Mmmmmm, Suppertime At Burger Mundo

For awhile now I have repeatedly sketched a quasi Last Supper concept/motif in several of my sketchbooks.

At one point, I was seriously considering hazing over a large swath of Mystaphorical Parfait so I could add another layer which included that idea.

After mulling around the concept of painting the idea for a bit, I've decided to make another large scale mural in a vein similar to Processionalization: Power Lunch With The Tasaday.  This one will be Suppertime At Burger Mundo.

All said and done, it is going to be a 14' wide mural comprised of four relief panels.  I have already constructed the panels, so it is now time to start building the restaurant.

The building is starting to take shape.

Building the flora texture (which will also serve as the beard texture for three four figures that will flank the composition.

This is a pretty big project, so I'm going to spread out the updates.  Stay tuned...

The Beginning Stages of The Last Supper(time at Burger Mundo)

Several years ago at The Figge Art Museum, there was a super cool show of the work of William Hawkins.  In that show, there was an entire wall of William Hawkins' versions of The Last Supper. Not being an artist who wishes to miss a good bandwagon when I see one, I thought that I too should make a last supper.  This is of course another way of saying I was inspired by Hawkins' passion and work.

Here are some images of the beginning stages of my 4-panel Last Supper.

I spent awhile figuring out the layout for the Burger Mundo restaurant and then proceeded to cut it out of cardboard.

Truth be told, the piece stayed in this state for several years while I moved studios - a process fraught with upheaval.

I also started combing my sketchbooks to locate suitable faces/apostles to sit around the table.  Once located, I drew them on scrap pieces of wood and then carved them out with my trusty Dremel tool.

Once carved out, I needed to figure out who would sit next to whom.

Here's a shot from the raised area of my studio.

Before I go to much further, I need to make the main man of this story.

A few empty tables with chairs.

These last images actually got us up to late Fall of 2023.  I put the piece away for the winter and transitioned over to cardboard working/cutting/wrapping.

So here's a few shots of the piece as I dug it out to start working on again about a month ago.

Some of the apostles are going to need bodies, and the ends of a corner booth.  As an aside, I have multiple memories of going to restaurants that had corner booths and insisting that we sit in the corner booth.  It was a blast having the whole family/group snugged in together around the table.  As an adult - and a husky one at that, I now realize what an abject torture the corner booth had to represent for the adults in the group.  And the table size? That was like having a Thanksgiving dinner with 8 adults around a four-person folding card table.  My god?  What sane adult(s) let this happen?

Anyway, apostles jammed into a corner booth amused me enough to put that into this piece.

A Little Bit More About Money-A-Tize As It Makes Its Debut In Citizen Beige

Money-A-Tize has been hanging around my studios for several years now with just a few details to add and a little bit of color to add. 

Just to spice things up a bit I threw in a couple of cool blues to serve as a counterpoint to the majority of colors being warm tones.  They stick out nicely/obnoxiously.

On to the batch of imagery for the second layer.  Time to hit the sketch book(s)...

After I have selected which drawings/doodles I want to use, I add them to the canvas.

A few more lines to tighten things up a bit...

Now it's time to add the first few colors to the second layer...

The second layer is in desperate need of some green tones.

Let there be green!

Getting really close to being done, but there are still a few problem areas I need to address.

Money-A-Tize as seen in Citizen Beige...

Until next time...