Original, Allegorical Painting on Stretched Canvas; Fine Art Figurative Painting Wall Decor

الوصف

This 26" x 38.5" framed acrylic painting is on 3/4" stretched canvas. The frame is 1" wide, dark brown painted wood. This being an allegorical piece, it has a story told with symbols as follows. It is about subconscious desire for love and intimacy, while living a masked existence of propriety. It describes hidden emotions, the fleetingness of life, and the struggle to let feelings emerge from the subconscious. A mantle clock and a grandfather clock in the background of this painting remind the two people in the painting that time is passing by. The clocks do not agree in time, as this could be anytime in the story. The woman wears white, symbolizing a virgin. She is stiff and proper, yet looks side long at the man sitting as far from her as the seating in the waiting room will allow. The room has many books, representing the logical, left brain thoughts that fill the woman's conscious mind. In the mirror are dolls, reflecting a younger time when imagination and experimentation were still possible. The lovers kiss statue represents what looms in the subconscious - a more primitive urge. The skull, reminiscent of vanitas paintings, represents death, which will come all too soon. It looms there, in a threatening way, but also urging the couple on to make the most of life while they have it. Primitive urges and emotions have been covered up through years of correction, signified by the body covered up by the rug, to a point where only the mask remains. Although one arm is stretched to unnatural lengths, the hand alone emerges from beneath the heavy entrapment. This symbolizes being covered up by years of burying any feelings that are not deemed "proper". The man in this allegory art sits in a restless manner, wrestling with his emotions and his white knight, gallant facade. The title of the painting is, "The Waiting Room".