I’ve always loved clever paintings, the sort where something is hidden within the image and at first glance it seems like an innocuous painting, but then you realise there’s actually a clever depiction of something which puts a whole new twist on what you’re looking at. And it’s even better if some people see it, and others don’t. It makes it more fun, and amuses and entertains the one’s who do see it. I suppose you’d call the images surreal – that half reality, half dream like state of putting diverse subjects together that normally wouldn’t be.
I also like painting landscapes and hiding something within the contours of the painting. I did this oil painting for myself a few years ago, and still get a lot of pleasure looking at it – the dramatic moon lit sky, the parting clouds, crashing waves, sandy beach and rocky headland…….. Oh, and the naked woman!
Recently, I’ve been asked if I’d be able to paint a landscape with an underlying erotic theme – the sort where adults would see the erotica, but young children wouldn’t. It’s an interesting proposition for me – the sort of thing I adore painting. But….. how to hide the erotica is the tricky part – whether to use the entwined bodies as the landscape itself, making the hills and valleys with the odd bush sprouting up in prominent places! Or just to paint the landscape but have the erotic couples hidden amongst the writhing trunks of gnarled tree trunks, or secreted amongst the fast flowing waters of a stream, lovers entwined together in the craggy crevices of rocks and lichen covered rocky outcrops or just hinted at amongst the greenery of shrubs and foliage. The ideas are endless…… and exciting!
I know I’d get great satisfaction out of doing it – and hope that others would out of seeing it.
Oh VERY clever! It wasn’t until you mentioned it that I saw her!
Vi – That’s why I mentioned it…..
Is there no end to your creativity, woman? I’d love to share my own talent with you; what I do for a living is in another part of the artist’s spectrum. I just admire you very much. And I’m pretty sure that we look at life in similar ways…:) It’s good to know that those kindred spirits are out here.
Ronjazz – Aw, thanks, Ron. If you can think of a way of us pooling our creative resources, I’m open to offers!
And yes, I think we look at life in similar ways. But I didn’t realise quite how many kindred spirits are out there until I started blogging!
Lovely painting, Jackie!
Sage – thankyou.
Oooh I really like that one missus. Like you, I like paintings like that, that make you look twice and have a giggle when you see what’s hidden! Can’t wait to see what happens when you do another one!
Lucy – Thanks, I’ve got an idea for the next one……
LMAO, it took me several minutes of concerted studying of both the post size and the enlarged size before I finally saw her…
Having my cake – Saw who? Oh…. the woman in the clouds you mean! (S’ok, I’m only kidding!!).
Its funny, cos to me, she’s so obvious, but then I painted her, so I suppose she would be!
subtle – but lovely 🙂
Dramatic – lovely contrast of dark sky and sparkling water, the lady just adds to the whole enjoyment.
Just to make things harder for you – hiding a copulating couple in a “natural” scene eg. tree trunk would give a range of opportunities with the curves of nature. What I think would be interesting would be to hide a loving couple hidden in a building skyline night scene eg. New York…
I’d be really interested to know how you might hide them…
Bittersweet me – That’s good to know, as I strive for both!
Willsibob – Thankyou, I love painting dramatic pictures.
Yes, you’re right, nature gives endless curves to hide copulating couples, and makes my job slightly easier. A New York skyline would be very difficult with the hard squared edges, but not impossible, and if you wanted me to, I would gladly paint it for you……
Not necessarily, Jackie. Just hide them in Central Park, among the green. Or in the East River (which isn’t really a river, I guess). I’m sure with your imagination, you could find a way. Even on a poster for a show on Broadway…there’s an idea.
Ronjazz – Thanks for the suggestions – and it might be interesting to do a dot to dot type painting using the lights on the skyscrapers…… to pick out the lovers, that would be fun to do!
Hmmm, kind of a dali-esque idea. Though I’m sure it didn’t originate with him, perv that he was.
Him
Desire X – I’m a big fan of Dali – so perhaps that’s where part of the idea came from!
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