Madonna And Egg

I was goin' for that Byzantine religious icon look--the gold, the flatness, the halos...Don't ask me to explain how I thought of this, because it's even weirder and more disjointed than the usual, and involved the phrase "rubber chicken stigmata." I also urge people not to bother being religiously offended, because c'mon, it's art, and stuff like that only encourages us. Honestly, though, this is really less of a statement about religion and more of an homage to that one style of religious art--the metallic, gold-leaf heavy visuals of the religious icons were what I was really thinking about, not stickin' it to Christianity with a chicken. Because...um....if this was a religious statement, I dunno what the heck it would be. Possibly "I like chickens," and that's never going to go down in history next to Martin Luther's 95 whatsits. I always feel obligated to say this, because people inevitably see a scathing critique of something or other, and I'm left going "Err....no, I was just kinda thinking "Dude! Chickens!" and that's sort of embarassing for both parties.

Anyway! This is a bad scan. It is, however, the best scan that one can hope for of something that it comprised almost entirely of metallic paints. I have used almost enough iridescent gold to make the tube dimple slightly! I should do a whole series of chicken icons and maybe I'd be able to use the whole tube before I die! But anyway, it's a way more impressive piece in person, what with the flat metallic look, and the halos are copper with gold metallic lines and whatnot, but this is pretty close, and some things just plain don't work anywhere but in person.

Original 12 x 16 acrylic on clayboard for sale! Prints available, although they're not as cool as the original, because of the metallic thing. Visit [link] or drop a note for details!