M O N A L I S A
IF MONA LISA WERE NEVER DISCOVERED
Created for everyone who has been kicked in the face!
"If Mona Lisa Were Never Discovered" is every emerging artist's lament. I have painted her cracked and weathered without the enigmatic smile but with more an enigmatic pissed-off look that could cut straight through you. She is sporting the remnants of a black eye to represent a punch in the face from the Sydney art scene, and yet she remains proudly defiant.
Commercial Galleries do a great job of protecting their stable of contemporary artists and their monopoly on the elite art market, and fair enough, they work hard to promote their team, and they have stockrooms full of last century art. After my experience in that arena, I decided to paint my rendition of the Mona Lisa as an artist "self-portrait" to be entered in the 2025 Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW under the watchful eye of those dictating contemporary art trends.
In support of the new high-tech space age, we now live in, my entry in the 2025 Wynne Prize, also at the Art Gallery of NSW, is a futuristic abstract work called "Firefall on the Grampians in E Minor" in recognition of the Grampians Christmas bushfires. Scroll down to view the 120cm x 60cm archival ink under acrylic glass artwork and click to enlarge.
What you are viewing is a 53cm x 77cm oil painting on canvas with artist hand made black and gold protector frame. The artwork is not for sale unless I become famous and then you can buy it at Christie's in New York City for something less than the value of the real Mona Lisa at $900 million. If you desperately want someone else to carry your pain so you can get on with life; A1 Posters are available delivered directly from the Poster Factory at cost price in a crush proof cylinder.
"Firefall on the Grampians in E Minor" from the abstract series: Space Time
