2012 — 30″ x 22″
Acrylic on used fence pickets.
This was maybe the 3rd or 4th in the series of “this and that” series. I was hoping to do a series of pieces that would high light the subtle symbolism of classic fairy tales with ham fisted freudian imagery. But I couldn’t really get any decent interpretations from the little research I did. So I quit.
This idea could be revisited in a new style. It was a popular idea and sold right away. I can only do better now. This picture isn’t great either, unfortunately. As this was from my preDSLR days.
In it, you actually see our pal Sigmund dressed up as both the wolf and the woodsman, ready to enjoy the ripening of our girl, Red. Did that sound creepy? Good. I wanted it to. The whole thing is creepy.
I tried to keep the natural wood prominent as I wanted this piece itself to look like a cigar box lid. The overall symmetry and pair of cigar boxes being thrust at her show how both sides of the moral coin are really just that. 2 sides of the same coin. The budding sexuality of a young woman is what has always made the world go round. Not that I’m into that. But you know how it is. Come on!
