Please Read 'more info' (Watch in HQ / High Quality) 16"x20 Oil painting on Stretched Canvas from the 'Nightmares & Reveries' collection by Ladessa Sullivan A.K.A CandyAcidReign. Special Thank you to 'Cloth and Canvas' for providing the music.
Artist Fan Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CandyAcidReign/51808039983Artist Notes: While the blending in this painting may seem more advanced than my others, the truth is I'm very familiar with a multitude of techniques that I sometimes opt not to use. I feel this painting combines my love for hard lines, bright colors, and my love of the surreal.
The concept of this painting may seem simple by face value, but it's actually a bit deeper than some may imagine at first glance. I put on my ipod, went into my typical trance state, and my subconscious came pouring out onto the canvas. This piece depicts several possible things, a bad joke at her expense (can you see the thoughtless laughter as she feels eaten up by it & in shock?; a verbal attack, an argument... or perhaps she is wearing this mouth as a costume... all of these things are possible.
The colors chosen for her face all have symbolism... one blue eye / half of her sad perhaps from this verbal betrayal from someone or maybe even herself, a green nose / jealousy & being nosey perhaps, blood where her ear should be / perhaps she heard something she didn't like, or her ears were screamed off. Her face depicts shock & innocence.
The serpent-like shape of the mouth's body, combined with the black & white checkered body, all gives off a sense of "clowning" or nonchalantness about what is being done verbally. The mouth is coming from behind her back, and this also holds meaning. The colors of the tail purposely match the colors in her face, possibly showing how she is either consumed by this mouth, or perhaps she is also the mouth. Perhaps the attack is more figurative rather than literal, but no matter how you slice it, the power that our mouth holds is apparent, and it's definitely a reminder to know when it's time for silence & humility, and when it's time to speak. I hope you enjoy!
-Ladessa
Artist Websites:
http://CandyAcidReign.comhttp://Twitter.com/CandyAcidReignhttp://Myspace.com/CandyAcidReignMusician Websites:
http://www.myspace.com/clothandcanvasmusichttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Cloth-and-Canvas/57608286899http://clothandcanvas.buzznet.comhttp://www.reverbnation.com/clothandcanvasmusic
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Blessings,
Jewells
I notice you wrote me on facebook because you remember seeing my name some where. Well, It your fellow artist and musician. LOL God bless you!!
Eddie.
You are an amazing artist I envy your talent !
and beauty
for all time.
This is great Lades
keep working with
oils it can be tricky.