I have to admit that I am impressed. Nice shapes, nice lines. Clear angst coming through. I think she's making a statement against society's repression of candy when it comes to the toddler culture.
However, the more I looked at it, the more familiar I felt it looked. Then I realized, she was channeling David Lynch. Though she's reversed the image, you can clearly see the mouth, eye and shape of the head. In fact, I think that she was showing the scene where Henry opened the baby's swaddling clothes and was horrified by the results. Behold what I feel was her inspiration:
You have to admit, there is more than a passing resemblance. I'll have to check my video collection. I don't think she's been watching Eraserhead lately. Maybe it came from her collective unconscious. Mommy and Daddy have seen it many times.
I know I keep saying she's a genius. But she's now a surrealist. She'll be the first surrealist painter/filmmaker/engineer/physicist/geologist/comedian on Mars.
Discuss Gertie Van Gogh
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