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Sections
In the artist's original order.
Recent meanderings37 works
Hunt the ego kill the ego9 works
Alice In Wonderland40 works
Playing & Tarot Cards For Sale2 works
The Lost Tarot4 works
The Seven Deadly Sins8 works
English bull terriers21 works
Mi Mappa Mundi Map Art13 works
walk on the wild side11 works
psychotherapy11 works
occidental oriental6 works
Fin D'art8 works
tempus edax rerum7 works
sometimes nothing...13 works
Roaming Catholic21 works
Absent heroes homely villains20 works
A Gothic Digression12 works
I am frustrated6 works
The Plague Doctor17 works
Lepidopterist delight0 works
Links0 works
Curiouser and curiouser0 works
Pulling Faces7 works
Ephesians 3 14-2129 works
...found these up in the attic100 works
Francis Bacon Ruined My Life6 works
What on earth is going on?0 works
Today's Special...it certainly0 works
Recent meanderings
Tangent paths and storms
The cruelty of Alzheimer's 1
The painting conveys a profound sense of desolation and weary acceptance. It leaves the viewer with a feeling of quiet despair, as if witnessing a final, undeniable surrender to an overwhelming, indifferent force. The tone is mournful, tinged with a surreal stillness that speaks of an ending beyond rescue.
Who are we without our history?
The work conjures a profound sense of unease and disintegration. A pervasive feeling of decay and existential dread permeates the scene, leaving the viewer with a somber and unsettling impression of internal collapse. The overall atmosphere is one of profound, almost silent, despair.
Historyless we build our hopes on sand.
A pervasive sense of quiet sadness and decay washes over the viewer. The scene feels steeped in a melancholic atmosphere, suggesting the crumbling of grand structures and perhaps the fragility of memory and identity. It leaves one with a lingering feeling of loss and gentle introspection.
Trojan horse of course.
The artwork creates a sombre and unsettling feeling, like an oppressive dream. It leaves one with a sense of lost grandeur and an eerie silence, as if witnessing a forgotten, mechanical ruin under a muted sky.
God save The Queen and all who hide in her....
The painting creates a feeling of deep unease and a peculiar, dreamlike dread. Its atmosphere is dense with unspoken anxieties, leaving the viewer with a sense of lingering disquiet and a questioning of reality.
Yahweh's Little Freak Show
The atmosphere is one of dreamlike disquiet, a slightly melancholic circus presented in muted tones. It leaves a viewer with a sense of unease, as if peering into a strange, half-remembered nightmare.
Jonah he lived in a whale...
A sense of uncanny stillness pervades the scene, a quiet surrender to the inevitable. The atmosphere is dense with a peculiar blend of morbid curiosity and detached acceptance.
It leaves one with a feeling of profound, unsettling introspection.
The Swinging Tree.
The overall tone is unsettling, with a muted colour palette that suggests a world tinged with a peculiar, almost melancholic magic. There's a pervasive sense of watchful stillness, as if all the inhabitants are paused in a strange, ongoing moment, leaving the viewer with a feeling of lingering disquiet.
Pestilenza
The painting presents a deeply unsettling and chaotic scene, imbued with a sense of dread and morbid fascination. It leaves the viewer with a feeling of unease, as if witnessing a phantasmagoric procession from a disturbed dreamscape.
Mobile Temple of Doom
The scene feels unsettling, combining religious pomp with an otherworldly, skeletal presence. There's a sense of inescapable fate or judgement, a solemn and perhaps hypocritical march towards an indifferent, grand structure. It leaves one with a feeling of disquiet and dark contemplation.
The Lost Sheep
The painting creates a feeling of unease and detachment, as if witnessing a silent, illogical procession. The tone is melancholic and slightly menacing, leaving a lingering sense of mystery and unresolved tension.
Soul Autopsy-Turvy
The artwork creates a disquieting and slightly claustrophobic atmosphere, as though peering into an exposed, yet deeply private, inner world. It leaves the viewer with a sense of unease, hinting at complex and perhaps dangerous internal mechanisms.
Ship Of Fools
The painting conveys a feeling of unease and impending doom. There is a pervasive sense of decay and folly, leaving the viewer with a lingering disquiet. The atmosphere is heavy with symbolism, suggesting a journey towards an unknown, possibly terrible, fate.
The Trial and Execution of Breugel's Fish
This painting creates a deeply unsettling and macabre atmosphere. The overall tone is one of grotesque spectacle, leaving the viewer with a sense of bewildered unease and a touch of morbid fascination. It feels like witnessing a dark, surreal ritual.
Captured or released?
The painting creates a sense of unease and disorientation, like witnessing a grotesque performance. The crowded, chaotic arrangement of figures, coupled with their unsettling expressions, leaves a lingering feeling of dread and a touch of morbid curiosity.
