Crazy Love II
Original framed artwork by Ed Gendron
This is a limited edition (print #1 out of 40 total) by Ed Gendron. When they're gone - they're just gone. Outside dimension is approx 20x26
(watermark is for display purposes only)
This picture is part of an yet-unnamed series. I loved the idea of finding a box of vintage photos from some other reality or universe. When I began this series, I was very interested in surrealism as well as making something purposefully irreverent. A lot of art, (including some of mine) has lofty concepts - but this series really just revels in the absurd. Sometimes it's pretty, sometimes it's grotesque. Sometimes I worked with a lot of "platitudes" or tropes. I began this series in oil painting. But it has expanded to digital photography and found images as well.
If you've ever been in love, (and you likely have) then I'm certain that you can relate to this one. This artwork depicts two lovers in a passionate embrace. It's a timeless subject matter and it's been pictorialized by artists such as Gustav Klimt, Rene Magritte, Edvard Munch, and way too many others, to list here. I thought that the emotional pull of a lover is powerful and addictive, like the way a sugary breakfast cereal is to a kid on a Saturday morning. So, I portrayed the lovers, not only enveloped in an environment of sugary cereal, but they themselves have become "Fruit Loops" for each other. The colors of this artwork are saturated and rich. Everything about it screams "passion".
This image originated in a found, vintage, B/W photo... but it has certainly become something else. This photo was (obviously) reworked and hand colored. If you like this kind of work, then check out some of my other "Pop Surrealist" photos/paintings in this series. As the Talking Heads advised us "Stop Making Sense".
This item is intended for pickup at Fussy Coffee.