Neocon Series: Cheney. A One Day Painting.

Cheney, Acrylic on canvas. © 2006, Dennis P. McCann, Paper Dragon Studios®

Second in a Series

From the first article:Neocon Series: Rumsfeld. A One Day Painting.

In the week leading up to the Congressional election, I found myself to be overly energetic. Perhaps it was the fact that I had already voted by absentee ballot, and all I could do was wait. Perhaps it was the anticipation of taking the first step toward ending our national nightmare. Perhaps it was just the Turkish coffee.

In oder to use this energy in a productive way, I turned to an old exercise that I have been doing since I was a teenager - one day paintings.

The one day concept has been very beneficial for me. I find that I do some of my best work when I don't spend too much time thinking about it, and instead work from instinct. Over the years I have done many one day paintings, and they are among my favorites, and quite often get the best reviews, or sell for higher amounts.

The concept is all-inclusive; they are not just painted in one day. I stretch the canvas, prime it, sketch it, and then paint it. All in one day. All in one session, without a break.

Because the election, and all of it's underlying issues, was on my mind, I decided to paint what I saw as the most important issue, and the cause of all the problems - the neocons. The most effective way was a series of portraits, with only the color and one other element as commentary.

Cheney was actually the first painting I did for this series. It was painted, start to finish, in 16 hours, on Halloween, 31 Oct. 2006.

Cheney. Acrylic on Canvas, 5- x 70 cm, 31 Oct. 2006

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