This is a painting I did a few years ago based on a doodle. The inspiration was based on the field of science...and in particular scientific funding... basically it says that only a few scientists (The Few) get financial support from the government. The support as it were is no more than an eaten apple. The scientists are worms and only a few get the apple scraps. The rest of the scientists -without funding- are writhing in a big pit of despair. Usually an artist is not supposed to tell their secrets, but to my (small but faithful) blog audience the rules don't have to apply!
The most time consuming part of this work was the worms. For a mere 5x7" painting it took inordinate amounts of time. I tried to put more detail in the worms near the foreground, and then do more abstract realization towards the background. You will also see that the colour of the worms is brighter and more red in the front, and fades to a more lilac towards the back to create the illusion of depth.
5x7" cold press, 2009?
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