The Haiku Is Free, But You Have To Pay For The Art

Wouldn’t it be nice

Your room could be much better

If you bought my art

We're Not Old, Old At All

I started the afternoon planning to work on a couple of happy paintings. I really did. But within minutes of working on them I was pulled away by this image that had been pulsing in my brain for most of the day. A couple of years ago I heard The Antlers' "Hospice" album for the first time and was completely drawn in. I'm a sucker for a cohesive concept album, and this was one of the best I had ever heard. It sets a mood and tells a story, and not a very happy one. I like my fiction to confront me and tear my guts out, and this album did that.

This painting is a very literal interpretation of the song that I think of as the turning point of the album - "Bear". I highly recommend listening to the entire album, but if you'd like to hear the song in question you can do so here: