A jolly man with flowers. Always an attractive sight.
He walks on clouds and the colours are kept simple.
His clothes are loose and ill fitting. The hat? A bad choice for one who cares about his appearance.
We suspect he does not. Which is fine, it’s a free country.
The flowers, however, are nice. A big bunch of red roses. For you, for me, for anyone viewing the painting. A generous soul no doubt, who gives more than he recieves? We don’t know.
A whole series of these would be nice. One in each room. The Jolly man.
He could be sipping tea in the kitchen.
Reading the paper in the sitting room.
Folding socks in the bedroom.
The colours scheme throughout the series would have to be consistent and the facial feature deliberately vague. In fact, that’s the whole point. It’s meant to be vague.
When paintings are vague, there’s always room for you, the viewer. You read into it what you will. Normally I would say at this point ‘a bit like life really’ but that would be too predictable. So I won’t.
A jolly man with flowers is a large painting. With a large heart. The perfect Christmas gift.
It’s still available. He’s still holding the flowers. Drop me a line to enquire for further details.
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