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"Dead Guy, on a slab..." by Valarie Nicharico

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Dead Guy, on a slab... by Valarie Nicharico


	This was not only my first perspective piece, but also the ONLY piece I've ever done with watercolor (on the door). My AP art teacher made me do this for my portfolio. I swore never to do anything like it again. It remains, however, a favorite of mine, and one that I refer to often when I'm talking about my art.

Date	Name	Comment
1 Oct 2004	Audrey S. Totire	Loading... I'm surprised you haven't gotten any comments for this. This is great...L--Dead guy on a slab? That's a great title. I think the perspective of the dead guy is done well. Makes you wonder what this is all about. It reminds me of --Having my daughter open the trunk of a used car we bought to make sure that there were no dead bodies stashed inside. That scared her into not wanting to checking it alone! Valarie Nicharico replies: "hehe, thanks ^,^ I always thought this was a great piece. I don't know why it got overlooked...it's been up for a looooong time. I always thought it was very dreamlike...really calming actually. The title was a joke from my art teacher in high school when I did it....just stuck shrug but it fit, lol."
17 Dec 2004	Lindzi V. Sayles	Loading... It's kind of surreal in a way, it looks like his body is being carried away to heaven, but i don't think he can fit through that door. I know your art teacher told you to do this but whats the idea about this, i'm quite interested? Valarie Nicharico replies: "She was trying to force me to do perspective and to use watercolors. I hate perspective with a passion...and watercolors hate me...but I did finally decide on something surreal...She'd asked me why I didn't make the slab into a gurney like in a hospital..."Too morbid"...but the original model for the piece was from a religious magazine somewhere as a depiction of Christ. I don't think it really went much further than "lets put these two images together" with the door and the slab... It just sortof came out that way. ^.^ "

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'Dead Guy, on a slab...':

• Created by:

Valarie Nicharico
• Copyright: ©Valarie Nicharico. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Perspective, Surrealism
• Categories: Body Study, Dream Imagery
• Techniques: Mixed Media
• Inspirations: Other Author, Other Artist
• Submitted: 2004-02-25 04:34:24
• Views: 1457
• Resolution: 437x622