The Painted Theatre Project (PTP), Patrick Duegaw’s current body of work, which includes The Innumerable Anxieties, and the on-going Creation, Preservation, and Destruction series, reinterprets both painting and the basic rules of dramatic construction. These Productions combine installation, painting and theatre, where, in place of thespians, objects, and a stage, it instead features a painted cast, props, and sets. The action that takes place is rendered to imply movement, rather than actually performed, and the dialog is written rather than spoken.
Study for Fire Extinguisher: Belger Warehouse Building, Kansas City, MO
2013 / Lithograph on Paper (4 color, edition of 26) / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: Leedy-Voulkos Art Center,, Crossroads, Kansas City, MO
2014 / Lithograph on Paper ( 3 color, Chine Colle, edition of 20) / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: 5451 Ave. du Parc, Montréal, Québec (wash drawing with writing)
2014 / Ink on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: 24 Mont Royal Ouest, #904, Montréal, Québec (black paper)
2010 / China marker on black background paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher with Unknown Accelerant (green bottle)
2010 / Acrylic, graphite, and ink on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher and Tvarscki Vodka 80: Château de Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec
2013 / graphite on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesFire Extinguisher with Clan MacGregor Scotch Whisky: Fisch Haus, 3rd Floor, West End, Wichita, Kansas
2012 / acrylic, ink, screws, and polyurethane on wallboard with aluminum frame and LED-based lighting / 25.25 x 14.5 inchesFire Extinguisher with Nova Vodka: Maison Smith, Mont Royal Park, Montréal, Québec
2012 / acrylic, ink, screws, and polyurethane on wallboard with aluminum frame and LED-based lighting / 25.25 x 14.5 inchesFire Extinguisher with McCormick Distilled London Dry Gin: Château de Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec
2012 / acrylic, ink, screws, and polyurethane on wallboard with aluminum frame and LED-based lighting / 25.25 x 14.5 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: Château de Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec (loose graphite)
2010 / graphite on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: Macdonald Harrington Building, School of Architecture, McGill University, Montréal, Québec (Graphite McGill)
2013 / graphite on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher with Unknown Accelerant: Fisch Haus, 3rd Floor, West End, Wichita, Kansas (red folded)
2013 / acrylic, graphite, and ink on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Crossroads, Kansas City, MO (Graphite with Red Stitches)
2013 / graphite on paper and Bum Wad / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: Fisch Haus, 3rd Floor, West End, Wichita, Kansas (red)
2011 / acrylic, graphite, and ink on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: Maison Smith, Mont Royal Park, Montréal, Québec (blue and white)
2011 / acrylic on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher with Unknown Accelerant: La Résidence de Ralph Ghoche, Ave. du Parc, Montréal, Québec (detailed graphite)
2010 / graphite on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: Le Centre Canadien d’Architecture, Montréal, Québec (blue with skull)
2011 / acrylic, graphite, and ink on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher and Pernod: Maison Smith, Mont Royal Park, Montréal, Québec (ink)
2010 / ink on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: Le Centre Canadien d’Architecture, Montréal, Québec (with skull)
2010 / graphite on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesStudy for Fire Extinguisher: Château de Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec (orange)
2009 / acrylic, graphite, and ink on paper / 34.25 x 17.25 inchesFire Extinguisher with Canadian Club Blended Whisky: Le Centre Canadien d’Architecture, Montréal, Québec (blue)
2012 / acrylic, ink, screws, and polyurethane on wallboard; aluminum frame with LED lights / 25.25 x 14.5 inches