, Thom Kortkamp.
Rustle me up some entheogens.
Got a bowl that says Thom '96 on the bottom.
Wear that beard.
Thomas Kortkamp.
I'm at randall_john [at] hotmail.com.

Untitled 66

2006-05-28T15:27:00.000-04:00

30" x 40"

House paint, acrylic, &
spray paint on canvas

May 2006

Ray Wisdom & John Randall

Oregon coast

2006-05-27T23:58:00.000-04:00

Mexican Hat

2006-05-22T14:06:00.000-04:00

Grass

2006-05-20T11:38:00.000-04:00

Prop

2006-05-17T09:35:00.000-04:00

Bulbs

2006-05-16T06:57:00.000-04:00

Jacky Dan Dan

2006-05-14T00:48:00.000-04:00

Mirror Cow

2006-05-13T00:59:00.000-04:00

Ranch outside San Antonio

Tree

2006-05-12T01:11:00.000-04:00

Bridge, Ohio River

2006-05-10T19:13:00.000-04:00

Cloud

2006-05-09T23:18:00.000-04:00

Fat Tire

2006-05-08T14:12:00.000-04:00

Everest

2006-04-30T18:33:00.000-04:00

19 x 24"
house paint on wood
2006

Attic

2006-04-30T18:28:00.000-04:00

16 x 20"
house paint on canvas
2006

Six sketches

2006-04-28T08:40:00.000-04:00

house paint on canvas, cardboard and wood
april 06

untitled 62

2006-04-25T17:45:00.000-04:00

*PAINTED OVER*

16 x 20"
house paint on canvas
april 06

untitled 61

2006-04-25T17:01:00.000-04:00

9 x 12"
house paint on canvas board
april 06

untitled 60

2006-04-25T16:28:00.000-04:00

2 x 2'
house paint on canvas
april 06

$190

untitled 59

2006-04-25T15:59:00.000-04:00

16 x 20"
house paint on canvas
april 06

*PAINTED OVER, 10/12/2007*

untitled 58

2006-04-22T17:36:00.000-04:00

7 x 9"
house paint on cardboard
april 2006

*Painted Over*

untitled 57

2006-04-22T17:34:00.000-04:00

11" x 14"
house paint on canvas
april 2006

$205

Treason Sunset

2006-04-21T13:21:00.000-04:00

10 x 10"
acrylic on canvas
april 2006

by E. Brook Haley

Untitled 56

2006-04-21T13:18:00.000-04:00

18 x 20"
acrylic and house paint on canvas
april 2006

Untitled 55

2006-04-21T13:15:00.000-04:00

14 x 18"
acrylic and house paint on canvas board
april 2006

untitled 54

2006-04-10T17:08:00.000-04:00

12 x 16"
acrylic on canvas
april 2006

Untitled 53

2006-04-02T18:46:00.000-04:00

24 x 24"
acrylic on canvas
april 2006

Untitled 52

2006-03-29T12:11:00.000-05:00

2 x 2'
acrylic on canvas
march 2006

*Painted Over*

$65

Untitled 51

2006-03-29T12:09:00.000-05:00

1 x 2'
acrylic on canvas
march 2006

*PAINTED OVER*

$55

Untitled 50

2006-03-29T12:07:00.000-05:00

11 x 14"
acrylic on canvas
march 2006

$45

Untitled 49

2006-03-29T12:04:00.000-05:00

20 x 20"
acrylic on canvas
march 2006

by E. Brook Haley & Jack Randall

$185

Untitled 48

2006-03-24T16:15:00.001-05:00

12 x 12"
acrylic on canvas
March 2006

$135

Untitled 47

2006-03-24T16:13:00.000-05:00

11 x 14"
acrylic on canvas
March 2006

$35

Untitled 45

2006-03-12T12:05:00.000-05:00

18" x 18"
acrylic on canvas with piece of palette knife
March 2006

j. portera & jack randall

$340

Untitled 46

2006-03-11T20:13:00.000-05:00

11 x 14"
acrylic on canvas
March 2006

$30

Bon Mot

2006-03-11T20:08:00.000-05:00

35 x 44"
acrylic, sharpie, and canvas paper on newsprint
February & March 2006

by Jack Randall with Joseph Portera

Wave

2006-03-11T20:05:00.000-05:00

11 x 14"
Acrylic on canvas
March 2006

by Joseph Portera

Puzzle

2006-03-11T20:01:00.000-05:00

16 3 x 3" pieces
Acrylic on canvas paper
March 2006

by Joseph Portera

Untitled 40

2006-03-11T19:58:00.000-05:00

5 x 5"
Acrylic on canvas
March 2006

$20

Untitled 44

2006-03-10T18:41:00.000-05:00

18 x 18"
Acrylic on canvas
March 2006

by Joseph Portera & Jack Randall

SPOKEN FOR

Copyright 42

2006-03-10T17:45:00.000-05:00

11 x 14"
Acrylic on canvas
March 2006

$35

Untitled 43

2006-03-10T17:40:00.000-05:00

8 x 10"
Acrylic on canvas
March 2006

$25

Does it look a little bit like a Frogman running with his briefcase, trying to catch the bus?

