Sometimes I'll be drawing happily along, minding my own business and some unsolicited critique will come my way. If I'm not careful, it bothers me... it wasn't expected after all. But the one question that never rattles me is, 'What does that mean?' I don't think it's related to a poor rendering of a soda can as in, 'Is that a soda can or WHAT?' but rather, an uninitiated viewer looking on as I execute something that really needs a point of reference. Like translating a scribble. Until the thing starts to take on a recognizable form, the onlooker is just baffled.
Then there pieces like this one. even when it's done, it fails to explain itself or why it exists. These are the most fun because more than any other work, they require the viewer to translate it based on their experience.
Hope you enjoy. I sure did.
