Piranha Plant - PRINT 9x13 in brass frame OOAK show

Note : This is one of several prints set aside to bring with me to the One Of A Kind Show (Nov 26-Dec 1) where you can collect them in person right here in Toronto! If you can't make it to the show and wish to collect it and have it shipped to you, you are most welcome to... but please note that I have not described the reclaimed frame, not updated the dimensions and not put in the shipping details yet! Drop me a note if you are keen and have any questions about this custom framed piece. 

Framed Print of :

“Floral with Piranha Plant”

I feel super old when I tell my kids about my childhood in the 1980’s! I reminisce that when we got our first console we had only ONE game.  So many hours were spent with my brothers and sister (taking turns on the one controller) to play that one game. And, oh, the anxiety and stress when your turn ended too quickly when your character was gobbled up by a carnivorous plant! 

Now thirty years later, video games are far more advanced (and scary!) but the sound of a synthesizer can still churn up those childhood memories of that very first game. 

This alteration is a nod at the piranha plant, whose cheerful smile and sharp teeth traumatized me so much as a kid. I still half expect one to pop up in unexpected places to chomp me, so it was the obvious choice to add to the empty flower pot in this vintage painting.

The original vintage painting signed A.Beck was an unusual surface to others I’ve worked on before… it looks like the artist used the paint itself to adhere a porous mesh onto a wood board. It is very strange! The thickly applied paint make a fantastic texture, lots of cracking in the old surface. The frame is very heavy and rough around the edges too, which I’ve left all as is because I think it adds to the rustic feel of the whole piece.

FRAME DETAILS : Reclaimed frame, details on request.

FRAME SIZE : details on request.

PRINT DETAILS : printed on matte photo paper