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Self-Portrait (6 of 12), 2009
Acrylic, Marker, Paper, Cardboard, and Pencil on Paper




Just added about twenty images of some new work to my flickr account.
Check them out here:


www.flickr.com/photos/coreyoberlander


more to come.

Kindle

is the worst idea anyone has ever had.

Apple Tree

Whenever we would drive by a "SLOW CHILDREN" sign, my father would always say: "Aw, those poor children."

Whenever I would offer my father some canatloupe at the dinner table, he would always say: "I can't elope, I'm already married."



Whenever I would say to my father "Dad, where are we going?" he would say: "Crazy, want to come?"

In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb

In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb
2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 51x64 inches.

I like Smiling.

Throw Me The Butter
2009, Acrylic, Paper, and Cloth on Canvas. 24x48 inches

The Universe is Dank
2009, Acrylic, Pen, and Vinyl on Paper.

We Are At The Beginning
2009. Acrylic and Ink on Wood, 48x66 inches.

Series One

Beach, 2009.
Acrylic on Canvas
24x36 inches.

See You in Tees, 2009.
Acrylic on Canvas,
12x36inches.























Substantive One, 2009.
Acrylic on Canvas,
36x36 inches.

This small series, goes much further than I'll give myself credit for, or will even discuss at this point. Conceptually, it was formed over quite a few months of events, thoughts, writing etc. After 8 months or so, looking at these paintings is pretty funny, not because I think they're juvenile or old, but because the connotations attached to them. Essentially what I was doing in these paintings was creating an elaborate (dare I say, intellectual) way to incorporate some appropriate swear words into my paintings. In a critique sometime last spring I remember somebody mentioning how childish they were and how they reminded that person of a little kid being a "bad boy". As people started defending me and saying how the aesthetic and the concept was mature, I thought these reads were perfect. It made me realize that it was exactly what I was trying to do at that point in my life, and now that 8 months later I'm in a completely different situation I can laugh in a new way.

BITCH, CUNTS, and DICK.

It made me happy.

Smörgåsbord

Made in China.


Slow Children.
ATM Machine.
No Standing.

Visceral.
It's Political
It's Conceptual
It's Symbolic.




















It's Conceptual
2009. Acrylic on Canvas, 24x36 inches.



This piece will be a part of the 21st Annual
MassArt Auction this coming spring.
www.massartauction.com

on a completely different note:








NEGATIVE SPACE

I wish...

I wish I was better at writing so I wouldn't have to do it on canvas...
I wish I was better at painting so I wouldn't have to use text...

When the Dog Bites, When the Bee Stings

Why do the soccer ball erasers always suck ass?
I really just want a soccer ball or snoopy or candy bar
eraser that may actually erase something. Is that so much to ask?

Can you judge an empty book by its cover?



Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk


Crushed Bones by Why?
Deftones - Passenger
Bjork - Gling Glo LP


You have to be fluent in German and French to even apply to Grad school for Archaeology.

Old Spice High Edurance Invisible Solid Original Scent Deodorant
Maybe more adjectives next time.

Automated Teller Machine machine?


circumhorizontal arc?
pregenital autoeroticism?


Watch: Poultrygeist
Watch : Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (A Man Escaped)



Chiharu Shiota
Ed Ruscha
Richard Prince
Jose Parla
Steve Kim
Martin Kippenberger

Sigmar Polke

Every picture of you, is you when you were younger

Dear 12:26 AM,
You have been successfully personified.



What ever happened to flared pants?




Corey Soberlander.


"Art may seem to be in danger of being drowned by talk"
"Verbal anaylsis paralyzes intuitive creation and comprehension"
- by Rudolf Arnheim


You can learn a lot about people by simply holding doors.



Comma Sutra,



Hold Hands. Appreciate your floor boards. Smile.



Cheez-it and marshmellow sandwiches.
Fluff works too. try it.



Anybody remember Devil Sticks?
What does it mean when you get a five o'clock highlight instead of a shadow?




Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.
Sycamore trees look similar to camouflage upon molting.

Changing your password from something neutral, to something angry, to something too enjoyable, all in one week is either what "it's" about or what "it's" not about.
(For example: wateriscool43... fuckpeople7... smilingrabbitses12... uh?)

Maybe, everything is too easy?

Why not pink gauze? Simeon's Dilemma? Pubococcygeus. I need to wash my ear muffs

I can't wait to do a painting about a friendship necklace. Especially when it's a 40 tied to a string. Also can't wait till my gallery opening doubles as a petting zoo. Totally.





Sorry if I ignore you, sorry if I don't.