There Was No Invitation to The Post Earthquake Party, 1989. 11" x 14", Acrylic on Canvas.
The Artful Readers Club for March
The Walking Dead Compendium One by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard { and some other folks} Charlie Adlard recently admitted in an interview that he often makes up his characters on the page. A fact which can cause any serious character designer to bow in admiration. As you can see the likeness of the graphic novel with the AMC show is very close. Tweet Review: A long, arduous display of how a few people can entertain the masses. Since I am reading and watching The Walking Dead simultaneously, I am constantly comparing the two. Fans of the television series will be pleased to know that the graphic novel is just as interesting, if not more so. The details are very different in the first 48 issues of the graphic novel, for example, Carl is a lot younger and has a playmate Sophie..whose fate in the television series is quite astonishing. There are endless differences, but the overall storyline remains consistent in both versions which is; what happens to people during a...
A stranger comes bearing a gift to a love-in. She is different to everyone else... They shelter under a tree, scared, looking at her. Her feet are turned around the wrong way, awkward...
ReplyDeleteThe image I keep getting of this is of a wedding. It reminds me of a bride in front of a church.
There's a fence between the bride and the others. The barrier motif is reinforced by the log.
She stands on the stairway, hovering. There is an open window in the stairs, peering out at us. She stands beside the cyan diagonal that pierces through the painting.
The mirroring of the two arches, the broken glass and images inside... a broken mirror motif of inside/outside, private/public... (the cyan diagonal she stands just beside is the mirror)...
The upright column, the hanging log...
Everything is between women...
What is the gift the stranger brings in exchange for love? Perhaps it is recognition of the self in the mirror. But still, she is unsure whether she may exchange, contribute. She isn't blue - can she fit in?
The stripes on the column, the stripes on her dress: she feels as though she is made of stone when confronted with all this emotion. And the people on the left have hurt her so much before (the hanging log, the blue theme -sadness?)