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Chod Stine has been a professional artist for more than 25 years. His collectors are international. He is both a painter and a sculptor. His style is vast and various, ranging from classic portraiture, to photo realism, to abstract expressionism. Chod currently lives in Key West, Florida where his art can be seen almost everywhere, in banks, public buildings, murals, city transit busses, art galleries and cigar shops. A variety of Chod's is for sale, along with commissions and portraits. Immediately after the September 11th attacks on the United States I was tuned into the television set and watched the news around the clock. I collected every piece of printed material I could get my hands on including magazines and newspapers. I began this painting the day after the terrorist attacks. My daughter Kit, had been asking me to teach her about composition of artwork and asked me if she could help. I gave her twenty-four karat gold leaf and paper currency to shred into small pieces. I instructed her to cut out peoples personal items such as a child�s baby doll, cell phones and shoes, as I began working on the background of the piece. I wanted the painting to have a dual effect: an emotional abstract appeal at a distance and a contrasting intellectual statement when viewed up close. The background was created by applying several colors of raw pigment to a water soaked board, then tilted at different angles to create a cataclysmic looking effect. When the pigment dried, the painting was varnished. We then began to apply the selected images. Some of the photos and shredded currency were burned at the edges by lit cigarettes, and when the ashes fell to the painting it added a positive effect. After all the images were applied the piece was covered with several coats of varnish so it is indestructible. Therefore it need not be covered in glass and can be cleaned. The end result when viewed from a few yards away strikes the viewer as a volcano of cool earth tones and grays rising to a plume of warm shades of red and golds. The perception of the image is soothing and non-threatening to enjoy. However, when viewed up close, something else unfolds. Falling down from the red and golds are shattered pieces of money, gold, office supplies, pictures of shoes, clothing, shredded stars and strips, post-it notes saying, �Soccer game 6:00 call home� and �lunch 1:30 Ann�, cell phones, computers and small camels cut out of boxes of Camel cigarettes. Rising from the center of the bottom of the painting is a ladder rising from a fire truck with two silhouettes of people on top. In October2001, I displayed the piece in a vacant storefront window on the 500 block of Duval Street, Key West, FL for four weeks. After I removed the painting from the window, people I did not know heard about the painting by word of mouth and came to my house inquiring about the piece they heard about and saw. The original painting of 9-1-1 (40"x48") is now on display at the Key West Museum of Art & History at the Customs House, 281 Front Street, Key West, Florida. I titled the name of this painting �9-1-1� pronounced like the emergency call telephone number. The asking price of �9-1-1� is $21,000. This does not include shipping.
9-1-1 prints image size 19"x21" - $10.00 each For the order hotline, call 305-304-3100 or 305-296-2680. Fax: 305-296-2608 I greatly appreciate your interest.
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