36” x 26” x 2.25”
Oil on Canvas
SOLD (to a collector in Chicago, Illinois)
"Assassinate", much like one of my previous works "Asinine" I used the other meaning for a donkey ie. ass and instead of the number '9' I used the number '8'. I had the idea for this painting a few years ago but couldn't figure out a way to incorporate two donkeys and a number '8'. I workshopped a few ideas but nothing worked to my satisfaction. It wasn't until I was playing cards and came to the realization that the face cards (king, queen, jack) in a deck of cards were mirrored, but where was the '8'. I quickly decided to take full artistic license to use the 'King of Spades' card, I liked the over all look of the King and also could give the 'ass' somewhat of a 3D effect having the image of the donkey head at a 3/4 view. Instead of having the letter 'K' in the corners, I replaced with the number '8' to complete the visual concept and to create the painting you see "Assassinate" or (Ass Ass in 8).