Many years ago, I was invited to a topping out ceremony in southern Germany, close to the Bavarian alps. It was a nice gathering, people brought presents and while everyone was waiting for the barbecue to start, the mayor of the village was getting ready to hold his speach. He looked just like one would imagine a typical Bavarian of that area, with his Lederhosen, typical jacket and the gamsbart on his hat. His belly showed years of training with excessive intake of heavy sausage, meats and knodel as well as lots of fine Bavarian beer.
He had just started speaking, when some other guest brought in another present.. a copy of a Paul Delvaux painting, with a group of virgin like naked girls. Totally threw the mayor off the tracks!! He pretty much forgot all about his speech and all of his attention was caught by the painting... funniest speech ever, he could not finish another sentence without coming back to it!
Gave me the idea for "Unternehmen Elfenbein"...
The German title is a play on words and can thus not be translated. But I think the idea is quite clear. Hope the mountain in the background is safe enough for work. The pattern in the sky is that, typical of the Bavarian flag, for a geographical reference.
This is a painting from my early days and unfortunately I don't have a better photo.
Hope you like it anyways!
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Nice info. Thanks :)
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sure :-)
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Beginning Friday with your story, it will be a great day :) Love how you always spice up with delicate humor all your work, writing and painting. And that climber, like he represents the majority of men in the world, on such a cute way.
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Happy you enjoyed my little story and painting. Haha... so tha's how you think about us 🤠😉
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I watch to much Luis C.K. and he explained everything :)
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lol :-)
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Oh.. and that little dude working his way up to a climax... priceless :)
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If you had seen the real guy, it would be even funnier!
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I enjoyed a lot your funny story and the way you found inspiration! Lovely work! :)
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Glad you liked it. Was quite funny and I'll never forget how that guy flipped out!
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Interesting story. You wrote it??
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yep 😎
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Reading the story behind the art I thought it might be an idea to let your audience come up with an interpretation or story once in a while. I think of it as fun. Imagining to look at a peace of art asking myself: hm ... what was the impulse, how did this picture came alive? What does my fantasy do with that?
You could challenge your fans:) - and give the resolution later on - just an idea.
I loved reading the comment from @jungwatercolor and your reply. Gave me a smile.
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Quite frequently I don't give an interpretation and leave it up to the viewer. In this case its more of an "illustrated story" 🤡
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