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A week sniffing glue at Castle Hill June 29, 2008 Title anyone?? I just finished a week painting with odd and toxic substances at Castle Hill Center for the Arts in Truro, our fair city. Bonney Goldstein, a terrifically brave and free spirit, encouraged shredding, tarring, shellacing and otherwise beating the crap out of canvas and board. One of them is now out on my deck so that I can see what happens as it weathers in the elements for a couple of months. I haven't really painted painted in about 5 years, so I thought it would be fun to get those muscles working again. The piece here is made primarily out of tar, with the addition of solvent and shellac. Yummy! I had to take it home in my car and by the time I got here I'm pretty confident that the fumes were in brain damage territory.   < Prev   Next >