Fresh Meats Art:Orig:NR:OC:Spiritual Sign Start Price USD 9,000.00 Current Price USD 9,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 15,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, August 15, 2008 End Time Monday, August 25, 2008 Location Nicholasville, KY See more about 'Fresh Meats Art:Orig:NR:OC:Spiritual Sign' Description "Fresh Meats" size 30 x 48 Painting is better than these pictures make it look. Fresh Meats , was Inspired by a store front in Boston Massachusetts called Delucas. And is more than just a pretty picture. It was done during a time when I was happily married when we were going to a bible study and being blessed, the painting is a very fruitful and spiritual piece, I am (the creator) reflected in the glass 3 times along with a van that is parked in front with words on its side (when looked at with a mirror says Praise God), and there is a dark figure hiding in back of the store… DeLuca's has been at the same location for over 100 years. Born in Italy, Uncle Joe DeLuca (1900-1997)started working in the store which would later bear his name, in 1919.The store soon became known as "the place" in Boston for the finest in fresh fruit and produce. During prohibition and during the war it provided the essential needs of Beacon Hill residents as it still does to this day serving the everyday customer to historic notables such as North Pole Explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, President John F. Kennedy, and historian Samuel Elliot Morison all of whom lived near DeLuca's. In 1952, Joe's brother-in-law, Virgilio Aiello, who had a butcher shop in the 1930's purchased the store and added a full line of fresh meat. His son Virgil Aiello added gourmet bread, cheeses, and a complete beer, wine and liquor cellar. Virgil with his able staff still operates the store today, offering the same dedicated personal service and highest quality food products ranging from Corn Flakes to Caviar. I have always sold through galleries and privately, my original works sell between $3000 -$20,000.  This Work of art is valued at $15,000.00 - $20,000. The frame is worth $350.00.   -Van Cordle I consider myself to be a natural surrealist and although my paintings may at first bring to mind such terms as "photo-realism" or "super-realism", but they are in fact, quite painterly. Although they have been tightly rendered to give the illusion of reality, they are unlike the photo-replicative paintings of most photo-realists. When and if I take photographs, I use them as sketches to be used and surpassed, not as goals to be reached. I am inspired by the simplicity and nostalgia of old neon signs. When I discover one that gives me an idea or has what I’m looking for in a painting, I photograph it from different viewpoints, do study sketches to determine angle and composition, and then draw it out on the size canvas that particular image calls for. I'll start painting basic values and hues until the entire canvas is covered. Next, I come in with thick paint using brushwork to sculpt and mix color. I always have the effects of light hitting the canvas in mind and to create depth and atmosphere, I use glazes of various thickness and color on top of thicker paint. Glazes create an atmosphere where solid pigments of color are suspended in space. As light passes through and bounces off the thicker paint on the bottom, it also bounces off the suspended pigments, illuminating the glaze, and allowing you to see the color underneath. I use thicker more opaque paint on things that are closer to the viewer. Light stops or bounces off the thick paint but goes through the glazes surrounding the object. This creates a kind of 3-d effect that can be heightened by use of perspective and color. Even objects close to the viewer have varying degrees of depth and thickness of paint. The time when ordinances were such that sign makers had more creative license has long since passed. Many of these great old signs which are an art form in and of themselves have disappeared and are disappearing every day. My paintings are a way of preserving a part of history in an artistic, exciting, and contemporary way. They are an avenue by witch I can experiment and continue to grow as an artist. Each painting evolves as new and different from the one before. The neon series has been featured and shown in over 40 galleries, exhibitions, and juried art shows since 1987. My work has received the attention of the news media as the subject of articles and special features, Works hang in private and corporate collections across the country. Temporary site showing more of my work: http://www.freewebs.com/vancordle Go here to buy prints and other artwork: http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/van-cordle.html http://www.redbubble.com/people/van1021 http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?artid=43215 http://www.deviantart.com/#order=9&q=Van+Cordle   Place a Bid!