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A Burger King meal- I was drawn to the blue tray and the idiot face implied by the catsup eyes. The ketchup eyes also reminded me of Jasper Johns’ ‘Painting With Balls’ which had always amused me. I’m employing my default pictoral strategy here of having the food facing up at the viewer to imply that this is your meal, and in this statement I just wanted to use all of the spellings of catchup.

September 7, 2012
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John Brosio

Wow – this is actually making me hungry. Been avoiding fast food of late – no craving for it, really…UNTIL NOW, DAMMIT!!!

September 9, 2012
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Marc Trujillo

Thanks John, I’d like to be able to say I find this stuff disgusting, but it has a siren call as well as a less appealing side. Sometimes the worse stuff just hits the spot!

September 10, 2012
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John Brosio

I totally broke down and went to In n Out after you sent this.

September 16, 2012
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Deborah Kommalan

Ketchup??

September 8, 2012
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Marc Trujillo

Yes, catsup- oil paint’s edible cousin.

September 9, 2012
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Martin Greenland

I’m pleased to see a new piece of your on Open Museum, Marc. Its all gone quiet and I need to do more myself. Brilliantly creepy, as usual; I particularly like the little droplets of Coke on the underside of the lid. Its those very small, almost unnoticable but perfectly observed things which say so much in your work. The ketchup is very well done, very tactile.

September 8, 2012
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Marc Trujillo

Thank you Martin! It’s fun painting something like ketchup as it’s almost like painting paint. Oil paint has a similar shine and viscosity. Hope to see more of your work on here soon as well!

September 8, 2012
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F. Scott Hess

But how does Burger King spell it? That you always scramble the text in your painting is ironic in light of your interest in spelling catsoup.

September 7, 2012
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Marc Trujillo

They spell it with 15 calories per tablespoon, a little fat and some sodium- on your triple Whopper with cheese it spells 1,230 calories.
It’s funny- I like lettering but not words on paintings.

September 7, 2012
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