16×20 Acrylic on Wood by Brandon Adamson
Posts Tagged ‘mod’
16×20
March 22, 2012
17×26
January 24, 2012
17×26 original abstract painting by Brandon Adamson
60′s-70′s style, hard edge painting
I painted this while watching “The Party” starring Peter Sellers, as well as two Doug McClure films: The Land That Time Forgot and The People That Time Forgot.
Like this:
The Gold Isle
October 27, 2011I have a painting showing at The Fixx Coffeebar in Tempe, where I’m participating in a group art show with James B Hunt, Champ Styles and some other Phoenix based artists. 
You can purchase it here:
The Gold Isle, by Brandon Adamson
Music Video Shot on Polaroid Spectra Film
March 22, 2011
A while back I shot a music video for my song “Apricots and Afterthoughts”(directed by Steven Christopher Wallace and starring Ashleigh Taylor-Silverman.) I posted it here previously without any explanation.
This video was shot entirely on actual Polaroid Spectra film (not the new Fuji Instamax or the “Impossible Project” replica type.) Given that they no longer make this stuff, it had to be purchased off of eBay at great cost (about $40 per pack of 10!) Because the film was expired and came from a wide variety of individual sellers, a good portion of the film was simply unusable. Many full packs of film had to be discarded. I found out the hard way that 2004-2005 seems to be the cutoff expiration date in terms of whether Polaroid film will still function or not.
We ended up with maybe 17-20 cartridges which were mostly good, and we were fortunate enough to have a great model. She photographed so well that we were able to use 95% of the pictures taken of her, which made us able to complete the video without having to resort to using additional fillers or patchwork.
It was shot completely in my living room. I have some actual HD video footage of the shooting which I will edit and post at a later date.
new routine
November 3, 2008Lately on saturdays I go to Fashion Square mall to walk around and daydream. I grab a burger from Johnny Rockets and then a diet pepsi from The Great Steak and Potato(their fountain drinks taste better.) I bring my little notebook and write in it when I think of stuff. Usually I walk across the street and go to Borders for a couple hours. I’ll read a few pages of “The Fountainhead” or some such classic, but mostly just relax. For a while they would always have this Abba greatest hits cd playing over and over, and I heard it so much that I really got to like the song “name of the game.” And so I bought the cd, and of course my roommate heard me playing it and he’s like “really…? Abba?” I was surprised that he recognized who it was so quickly, and he said that his dad played it a lot when he was growing up. And I was like “I didn’t know you’re dad was an Abba kind of guy”…. “Yes, my dad’s an Abba kind of guy” he replied.
Anyway then after Borders and the mall I drive home and spend the rest of the day in my room watching mod movies like “Caprice” or “Danger Diabolik” while drawing or painting. I like everything from the mod era, and i hate to like things outside of eras that I like, but then sometimes I still do.
