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2024
4 × 6 in.
Acrylic on Canvas
There is an elephant.
He is using his trunk to suck his own dick.
That's the painting.
I could probably come up with some elaborate explanation about self-reliance, independence, pleasure, or the relationship between desire and the self.
But I would be lying.
I thought an elephant using his trunk to suck his own dick would be funny, so I painted it.
That's one of the things I love about creating. Not everything needs to come from heartbreak, love, death, loneliness, or some major revelation about life.
Sometimes an incredibly stupid thought enters my head and instead of letting it disappear like a normal person, I spend actual time turning it into a physical object.
The funniest part to me is how innocent the elephant looks. He's this cute, happy little cartoon elephant with big eyes, floppy ears, rosy cheeks, and his tongue sticking out. At first glance, it could almost belong in a children's book.
Then you realize what his trunk is doing.
That's the entire joke.
And somehow, years later, there is now a professionally photographed piece of artwork documenting it.
Pieces like this are just as much a part of me as the serious ones. I can make something about love, loneliness, death, or mental health and then turn around and paint an elephant sucking his own dick.
Creating doesn't always need a reason.
Sometimes something exists simply because I thought it would be funny if it existed.
And now it does.
Self sufficient, indeed.
2024
4 × 6 in.
Acrylic on Canvas
There is an elephant.
He is using his trunk to suck his own dick.
That's the painting.
I could probably come up with some elaborate explanation about self-reliance, independence, pleasure, or the relationship between desire and the self.
But I would be lying.
I thought an elephant using his trunk to suck his own dick would be funny, so I painted it.
That's one of the things I love about creating. Not everything needs to come from heartbreak, love, death, loneliness, or some major revelation about life.
Sometimes an incredibly stupid thought enters my head and instead of letting it disappear like a normal person, I spend actual time turning it into a physical object.
The funniest part to me is how innocent the elephant looks. He's this cute, happy little cartoon elephant with big eyes, floppy ears, rosy cheeks, and his tongue sticking out. At first glance, it could almost belong in a children's book.
Then you realize what his trunk is doing.
That's the entire joke.
And somehow, years later, there is now a professionally photographed piece of artwork documenting it.
Pieces like this are just as much a part of me as the serious ones. I can make something about love, loneliness, death, or mental health and then turn around and paint an elephant sucking his own dick.
Creating doesn't always need a reason.
Sometimes something exists simply because I thought it would be funny if it existed.
And now it does.
Self sufficient, indeed.