Why Can't You Just Be Nice

by Trey Speegle

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Artist Statement

My work mixes words and phrases with reappropriated vintage paint-by-numbers to create pieces with, hopefully, multiple layers of meaning. The picture plane, interrupted by the lettering, reveals the underlying architecture and the tension between the two. The genre serves as both a visual vocabulary and access point for the viewer to enter the work. I subscribe to the idea that art exists within the viewer and not in the object itself.

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+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
+ Directly supports the artist
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

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Museo PR

Edition Structure:
10"x8" | edition of 20
14"x11" | edition of 500
20"x16" | edition of 50
30"x24" | edition of 10

Trey Speegle

Using one of the world’s largest collections of vintage paint-by-number paintings, Speegle explores themes of hope, love, longing and transformation by using humor, affirmations, double entendre and word play that resonate with a broad, pop appeal. Speegle has collaborated with Stella McCartney, Fred Perry, PAOM, Squarespace, Anthropologie Home and Fringe Studios. He has produced two books, YES, Transform Your Life With Color By Number and most recently, Trey Speegle: 80s Polaroids. He divides his time between his studio, gallery & shop in the Catskill Mountains and his new outpost in Merida, Mexico.  Photo credit: Cheney Orr
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