Painting Storage Rack | [0049]

In this video I build a painting storage rack for an artist family member, Austin Coates. The rack was commissioned by his wife as a surprise. The video was shot so as not to reveal what I’m making till the end, so that the video could be used to reveal the surprise.

The quote on the front plaque is “Where I create, there I am true.” which is attributed to Rainer Maria Rilke.

There are several Easter eggs throughout the video. The below chapter times will take you to each one.

• 00:00 - Start
• 00:12 - Quote on the box flap on the right, “The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery” - Francis Bacon
• 00:27 - Quote on the toolbox, “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” - Pablo Picasso
• 01:36 - Quote on the aluminum block (may be cutoff on some screens), “I paint not the things I see but the feelings they evoke in me” - Odilon Redon
• 05:17 - “Hi Austin” on the yellow parts bin.
• 05:48 - Paint brushes on the bench.
• 06:38 - The stenciled assembly labels spell “Austin.”
• 08:11 - Sticker in the upper left says “Austin.”
• 08:18 - Space helmet was just a gag.
• 08:36 - Easel made of toothpicks on the upper right.
• 14:23 - Using a painter’s palette.
• 14:51 - Third hand over from the left is Austin’s wife Lindsey. And the remainder of the video takes place in Austin’s studio.