This one came out more whimsical than I had intended. I immediately thought of Chagall and his people flying/ floating off into the sky, suns and moons. I'm pretty sure Chagall was the first show I ever saw in a museum. I remember being moved by it and thinking about for weeks after. Amazingly it still took me more than a year afterwards to realize that I liked art and perhaps making it would be a good way to spend my time. Gotta do it the hard way.
Anyway, I may be the only one who sees some Chagall in this but it was worth it just for the title of this post.
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By the way, short opinion poll: I (almost) never title my work but when I do think of a title it's usually something goofy or taken from song lyrics or a bad joke. I don't often keep the titles because I don't want the work to seem too humorous ( although there is humor in most of my work) and most of all, I don't want to answer questions about them. What do you think about funny titles? For example, calling this one "Chagall Y'all". Takes away from the work? Adds to it? It's a wash?
I googled Chagall just to (cough, cough) remind myself of some of his work. I don't see an instant resemblance. What I did see when I looked at the photo of your painting is the tongue from the creature on the "Big Lizard in My Backyard" cover. It's like he's trying to eat something but there's some sort of water spray coming across and the thing he's trying to eat flew off his tongue.
ReplyDeleteHave you been listening to early Dead Milkmen? Maybe your painting could be called "Dean's Dream".
Chagallish ? I say yes.
ReplyDeleteI am a fan of titles, funny or otherwise.
What's us with your artist residency ?
ReplyDeleteWhy no November blogs ?