I couldn't figure out where the image came from or what to do with it. They just happened to be there. I purposefully made these bites out of his leg sort of cartoony to lessen the blow. But when you look at this, it is really about man's basic fear of women. My mother hates this painting.
Some people think it's profound, others think it is silly.
I think that sometimes, I'm not saying that this is a great painting, but sometimes, good art rides a fine line between totally bombing and being utterly ridiculous and being so profound that it's like a Zen statement and if you can get to that point where something reads in two different directions at least you've got more people interested. Deadly Sins ' A 'predella' is a narrative canvas attached to the larger Renaissance altar painting. When you go to the museums in Europe you will see this in Renaissance paintings. Usually the patron would commission the artist to paint a 'Christ on the Cross' or a 'Virgin and Child' and sometimes they will even have themselves put into the painting. The artist was stuck painting what the patron wanted.