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The painting creates a feeling of disorientation and playful absurdity, challenging conventional perceptions. It leaves the viewer with a sense of quiet wonder and a smile at the sheer, imaginative impossibility.
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A peculiar and unsettling gravitas permeates the scene. The muted colours and the peculiar headdress create a sense of otherworldly authority, hinting at arcane secrets.
It leaves one with a disquieting feeling of being observed by an ancient, all-knowing entity.
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A heavy sense of foreboding pervades the scene, suggesting a brooding and perhaps menacing undertone. The atmosphere is one of strange theatricality, leaving the viewer with a feeling of disquiet and morbid curiosity.
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The piece creates a heavy, unsettling atmosphere of profound mental anguish and helplessness. It leaves the viewer with a lingering sense of unease and sorrow, reflecting a bleak internal struggle.
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A deep sense of disquiet pervades the scene, tinged with an eerie, watchful stillness. The atmosphere is one of hidden meaning and primal gestation, leaving the viewer with a lingering feeling of unease and mystery.
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The painting fosters a sense of unease and dread. Its unsettling imagery creates a disquieting atmosphere, leaving the viewer with a feeling of profound disturbance and a lingering sense of the macabre.
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A feeling of unease permeates the scene, suggesting a perilous voyage. The peculiar pairing creates a sense of guarded anticipation, leaving the viewer to wonder about their destination and the purpose of their journey. The overall atmosphere is one of strange, tense fellowship on an uncertain sea.
Greed
The painting has a subdued and slightly unsettling atmosphere. It feels melancholic, as if this heavily adorned being carries a weary burden. The overall impression is one of quiet introspection tinged with a hint of underlying threat.
New world order...the plague doctor
The painting creates a disquieting yet surreal atmosphere. There is a pervasive sense of melancholic decay and an unsettling juxtaposition of the monumental and the mundane. It leaves the viewer with a feeling of disquiet and a contemplation of underlying burdens.
Two little dicky birds...
A sense of foreboding pervades this unsettling work. The atmosphere is heavy with a historical dread, suggesting an impending doom or a lingering sickness. It leaves the viewer with a disquieting feeling of vulnerability and the weight of past afflictions.
Lust
The atmosphere is heavy with a sense of dread and violation, as if witnessing a private, gruesome moment of profound loss. It leaves the viewer with a disturbing unease and a lingering feeling of vulnerability.
cucarachas insectasidias
This painting creates a feeling of profound unease and distress. The muted colours and distressed subject matter combine to produce a sombre and unsettling atmosphere, leaving the viewer with a sense of disquiet and empathy. It conveys a powerful sense of inner turmoil and existential dread.
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The artwork creates a deeply unsettling and disturbing atmosphere. It leaves the viewer with a sense of unease and a touch of revulsion, hinting at themes of infestation or subjugation. The overall tone is one of vulnerability and quiet horror.
Goodbye Cruel World
The painting cultivates a disquieting atmosphere, tinged with profound sadness and madness. It leaves the viewer with a sense of unease and apprehension, hinting at a descent into chaos.
Pride Sloth; Nero-Auto-Castrato
A profound sense of despair hangs over this piece, tinged with a disturbing unease. The overall tone is oppressive and disquieting, leaving the viewer with a feeling of bleakness and foreboding.
The Dance of Death on the Day of the Dead
The painting presents a striking and unsettling atmosphere of quiet desolation. It creates a palpable sense of unease, leaving the viewer with a feeling of sorrow and disquiet.
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The painting creates a disquieting atmosphere, balancing a sense of macabre beauty with an unsettling undertone. It leaves the viewer with a feeling of fascination and apprehension, hinting at hidden violence beneath a striking facade.
Wrath; John Wayne Gacy junior's puppet theatre of death. The punishnent of Gluttony
The atmosphere is sinister and unsettling, with a palpable sense of menace. A profound feeling of dread and impending doom washes over the viewer, leaving a lingering unease. It's a dark carnival where joy has been entirely consumed by viciousness.
Heart of an Artist
The painting conveys a sense of profound unease and morbid fascination. Its atmosphere is heavy with a feeling of visceral disgust and a disturbing contemplation of excess. The overall impression is one of confronting a deeply unsettling consequence of unrestrained appetite.
and his soul map.
The painting has a dark, unsettling, and peculiar undertone. The murky colours and distorted forms create a sense of unease and a feeling of observing something ancient and forbidden. It leaves the viewer with a lingering sense of mystery and disquiet.
Infarction.
The painting conjures a feeling of arcane symbolism and profound, perhaps unsettling, introspection. There's an immediate sense of enigma, drawing the viewer into a world of quiet, spiritual contemplation. It leaves one with a lingering impression of ancient mysteries and introspective inquiry.
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The image feels playfully bizarre, like a dream encountered in twilight. It leaves one with a sense of gentle disquiet, a curiosity stirred by the uncanny and the subtly unsettling.