Friday, August 29, 2008
Mixed Images, loss of focus, distraction, pain can cause you to have many disctracting thoughts. A good thought one minute and a bad one the next. Scrambled, cracked images mixed with everyday life visuals.
Pen, pencil, crayon 8.5" X 11".
Hi Frank,
I just wanted to tell you that your "Mixed Images" piece is extremely powerful! My first thought was, "WOW!" There are so many great details in your piece that I feel that most who are dealing with a chronic pain condition would be able to find many aspects with which they can associate. It reminds me a great deal of the work of M. C. Escher - one of my all time favorite artists! Escher himself struggled with childhood illness and it is sometimes said that his artistic expression was created from images in his head/imagination rather than direct observations. Perhaps this is best expressed through several of his, arguably, most well-known pieces.("Drawing Hands" and "Ascending and Descending") Escher explained that he somewhat 'took advantage of quirks of perception and perspective.' In my belief, we who endure chronic pain have very unique perspective and perception. I think you have created an image that speaks volumes to those with pain and will educated those without. THANK YOU for sharing this!
Mary-Brigid Mahoney
Boston, MA
Thanks.
I wish this site had the spin around arrows on the art work like in photo shop. A lot of the work I do like this one, can be hung upside down revieling scene that was, of course, upside down viewed the other way. I'm glad you liked it.
Thanks, Frank.