The Monster They Imagined You to be
Original Oil Painting
13 x 19 inches
Redd Walitzki © 2018
Oils and Mixed Media over Rice-paper on Laser Cut Acrylic Panel
The Minotaur appeared to me from a haze, mysterious and
surprising, yet also insistent and fully formed. During my final weeks
in Seattle, there was a moment where every book I opened, and several
songs and podcasts, all mentioned the Minotaur. It felt like one of
those coincidences that should not be ignored, so just for
fun I
sketched one while riding the bus home one day. He was an usual
subject-matter, so clearly masculine in contrast to the usual feminine
or androgynous figures I tend to favor. I grappled with how he would fit
into my work, and decided that keeping the color palette in a soft
floral hue would help to ground him among my other paintings.
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