With the need for some sun scorching color, let’s throw archival concerns into its own corner for the moment. It seems that there is life out there and it isn’t all bleak.
In these grey days of the never ending winter, joggers along Summit Avenue light up my day not just with their athletic determination to weather the weather, but their fuchsia and chartreuse shoes, mittens and ear warmers. Nearly every country participating in this year’s Winter Olympics donned fluorescent accented gear. But now, the concern over light-fastness seems to have been beat out by the popularity of hot fluorescents. There was no way you could make those colors be eye-popping and archival at the same time. It seems like not too long ago fluorescent colors were a big no-no in the art world and art materials industry. Together as Duly Noted and with an inherent understanding of their craft, they pick up the tools left by the artists before them in effort to continue a tradition in redefining what painting is.Justin outside brightening up a grey March day Whether hidden or exposed, everything left for the viewer to see contains bits and pieces from each of them.
Their process does not adhere to a set formula dictating who does what, when, rather their approach allows for dramatic changes within each artist and piece, leading to surprising and often unexpected results. Some things are left as is, re-positioned, altered, or removed entirely. Their work pulls from multiple sources that ultimately guide them to a conclusion. In general, each piece starts with an exploratory idea or goal in mind. “Our creative process is a true collaboration, similar to jazz musicians, at times we work together simultaneously, while there are times where one steps back to observe the other until inspired to take action.” They soon discovered a way to explore something new, artistically capturing and expressing real-time experiences and interactions on canvas. The two painters met in 2009 while working at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. based artistic duo consisting of Kurtis Ceppetelli and Matthew Malone. In the evenings, we created paintings based on the day’s sketches some combined multiple drawings, while others were based on one composition.ĭuly Noted Painters are the Washington, D.C. During the days, we would go out and draw in the surrounding neighborhoods, beaches, and streets of Havana. To stretch the canvases, we used a large piece of wood that was found in a trash pile close to our house. We were aware that access to materials would be limited, so we brought our own brushes and canvases. Though the homes and architecture are crumbling, the people living among them carry a beautiful soul. These paintings captures the smell of the ocean and the spirit of Cuba. The paintings from our trip communicate the corrosion of the buildings and homes in Cuba. We stayed in a small fishing town called Cojimar, the town where Hemingway lived and wrote his most well-known novel “The Old Man and the Sea”. Cuba, although only 90 miles from the United States, felt like a different world–a world simply known as Cuba.
Traveling to Cuba allowed us the opportunity to breathe new life and culture into our paintings. Working in Cuba took us far from the comforts of our day-to-day life in Washington, D.C. The inspiration for this project evolved from a desire to connect with our painting on a deeper level.
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