Here’s my current painting. Not quite done. The skull looks a little non-human. I’m a gonna fix it. The idea here is this is a short series on the traditional style of painting called the Memento Mori. A painting which usually contains a skull and is meant to remind us to live life to the fullest because we all have to die. They fall into the still life category and typically contain images of skulls, bones, flowers, clocks, hour glasses, insects, fruit, and items which are fleeting, decay and may be personal to an individual. The Victoreans liked them, cuz, well…they were obsessed with death.
The scrawled phrase, "Come on be alive again'“, is from the song Malibu by Hole. I usually listen to music when I’m painting and I’m frequently inspired by music. Lyrics to modern pop music, well some of it, is the current form of poetry. The lyrics to Malibu are quite beautiful.
