This painting has been a long journey. I started with just a vague idea that centered around a gas-mask with mouse ears and started painting with just a drawing of the figure. The colour scheme also grew from experimentation. Looking back I think it would have been much quicker if I had started with a finished design however I know that the finished product would have been very different. As it is, I think I’ve created a strong painting which is packed full of lovely little details.
Over the last months of hard work I’ve discussed a lot of issues around this painting and I’ve learned a lot through the process. If you love this piece and want to know more about it’s creation and concept I invite you to look back over the last previous Sundays. I think there might be a few little tweaks left to make, but overall I think I can finally call this piece finished. I’d love to hear what you think about it.I feel that there is an untold story here which makes the piece as intriguing as it is unique.
October 3, 2016 at 5:16 am
Lovely to see this finished. I really love the mouse tail, in the shape of a question mark. Deliberate? I guess you already know that the WW2 gas masks for children were called ‘Mickey Mouse gas masks’ and had ears. Great idea for a painting.
October 3, 2016 at 10:52 am
Thanks! Actually I wasn’t aware of that. I was actually motivated in part by some promotion photos of Marilyn Manson wearing latex Mickey Mouse ears. But now that you mention it I wonder if I had come across that fact and it was working away in my subconscious. The tail is also just coincidence as it felt like a natural shape to paint 🙂 Glad you like it! Jemima x