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HAPPY! Painting
Canada
Painting, Oil on Wood
Size: 36 W x 24 H x 0.3 D in
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About The Artwork
Surrealism is like dreaming while you are awake... "Happy"—Stephen Gibb, 36" x 24", oil on panel, 2020 The idea behind this painting was to portray sheer joy and happiness sloughing off the evil and darkness of the world like a snake sheds its skin. However, I wanted to depict the happiness in an artificial surrounding (fake trees, fake clouds, fake graphic sunburst) to suggest that sometimes happiness is an illusion. Contrasting the cartoon aspects with more realistic depictions of trees and clouds (at the edges) was my way of acknowledging the very real presence of darkness and evil in people's lives. Part of the challenge of the painting was to attempt to have the happy face in full illumination and push everything else into a more subdued shadow.
Original Created:2020
Subjects:Popular culture
Materials:Wood
Styles:SurrealismFigurativePop Art
Mediums:Oil
Details & Dimensions
Painting:Oil on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:36 W x 24 H x 0.3 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Canada
Stephen Gibb lives and works in Ontario, Canada. Often described as fitting in with Pop-Surrealism, I prefer to think of my paintings as editorial cartoons for contemporary culture, or maybe cautionary fairy tales for adults. Greeting the viewer with an element of up-front humour, yet inviting them in for further analysis, since beneath the cartoonish appearance and characters lies a deeper, darker message waiting to be unraveled. See more at: www.stephengibb.com
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