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Monday, December 08, 2008

Grotesque

I was pretty worn out when I drew this. I'm sure that affected the content of the illustration, if not the quality. I'm interested to see the interpretations of it. 

8 comments:

Jena Isle said...

I can see two people in a sorrowful embrace, like they were about to part with great sorrow.

Their arms are being pulled on either side of them by opposing forces against their union and embrace.

I can also see a face torn into two painful halves.

I can see more, but I go with the two first.

Gray and blue suits you the most. Bravo!

Susan Helene Gottfried said...

My initial impression was of a cow's skull. Hardly grotesque!

Anonymous said...

I also saw the face in two halves..

Ms. O. D. said...

Like Susan, I see a cow... sort of Georgia O'Keefe, a flower cow :)

Francis Scudellari said...

@Jena Those are some pretty interesting interpretations. I'll have to study it a little more and see if I can see the same things.

@Susan I can definitely see the skull, but that wasn't at all intended :). I had the image of a grotesque silhouette in mind when I drew it, but it morphed into something a bit more vague.

@Confused There are definitely some facial features hidden in there.

@MsOD It is very Georia O'Keefe like, and I've heard that comparison with some previous works. Flower Cower Power :).

Bobby Revell said...

I see an animalistic orgy - two central figures kissing with a helper on the right. On the left, I see a piece of a shirt being tossed. This seems like the comical and sometimes ugly faces people make during sex.

I've been frenetically writing a short story about psychosexual dysfunction and cocktail waitresses - perhaps I need to go jogging or something...LOL!

Your work is truly bizarre and quite wonderful Francis:)

Francis Scudellari said...

@Bobby I'm definitely going to have to read that short story :). And I like the adjectives bizarre and wonderful.

fihanna said...

Hey Francis!
senza dubbio tu hai delle fantasie sessuali proibite!
oltre alla copia in atto love, c'è accenno di qualcosa che entra dentro..
quel terzo corpo sopra che raggiunge i due uniti...

manege à trois, eh?
ciao!
;))