Another Perfect Day 2010

Dave Macdowell made this painting, Another Perfect Day, with acrylic on board, and it's just bursting with the kind of imagery that makes you go, "Whoa, what's going on here?" I can imagine Macdowell laying down these thick layers of paint, each brushstroke a wild ride through the darker corners of pop culture. There’s this push and pull, right? Like, he’s inviting us into a cartoon nightmare. Just look at that color palette – those lurid purples and sickly greens create this overwhelming sense of unease. Those crying babies with the Disney logo stamped on their foreheads, clinging to the legs of the deer couple, it's pure dark humor. Then, there are these creepy, zombie-like figures in Burger King crowns, serving up fast food with a side of existential dread. It's like he’s asking, what are we consuming, and what is it doing to us? Macdowell isn’t afraid to poke fun at consumerism, childhood, and the dark side of our collective fantasies. He's definitely in conversation with artists like Robert Williams, pushing the boundaries of what painting can say about our messed-up world. Painting is ultimately a way of turning chaos into something meaningful, and I think Macdowell has really nailed that here.