24" x 18"
oil on masonite
This was an exercise in treating the manneqin as if it was flesh and blood-more heft and roundness. I think the dramatic lighting helps break down the stiffness that usually accompanies a typical mannequin study.
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Comments (7)
Pinochino!
Posted by GarandFan | October 25, 2007 12:36 AM
Posted on October 25, 2007 00:36
There's something subtly disturbing about that picture.
Posted by Quentin | October 25, 2007 4:53 AM
Posted on October 25, 2007 04:53
You should totally rename this one. I'm thinking "John Wayne Gacy's Trunk".
Posted by zonker | October 25, 2007 8:35 AM
Posted on October 25, 2007 08:35
It's really quite sad!
Posted by Bill | October 25, 2007 9:41 AM
Posted on October 25, 2007 09:41
All I see is despair. Why do I see this as a portrait of America (and the world) in a Hillary Clinton world?
Posted by FurryOldGuyJeans | October 25, 2007 12:07 PM
Posted on October 25, 2007 12:07
HEY GANG
No, this is not a "happy" painting. It does have a certain melancholy (on purpose, I might add). Having the mannequin scrunched into a darkened space has a captiviy thing that causes empathy.
All that out of a little wooden dude....
Posted by john Cox | October 25, 2007 1:15 PM
Posted on October 25, 2007 13:15
It looks like it's hurting. Pretty strong image considering it is "only an object".
Posted by Kukn | October 25, 2007 4:59 PM
Posted on October 25, 2007 16:59