This is a large (4' x 7') painting I've been working on for the past several months. I started with the green cat head, and then found the female swimmers from an old
Patrick Nagel book of prints. At first the swimmers were meant to be aggressively blocking off the cat's ears (a common theme in my work lately, me not really listening to what people are actually saying). The girl has rainbow spurts of blood pouring from her heart. But there are also images of balloons and happiness, so I guess it reflects my newfound optimism of love and relationships.
Blood pouring out of one's heart is like someone's essence flowing out of one's life. Balloons always brings happiness to children as well as adults. We will never outgrow that enjoyment of balloons. I know I never did.
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