Aron's 1

2006-03-10T17:37:00.000-05:00

11 x 14"
Acrylic on canvas
March 2006

by Aron Potash

Untitled 41

2006-03-10T17:35:00.000-05:00

6 x 12"
Acrylic on canvas
March 2006

*AUCTIONED OFF, 9/23/2007*

Slogans

2006-03-06T03:43:00.000-05:00

Art made better by other art.

Ray's 1

2006-03-04T09:47:00.000-05:00

9 x 12"
Acrylic on canvas
January 2006

by R.L. Wisdom Jr.

Woods

2006-03-04T09:46:00.000-05:00

by Joseph Portera

Grass

2006-03-04T09:44:00.000-05:00

by Joseph Portera

Untitled 35

2006-03-04T09:42:00.000-05:00

9 x 12"
Acrylic and latex on thrice-painted canvas
(Untitled 24 below)
March 2006

Owner: Joseph Portera

Untitled 34

2006-03-04T09:39:00.000-05:00

6 x 12"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006

$50

Untitled 33

2006-03-04T09:37:00.000-05:00

11 x 14"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006

Owners: Jill Newbold & J.J. Polk

Untitled 32

2006-03-04T09:35:00.000-05:00

Why not hang it like a diamond?

10 x 10"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006

$80

Mao? 31

2006-03-04T09:34:00.000-05:00

Is this Mao with his face blacked out, as Joseph Portera suggested?

10 x 10"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006

$25

Untitled 30

2006-03-04T09:32:00.000-05:00

11 x 14"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006

Owner: Mike Schlansker ("Dude")

Untitled 29

2006-03-04T09:30:00.000-05:00

11 x 14"
Acrylic on twice-painted canvas
February 2006

$25

Untitled 28

2006-03-04T09:28:00.000-05:00

16 x 20"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006

*PAINTED OVER*

Untitled 27

2006-03-04T09:26:00.000-05:00

9 x 9.5"
Acrylic on cardboard
February 2006

Brings to mind the sight of men waiting in line for gas in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.

Untitled 26

2006-03-04T09:25:00.000-05:00

9 x 12"
Acrylic on canvas board
February 2006

$5

Untitled 25

2006-03-04T09:23:00.000-05:00

16 x 20"
Acrylic on canvas
February 2006

$35

Untitled 22

2006-03-04T09:21:00.000-05:00

11 x 14"
Acrylic and pencil on canvas
January 2006

by Jack Randall
& R. L. Wisdom, Jr.

Possessor: Ryan Stookey

Untitled 21

2006-03-04T09:18:00.000-05:00

4 x 6"
Acrylic and latex
on twice-painted on canvas
(Untitled 3 is underneath)
December 2005

Possessor: Brian A. Ebel

Untitled 20

2006-03-04T09:16:00.000-05:00

8.5 x 11"
Acrylic on canvasboard
February 2004

Possessor: Justin Gdula

Untitled 19

2006-03-04T09:13:00.000-05:00

4 x 6"
Acrylic on canvas
January 2006

Possessor: Aron Potash

Untitled 18

2006-03-04T09:00:00.000-05:00

8.5 x 11"
Acrylic, paper and pennies on cardboard
February 2004

Possessor: Joseph Portera

Untitled 17

2006-03-04T08:57:00.000-05:00

27 x 27"
Acrylic and paper scraps on cardboard
January 2006

Untitled 15

2006-03-04T08:51:00.000-05:00

9 x 12"
Acrylic on canvas
January 2006

Possessor: Nick B. Adams

Untitled 14

2006-03-04T08:50:00.000-05:00

18 x 18"
Acrylic and post-its on cardboard
December 2005

Possessors: Graham and Star Baird

Untitled 13

2006-03-04T08:48:00.000-05:00

12 x 14"
Acrylic and sharpie on cardboard
December 2005

$15

P & F 12

2006-03-04T08:46:00.000-05:00

18 x 18"
Acrylic on canvas
December 2005

Possessors: Brian F. & Evelyn M. Randall