2012 • 48″ x 18″
acrylic, spray paint, paper on panel
“The burlesque existentialist is a stock character of the popular imagination, dressed in black and uttering gnomic assertions about life and the universe.” This quote, found on Temples of Reason, combined with my own notion of “sad clown” goths, standing around being miserable, reciting nihilistic aphorisms, lead to this painting.
The clown, sad serious and silly looking, stands on a short shallow stage that only highlights the ridiculousness of his attention starved misery. Painted on a collaged ground of old etchings, it creates an atmosphere around him that accentuates his mood.
Like many of my works, no one gets this piece. That’s okay. Like anything worth doing, this made me giggle and I love it.
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