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My latest obsession is with the Vanitas style and content of the 17th century Dutch painters. The Vanitas symbolize the transient nature of life. Symbolic objects such as skulls, spoiled food, a snuffed out or burning candle, fading flowers etc. illustrate the brevity of life and the inevitability of death.
What are you doing with your life? Are you making the most of your short time here? Mortality and making the most of life go hand in hand with the skater mentality. It's the same philosophy. I hope the deck series speaks to the skaters out there who knuckle down and enjoy why we are here.
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My interest in the "old school approach" to oil painting led me to the Vanitas style. The Vanitas symbolize (for me) the transient nature of life. Symbolic objects such as skulls, spoiled food, a snuffed out or lit candle, fading flowers etc. illustrate the brevity of life and the inevitability of death. The objects I place in these paintings show the impermanence of material things. What are you doing with your life? Are you making the most of your short time here? Mortality and making the most of life go hand in hand with the skater mentality. It's the same philosophy. I hope this series speaks to the skaters out there who knuckle down and enjoy why we are here.
If you like the decks and desire other objects in a piece made just for you, contact me. I love working with people on a piece that symbolizes a philosophy I subscribe to. There are the traditional subject matter like: skeletons, skulls, withering flowers, dead animals, ripening fruit, bubbles, maps, musical instruments, b
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The Vanitas paintings of the 17th century symbolize the transient nature of life. Symbolic objects such as skulls, spoiled food, a snuffed out or burning candle, fading flowers etc. illustrate the brevity of life and the inevitability of death.
What are you doing with your life? Are you making the most of your short time here? Mortality and making the most of life go hand in hand with the skater mentality. It's the same philosophy. I hope the deck series speaks to the skaters out there who knuckle down and enjoy why we are here.
If you would like to suggest specific objects for a deck (made just for you), contact me. I love working with people on a piece that symbolizes a philosophy I subscribe to. There are the traditional subject matter like: skeletons, skulls, withering flowers, dead animals, ripening fruit, bubbles, maps, musical instruments, books, spectacles, time pieces, insects, snakes...etc. I encourage creativity in your choices, maybe even more modern objects?
Angie Jones
"Stix and Jones may break your bonz, but skullz will never hurt you!"
http://stixandjones.com/
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