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The following series of works are part of Matt Sesow's "31 Days in July Project", conceived, invented by, and begun in 2003 by Sesow.
Each day in July, Sesow begins a unique painting (30" x 40") in response to an article or series of articles on the front page of the Washington Post print edition. All 31 paintings are completed by midnight July 31st.
This project occurs each year during the month of July. Results will be posted here on sesow.com and are usually available for sale to collectors and galleries.
This page: The "31 Days in July", 2007.
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"Bagpiper" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 1, 2007) (Glasgow, "rigged vehicle rams terminal at uk airport") CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Feeding Time" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 2, 2007) ("dog willing, they'll win it" and "way to shrink, grow fat is found") CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"You Sure Don't Look Like a Scooter" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 3, 2007) ("bush commutes libby's prison sentence") CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"freedom" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 4, 2007) (BBC Gaza journalist Alan Johnston freed, 4th of july.) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Fireflies" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 5, 2007) (Wash Post runs article on how terrorists use common household checmicals to build bombs) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Profit" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 6, 2007) ("farmed in china's foul waters, imported fish treated with drugs") CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Panda, with child" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 7, 2007) ("mei xiang s pseudo-preganancy a big letdown for zoo officials") CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Shock and Awe, 2007" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 8, 2007) ("weekend bombings in iraq kill over 220 people") CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Carp Coral" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 9, 2007) (electric barrier that keeps asian carp from inhabiting lake michigan) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Happy Lucky Panda Party" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 10, 2007) (Tai shan the panda turns 2) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Gentrification" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 11, 2007) (gentrification at coney island) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Lady Bird" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 12, 2007) (Lady Bird Johnson passes) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"The Human Animal (unbowed)" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 13, 2007) ('president unbowed as benchmarks are unmet') CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Guru" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 14, 2007) (used front page photo, story about mccain "guru") CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Meat" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 15, 2007) ('china blocks US meat') CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Oracle" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 16, 2007) (2 pics from front page and story exposing al-qaeda not 'enmy no. 1' in western baghdad) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Monster Island" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 17, 2007) (world's largest nuclear reactor in japan spills 1,200 liters of radioactive water and 100 nuclear waste drums spill after earthquake, post didn't cover the story) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Tastes Like Trauma" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 18, 2007) ('mxing bowl' completed, war) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Wingman" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 19, 2007) (china import problems, funding cities based on terror risk) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Friends and Foe" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 20, 2007) ('deals in iraq make friends of enemies' CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Interrogator" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 21, 2007) (bush approves new cia menthods for interrogations, harry potter book released) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Polydactyl Blackout" 30" x 40" oil on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 22, 2007) ('aa group leads members away from traditions') CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Animal Husbandry" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 23, 2007) ('usda paid deceased farmers') CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Confucius (with lucky pachinko hat)" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 24, 2007) ('confucius making a comeback in money-driven modern china') CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Raw Dog" 30" x 40" oil on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 25, 2007) ('michael vick, nfl quarterback charged with dog fighting charge') CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Leading the Drove" 30" x 40" oil/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 26, 2007) ('obesity spreads in social circles as trends do, study indicates') CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Traveling Salesman" 30" x 40" oil on stretched canvas *SOLD ('travelers face greater use of personal data') "31 Days in July Series" (July 27, 2007) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Panda Bear Market" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 28, 2007) (the stock market falling) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Road Warriors" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 29, 2007) (road construction problems coming to dc area) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Hero" (with adornment) 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 30, 2007) (w. post puts baseball player on front page, calling him 'hero'... wars in iraq and afghanistan continue) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
"Happy Birthday Pony Queue" 30" x 40" acrylic/mixed on stretched canvas *SOLD "31 Days in July Series" (July 31, 2007) ('birthday bashes that take the cake', story on extravagant birthday parties in india on front cover?, report about 1/3 of Iraqi's needing emergency aid buried on page A14 70% of iraqis lack adequate water, 4 million displaced) CLICK HERE to for wash. post cover image |
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