Title: VI: The Lovers*
Artist: John Cuneo (All)
Media Type: Paint - Watercolor
Art Type: Commission
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 318
Likes on CAF: 2
Comments: 6
Added to Site: 8/27/2021
Location: Playing with a Full Deck
Artist:
John Cuneo
(All)
318 Views - 6 Comments - 2 Likes
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Hot damn! Love me some John Cuneo and love me some Glen Evan Gold! And that snake! Wonderful twisted and beautiful. That line work and watercolor of John's is something to behold. Mazel tov!
We've talked about this. John Cuneo is a genius. Watching him start in one corner and just start making an image, no blue line, no pencil--- it is fascinating.
Cuneo does not mess around. Effortlessly resolute.
The Horror..The Horror, of what the snakes about to do.
The motif of a snake biting a rather personal part of a man’s anatomy goes back to none other than Michelangelo. When his monumental fresco The Last Judgment was unveiled on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in 1541, a cardinal complained about the abundance of nude figures, arguing that they were more appropriate for a tavern than for a papal chapel. Michelangelo took his revenge by giving one of the figures the cardinal’s features, adding donkey’s ears, and making sure that a snake took a hearty bite at his genitals. Anyone wishing to see images should search for: Michelangelo – Sistine Chapel – Minos.
I have a feeling Cuneo has studied and riffed on that image - which I didn't know about till now. Hi-class swiping!