Got Him a Ride

Got Him a Ride
42"x28" | OIL ON CANVAS | 2007

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No Parking
A Long Night
Used Tires
Lounge Entertainment
No Parking
Herby's Red Hot's
Forty Two
32 Lanes
Cocktails
Jack's Corner
Live Music
Plug
Electroliner 801-802
Printers Row
6th Street Apartment
El Vocho
Got Him a Ride
Manufacturing Concern
Eldo
Metropolitan West Side
Free Fries
Red Cab
Blue Caprice
Cordoba
Bittersweet Mist
Wild Plum

Got Him a Ride

The title is from a Drive-By Truckers song. The line goes “Got him a ride in a new Crown Vic.” It refers to the brother of the singer getting arrested. My thought is that this is a police car. Most of them are grey, but this one is maroon. Although, it doesn't really matter what this car is used for. I’m only concerned about the visuals and not the full story. There are hundreds of stories going on around us at any moment in the city. We only see bits and pieces. We either fill in what is missing or we don’t. Whether we care about the stories or not, the action and setting for each play is visually interesting.