Three Things: The Surreal Portrait Edition, II
This week let’s dream up some strange folk, and put them to paper. What surreal twist will you give to your character?
Mária Švarbová, Untitled from Human Space series. Photograph. www.mariasvarbova.com
Duane Michals, Ludmilla Tchernina, 1964. Photograph.
Noell Oszvald, Untitled test picture, 2016. Paper. Via Flickr.
Three Things: The Breakfast Edition, II
This morning I’m daydreaming about the breakfast I can’t currently have. So I’ll make you daydream with me. Let’s ruminate over the morning meal, shall we?
Duane Michals, Empty New York, 1964. Photograph.
Lisa Caballero, Scrambled Eggs Breakfast, 2006. Oil on linen. www.lisacaballeroart.com
John Brack, The breakfast table, 1958. Oil on canvas. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia.
Using a mirror as a storytelling device is hardly a new idea. But when was the last time you wrote a mirror into your work? This week let’s—ahem—reflect on the object (yes, I know, that was pretty terrible), and then write some words. Go!
Edward Gorey, Untitled, from The West Wing. Pen and ink illustration. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York, 1963.
Markus Åkesson, Rites of passage (The big night), 2010-2011. Oil on canvas. www.markusakesson.com
Duane Michals, The Vanity of Animals, 2004. Photograph.
The Duane Michals photograph below is the inspiration for this week’s Three Things. What’s more thought-provoking than a mysteriously abandoned glove? Well, how about two gloved hands opening a darkened window?
This week, let’s write about some gloves.
Mark Stock, Enrapture Scene Two – Escape, 2001. Oil on canvas. www.theworldofmarkstock.com
Duane Michals, #13, She left abruptly, leaving one glove behind, from The Pleasures of the Glove series, 1974. Photograph. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Suzanne Northcott, White Gloves, 2005-2009. Acrylic and graphite. www.suzannenorthcott.ca
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