G641A Emotional Blackmail
Oil on panel
Aug to Oct 2013, Size 249x369mm
G641A Emotional Blackmail
Oil on panel Aug to Oct 2013, Size 249x369mm |
About this painting
A painting about controlling behaviour, emotional blackmail.
The painting tells a complex story starting at the bottom. The woman grasps at the leg of the man, as she points towards the noose, a threat of suicide. Her grasp wraps around his leg then plunges inside to his heart, probing its feeling, yet it comes out again, from an ear. His face looks away, not listening, his eyes turned to another purpose. Her thread continues, then dissolves like candle-smoke, thinly into a silence and a free flying butterfly... Surrealist paintings demand attention, and this shows how a complex emotional event can be portrayed, both in temporal and timeless fashion. Images can be read, like words, to tell a story as well as having an emotional impact in an instant. |