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Tuesday Night Ritual

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Tuesday Night Ritual

“Schwag Tuesdays”, “Tuesday Nights”, Ciceros, “Tuesday Show”, everybody had a different name for it, and everyone was there. We drank, met, caught up, went outside, went elsewhere, came back, and last but not least, caught a load of kind tunes off the Schwag stage, mainly of Grateful Dead flavor but also of Dylan, Cash, Allman Brothers and even a little Outkast. “Kind Tuesdays” at Ciceros lasted from 2003 to 2005 and began migrating venues after such. This work was painted from 2003 and was not finished until 2009, after the difficulties of these years moved aside and allowed the light of these memories to overtake the fog. In short, this painting as a work in progress has lasted for the duration of my professional career.
Many of the personalities depicted in the painting are real people, some having as many as three identities. Some real acquaintances are represented more than once. In truth many of the identities are fogged to prevent being singled out as one particular personality. Just having attended Kind Tuesdays, a person has been everyone depicted here. Though many people have come and left Kind Tuesdays, including members of the band, this painting is a celebration of “the good ol’ days” while the show was held at Cicero’s on the Delmar Loop. Do you see yourself in Tuesday Night Ritual?

It looks amazing, I must get a print. xoxo miss you

Posted by Noel on Sat, May 23, 2009