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12PoundTurkey OP t1_j5zh04r wrote

It started as an exploration of how I repress feelings that I find uncomfortable but it ended up as an expression of my anxieties.

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Cheapskate-DM t1_j5zkaw0 wrote

Notch one victory against the machine. Thank you for reminding us why humans need to paint.

Stay above water and keep 'em coming!

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Ijustgotbitchinshoes t1_j5zmc9b wrote

I was going to guess this has themes of womanhood and how it effects ones life. With the very yonic, vaginal looking imagery in places and red, bloodlike, almost womby imagery in others. Possibly about the horrors of reproduction or not consenting to ones creating. Maybe that is still a part of it but it doesn't seem to jive with Op's explanation. Maybe what I see was intended but as a metaphor for the cycle of repression and release akin to the cycle of building the uterin wall before shedding it in menstruation. Still that is my blind interpretation from just seeing it on its own as a work of art, death of the artist style, before reading their comment explaining it.

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Lazerweight t1_j5ztfyf wrote

Wow this is amazing. Both idea and execution!

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mycatsnameisGohan t1_j60o8rd wrote

This makes me feel like I need fresh air, it’s suffocating. Well done!

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LehdaRi t1_j60qbpc wrote

This is incredible. So rarely does a surrealist piece stimulate such an intense range of emotions. The composition, colours and flow of details is impeccable. I haven't seen quite anything like this before.

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Ravi5ingh t1_j60r0mn wrote

Damn this is a stunning work of art!

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woofbarfvomit t1_j6102hn wrote

It's a roulette clicking on a nsfw picture here. Art like this is why I keep taking my chances! Breathtakingly visceral. Reminds me somewhat of berserk!

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real_humen t1_j61ce5n wrote

Best I've seen on here in a while. Keep it up.

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AsOneLives t1_j61gu1r wrote

This is fucking beautiful. I wish I had a large version of thus in my home

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Ed_Kelley t1_j61hovf wrote

This is great! And the first popular art post ive seen in ages that’s not a naked lady.

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jackrack1721 t1_j61lzz4 wrote

I think you subconsciously painted Jesus drowning you

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blueheartsadness t1_j61nvsx wrote

Ok wow I have no words. I feel this on a deep level. You captured and created so well. And your use of colors is absolutely brilliant. What looks like the sun is actually just the yellow part of our innards. It's gut-wrenching and devastating art. Very visceral. You are very good at what you do. Seems theraputic or cathartic to do art like this.

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Sea-Zookeepergame997 t1_j61qaav wrote

A beautiful post modern painting!

What I observe here with respect to your interpretation....

  1. Colours here are dark and from extreme end of VIBGYOR spectrum, Red to indigo- bluish dominate. Shows extremity of repression from trust issues to anger, escaping, to forcible unintentional introversion and existential crisis

  2. Drowning of subjects shown here, in the sea of suffering ( reference maybe to river Acheron and Cocytus). Women shown drowing with chain and pushed by chain of hands on her eyes may depict feminine hypocrisy, Female oppression, semblance slavery and more.

  3. Mangrove tree or blood vessels encircled to bodies and skulls especially forsaken people. Bluish tinch may depict deoxygenated blood, slowly causing death due to obstruction, asphyxiation around toxic environment and support failure from loved ones.

  4. Showing Evil versus the sufferer's who want to come out of abyss or Evil vs the corrupt souls or Government conspiracy vs people's right to know, right to truth, right to information, right to personal liberty and many more.

  5. If you make the picture upside down, it seems as if there are numerous hands trying to get the women in chains out of sea by clamping the hand on the head. Basic idea - Realisation of truth, fight from oppression and repression.

  6. Also can notice blood red moon and setting sun showing loss of hope and gradual tread towards difficult phase and abyss. Hands can be seen which are either suffocating some souls and some of them trying to get out.

There are many things to tell and explain here because for each person they have their own interpretation, but for a painter his own interpretation to his painting has certain background significance like, as to in what state the painter has painted, or what was the painter going through or observing along while painting, gives us clue of social, cultural, psychological and physiological effects in the particular place, time, country and tradition.

Themes - Chronic Anxiety, Repression of feelings, overprotection, abuse, Utilitarianism, opportunism, perfectionism and overthinking.

These are the interpretation i felt you may probably have. I'm sure a painter who paints on these subjects are themselves unsure or unaware of the magic they are creating as they have thousands things in head which come on canvas with beautiful motifs and imagery. I though do paint on such subjects and also most of the time unaware of the messages too on my painting.

Hope to get your reviews. Beautiful painting indeed! Keep painting.

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BookNerd00 t1_j61sv5g wrote

Damn. This is effing amazing! I had to zoom in so I could peep all the detail. Phenomenal.

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12PoundTurkey OP t1_j61t7su wrote

Replying to blueheartsadness (#1,519,609)

I make these paintings over the course of months and they sit in my living room ever present. I feel like I learn a lot about myself through the process. Some sessions are refreshing, other really kick the shit out of me. In this one I came close to hyperventilating a few times while painting. I always seem to figure something important about how I feel during the process.

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yan_420 t1_j62lzo9 wrote

This made me feel very, very, very uncomfortable. I clicked away, then remembered what good painting was all about and came back to bask in your glorious anxiety-inducing art. Congratulations

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bestestdude t1_j62q8ml wrote

Amazing work! So many details. 😮 Colors/shading are top notch!

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flaotte t1_j62vrj9 wrote

its amazing. how bis is it?

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ZoeHorseless t1_j63m9j9 wrote

l have been looking at this for 10 minutes and l'm feeling confused but also intrigued

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Quirky_Permission818 t1_j63rnwz wrote

This is an amazing piece of work- this is exactly how I have been feeling...burnt out from work, barely staying afloat in the hustle of the rat race. Excellent composition and use of colour!

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AngieGreg t1_j63xaa6 wrote

That piece is Excellent & Imaginative. It reeks of meaning, whether its subversive or overt. You can see the perspective from the Victim and the Assailant. Very well done.

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roboticDem-2699 t1_j63yvs2 wrote

I can't understand what it's happening but this is absolutely beaudiful

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MLGw2 t1_j643rl0 wrote

Feels weird to say "this is awesome" considering the subject matter, but it is awesome.

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Ytumith t1_j64big5 wrote

You don't wanna drown your sorrows, but nice forearms

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tbrex8 t1_j65d8c6 wrote

This fucking sweet, how large is it and how long did it take?

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