Jar of Spice Candies

6"x4" oil on panel ••• Frankly, I found these candies revolting. • For a simple minded person such as myself (i.e., a guy who may or may not read a label before consuming candies), when I encounter a bag of colorful gummy looking candies, my addled brain thinks, "Fruity gooey wonderfulness!" not, "Spiced to the point that I'm going to spit them out across the room!" • That last part reminds me of how much I enjoy cherry tomatoes. Not because they taste good but because of the childhood memory of biting into one and hitting my brother in the face with the seeds that squirted out across the table. Ah, good times... It just feels great when your aim is true. • Sorry, I rambled a bit.

Posted October 7, 2020

sold • private collection