"Red nose clown" Painting by Karen Wong

Painting: Oil on Wood.

I am captivated by clowns, performers, circus etc. I am interested in the way stage makeup has the power to to turn a person into an impersonal entity. Here the makeup is melting away and is being applied at the same time. I tried to echo this tension in the way the paint is applied. I aimed to expose the subject behind the makeup and its implied vulnerability.