Every Artist's Favorite Color, 2010

50 oil paintings on canvas

Fifty paintings created through ongoing correspondence with artisans employed with Yayuan Art Company located in Shenzhen Dafen Oil Painting Village in Guangdong, China. The company sells hand-made oil paintings to order as well as reproductions of European masterworks, picturesque landscapes, modern and decorative paintings. In 2010, I ordered 1 painting from each staff painter with the request that each artist mix and paint a 4 x 4 inch canvas with their favorite color, shown together above. Below is a single detail image of one of the favorite color paintings to the left of a painting that was created by one artist in response to the prompt to paint the room you are in right now.