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This portrait of The Man Under my Bed was INSPIRED BY a recurring childhood nightmare. I actually started out painting a mythical man/beast with ram's horns, my take on Bacchus, who was the Roman god of agriculture, wine and fertility. When the painting was finished though, I realized that it was my old under-bed nemesis. It turns out he wasn't such a bad guy after all and has since changed venues. He currently resides under my flower bed tending the morning glories and cultivating grapes. I hope VIEWERS will be enchanted by the notion that a formally dressed Bacchus lives in my flower bed and helps to cultivate the garden while making wine. Perhaps it will stimulate their most imaginative personal thoughts while visiting formal gardens or tending their own gardens. TECHNICAL MATTERS: I used acrylic paints mixed with crushed semi-precious stones pressed into parts of the surface to impart an earthy, textural patina to the finish paint layer. The rendering is slightly looser than my usual style as I took my cue from the meandering patterns of nature. As usual, I include natural critters - caterpillars, dragonflies - along with flowers and vines with man-made artifacts such as the wine glass and modern day clothing for Bacchus.
This portrait of The Man Under my Bed was INSPIRED BY a recurring childhood nightmare. I actually started out painting a mythical man/beast with ram's horns, my take on Bacchus, who was the Roman god of agriculture, wine and fertility. When the painting was finished though, I realized that it was my old under-bed nemesis. It turns out he wasn't such a bad guy after all and has since changed venues. He currently resides under my flower bed tending the morning glories and cultivating grapes. I hope VIEWERS will be enchanted by the notion that a formally dressed Bacchus lives in my flower bed and helps to cultivate the garden while making wine. Perhaps it will stimulate their most imaginative personal thoughts while visiting formal gardens or tending their own gardens. TECHNICAL MATTERS: I used acrylic paints mixed with crushed semi-precious stones pressed into parts of the surface to impart an earthy, textural patina to the finish paint layer. The rendering is slightly looser than my usual style as I took my cue from the meandering patterns of nature. As usual, I include natural critters - caterpillars, dragonflies - along with flowers and vines with man-made artifacts such as the wine glass and modern day clothing for Bacchus.
This portrait of The Man Under my Bed was INSPIRED BY a recurring childhood nightmare. I actually started out painting a mythical man/beast with ram's horns, my take on Bacchus, who was the Roman god of agriculture, wine and fertility. When the painting was finished though, I realized that it was my old under-bed nemesis. It turns out he wasn't such a bad guy after all and has since changed venues. He currently resides under my flower bed tending the morning glories and cultivating grapes. I hope VIEWERS will be enchanted by the notion that a formally dressed Bacchus lives in my flower bed and helps to cultivate the garden while making wine. Perhaps it will stimulate their most imaginative personal thoughts while visiting formal gardens or tending their own gardens. TECHNICAL MATTERS: I used acrylic paints mixed with crushed semi-precious stones pressed into parts of the surface to impart an earthy, textural patina to the finish paint layer. The rendering is slightly looser than my usual style as I took my cue from the meandering patterns of nature. As usual, I include natural critters - caterpillars, dragonflies - along with flowers and vines with man-made artifacts such as the wine glass and modern day clothing for Bacchus.
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Susan McLaughlin

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This portrait of The Man Under my Bed was INSPIRED BY a recurring childhood nightmare. I actually started out painting a mythical man/beast with ram's horns, my take on Bacchus, who was the Roman god of agriculture, wine and fertility. When the painting was finished though, I realized that it was my old under-bed nemesis. It turns out he wasn't such a bad guy after all and has since changed venues. He currently resides under my flower bed tending the morning glories and cultivating grapes. I hope VIEWERS will be enchanted by the notion that a formally dressed Bacchus lives in my flower bed and helps to cultivate the garden while making wine. Perhaps it will stimulate their most imaginative personal thoughts while visiting formal gardens or tending their own gardens. TECHNICAL MATTERS: I used acrylic paints mixed with crushed semi-precious stones pressed into parts of the surface to impart an earthy, textural patina to the finish paint layer. The rendering is slightly looser than my usual style as I took my cue from the meandering patterns of nature. As usual, I include natural critters - caterpillars, dragonflies - along with flowers and vines with man-made artifacts such as the wine glass and modern day clothing for Bacchus.

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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

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Size:24 W x 30 H x 1.5 D in

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As a painter, I am an explorer, uncovering, recording and rearranging the beauty of the natural world, as well as the beauty of human beings. I select and distill the very essence of my subject, harmony between nature and humanity, sometimes combining the two. This symbiosis makes the finished work even more beautiful than either of its constituents alone. When you first visit my fantasy world, you will notice a lot of extraordinary things going on in my paintings. For instance, I might substitute a bird for a hat, or a butterfly for a bowtie. These unusual substitutions function as symbols and provide subtle clues and playful suggestions about my work. The shapes of birds and hats, or butterflies and bowties, are so similar that viewers never even question the replacements. I pick the substitutes because they fit graphically and visually. But it is more than that. We as humans fit with nature. We fit together so well, in fact, that I am able to paint a natural object–a butterfly–in place of the bowtie–and viewers can see this as truth. My world will refresh you with its vibrant colors, textures, and interchangeable shapes as you immerse yourself in the integration of nature and humanity. You will be at peace with yourself and at one with nature. You will experience nature in a totally new way and see beauty in places where you never before thought to look.

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