I finished off a new painting the other day. This one is called False Morel, or The Mycologist’s Bad Dream. It’s acrylic and found chunk of car part on unprimed plywood panel.

This painting is 6 feet wide and 4 feet high. I found the chunk of metal in the parking lot of the building in which I work. I saw it sitting on the pavement day after day screaming, “pick me up, and use me in a painting.” Finally I relented. When I picked it up, I thought, this could be a mushroom, then tossed it on the floor of the back seat of my car, and proceeded to drive it around for a few months. I forgot all about it. Meanwhile I started this painting….

Here’s a detail…