Perusing Wikipedia I came across the Ramones, a well known punk rock band from the 1970's until the 1990's. Watching some old YouTube videos of a live show from 1976 it seemed cool what they were doing. At the time, rock and roll was turning into a slower, softer sound, read the Eagles for example, but the Ramones wanted some stripped down no nonsense rock and roll sound. Their songs were very short, very simple and had repetitive hooks. It reminded me in some way of the these paintings I do, a sort of stripped down form of visceral art. So I called it Punk Rock painting and included some punk colours set against a pastel backdrop. Impressionism was kind of like punk rock, a simple rebuke against the establishment.
Punk Rock Painting, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, September 2023 (No. 3648b)
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