Gallery of recent paintings - Mark Scantling, Contemporary Pop Art

The process used to make these paintings is the same that Andy Warhol used to create his iconic
Marilyn Monroe and Campbell Soup can paintings in the 1960's. Images are carefully selected and
scanned or photographed from vintage printed material, advertisements, rodeo photos, signs, and
even license plates. I search antique shops, flea markets, and boot maker's shops for boots with
character to photograph for my work. The selected images are then altered in Adobe Photoshop, and
the final composition is applied photo-chemically to a mesh silk screen to make a stencil. A prepared
panel or canvas is brushed, sponged, sprayed, rolled or dripped with colors that define the background
and the subject. The final step is applying the screen image by placing the silk screen over the panel
and using a squeegee to "pull" ink over the screen, forcing ink through the open areas of the stencil. A
series of paintings (usually less than 10) are then created, each are uniquely different, and
eye-catchingly colorful Pop Art paintings.

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