Thanks! This is what art should be about - entertainment, thought provocation, self-expression, and connection with others who experience it. Oh, a little humor is also an extra joy!
I must confess I was a little nervous of putting this one up in case people thought it was being just a bit too flippant, but your reaction is exactly what I was hoping for.
I'm so glad I made you laugh, and look again at the picture.
Wonderful! I wasn’t familiar with this painting before I read your piece so thank you for introducing me to it in such a thought-provoking and fun way.
Yet another surrealist woman artist that I didn't know about--thank you for increasing my awareness! And I had to look up "Scylla" after reading this: "In Greek mythology, Scylla is a legendary, man-eating monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart, the sea-swallowing monster Charybdis. The two sides of the strait are within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid the whirlpools of Charybdis would pass dangerously close to Scylla and vice versa." That info also adds to the painting.
I do enjoy how evocative your imagined scenarios are--I could really picture this awkward conversation between father and son. Personally, I like the bit of coral at the pubs region, and how she handled painting what was underwater--so.....surreal!
Sarah, thank you: you are so good to add this info which I tried but couldn't manage to include without throwing the dialogue out of shape.
And I'm really pleased that the conversation struck true, not being a man myself, etc!
I guess there's a comparison here with Frida Kahlo's more famous picture of herself in the bath where we see her feet (What the Water Gave Me) but Colquhoun's is my favourite.
Thanks! This is what art should be about - entertainment, thought provocation, self-expression, and connection with others who experience it. Oh, a little humor is also an extra joy!
Thanks Paula!
I must confess I was a little nervous of putting this one up in case people thought it was being just a bit too flippant, but your reaction is exactly what I was hoping for.
I'm so glad I made you laugh, and look again at the picture.
Wonderful! I wasn’t familiar with this painting before I read your piece so thank you for introducing me to it in such a thought-provoking and fun way.
Yet another surrealist woman artist that I didn't know about--thank you for increasing my awareness! And I had to look up "Scylla" after reading this: "In Greek mythology, Scylla is a legendary, man-eating monster who lives on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite her counterpart, the sea-swallowing monster Charybdis. The two sides of the strait are within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid the whirlpools of Charybdis would pass dangerously close to Scylla and vice versa." That info also adds to the painting.
I do enjoy how evocative your imagined scenarios are--I could really picture this awkward conversation between father and son. Personally, I like the bit of coral at the pubs region, and how she handled painting what was underwater--so.....surreal!
Sarah, thank you: you are so good to add this info which I tried but couldn't manage to include without throwing the dialogue out of shape.
And I'm really pleased that the conversation struck true, not being a man myself, etc!
I guess there's a comparison here with Frida Kahlo's more famous picture of herself in the bath where we see her feet (What the Water Gave Me) but Colquhoun's is my favourite.