Trey Speegle Paintings (2010–2012)

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It's Later Than You Think, 2010

Archival pigment, acrylic paint on canvas

104 × 232 in

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Though Trey Speegle uses vintage paint-by-number paintings as his source material, he explains that they are a type of "visual vocabulary" he juxtaposes with text in order to subvert their intended meanings. Speegle mimics the kitschy, cartoonish aesthetic of these paint sets, and sometimes uses real paint-by-number canvases, in his own work. By overlaying words and phrases onto urban and nature scenes, faces, and flowers, he alters the meanings of the text and the images and imbues his works with irony and ambiguity.

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You Left A Mark, 2012

Vintage paint-by-number panels in shadow box

32 × 41 in

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Why Can't You Just Be Nice, 2010

Acrylic paint and archival pigment on canvas

72 × 48 in

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Who Are You?, 2010

Acrylic paint and archival pigment on canvas

34 × 72 in

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Once Wants More, 2011

Archival pigment print

30 × 24 in

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You Suck (Say it with Flowers), 2011

Acrylic paint and archival pigment on canvas

24 × 36 in