Reference: Derek Erdman
Reference Method: Digital Copy, Hand Drawn
Substrate: Wood
Medium: Acrlyic, Oil, Wax
Theme: Elegant Decay
Considering this is a copy, it is clear, I am not here to sell the image, nor would I even give permission for someone else to do that. Rather, it is here for journalistic purposes, to consider shaking hands with beef, that is, Wendy's hamburgers over time. I opted to select this piece of iconology because I was a bit thrown off at seeing the full figure of Wendy. Growing up I simply understood Wendy from the shoulder's up, encapsulated into some globular form. I liked that. I also liked the idea, of rather than distorting the form, which I can do either with digital or hand methods, of distoring the shape in such a way where there is recognition of the icon, and yet, the form isn't the icon. However, I didn't want to open up with that. I think taking something that has such a sharp, commercial, universal appeal, it is a great brand, and then applying methods of decay and at some point applying other methods that would indicate faded memory (future methods to make matters my "own"), this would be a good test I think, if I would be satisfied with the impact of the approach. Can a folk art approach pull a brand back toward something a bit more rustic and approachable for the art fair? I am satistified. Note as well there are no digital edits with this post at all. This is entirely by hand and without any color touch-up. Nothing. Just a scan to the computer and an upload. What you see is what you get! That is another focus of mine, is to use mediums in a way that the scanners can handle better. It seems good! No photoshop. No blender. No tricks of the commercial design trade. Just all by hand with acrylic, oil, and wax, of this is what you get kind of matter, like the stuff I was around growing up. Computers, even though I do enjoy playing around with On-the-Line culture, need not apply for this activity, though I will post obviously.
About Wendy's
The Wendy's Company is an American fast-food corporation that serves as the holding company for Wendy's and First Kitchen. Originating as the Deisel-Wemmer Company in 1884, it is headquartered in Dublin, Ohio. The company has evolved significantly from its roots in the cigar industry to become a major player in the fast-food sector.
When I worked as an auditor at Cedar Point, it's a stone that was turned. It's what I do. And there are a lot of layers involving elegant decay, not always a mere visual presentation. Sometimes, yes. Not always.
Once upon a time, people used to tell stories (among a genuine sense, not a market grab sense). People used to unfold the layers of a time once when. That has all stopped. It's more about what's in the mirror, and who can copy it the fastest. It's a mindless play, but it looks good. That money! It's living it up, never noting there was a time when people did the same, and as for what they were left with? Sometimes, it's good to dig a little deeper. (Then there is the tar and feather play for the one who wasn't that, but when one of a relation has the opportunity to gun in that way, and of course, that heart, and that angelic presentation in the mirror, and the money under the table, it's glory to the be, honey for stings, the mighty, the deepest of all deeps, the highest of all highs, there, to support...Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte). Then there's that sky backdrop. Why be good when you can look good? The seats are empty, the theater is dark, so why do you keep dancing, oh yeah!
So size it up on the basis of replication. By all means, do whatever it is you need to thrive in that way. I can create whatever, and yet, that need always ensues. Does she always need to learn a lesson to bask in your manufactured light? I wonder...and wander....adventure...which naturally means, she's lost...she's just a mirror away from being discovered and yet...not happening.
