When i first saw this painting i saw an organised mess of objects, belongings gathered together. The light is soft and warm, bright enough to light the objects needed to create a story but dark enough to hide the background. After researching the artist and this oil painting i have found that the skull and hourglass symbolise the inevitability of death. The hour glass displaying the time we have left, the skull a reminder of what is to come to every living thing. The music instruments, wine and jewels could represent the pleasures in life, little pleasures to us that we treasure in our hearts but ones that last for only a matter of time. The open book shows a brief poem emphasising the theme of mortality.
I wouldn't say its exactly a very happy painting, Its about the fragility of life itslef. An interesting painting indeed, Its own story unfolds to the person viewing it. I guess the objects speak louder than i first realised.
From the two artists
I've found the subject chosen doesn't have to be obvious to the world. I't doesn't really need to be well known, i want to pick a subject that we all know of and have been brought up knowing. Something out of the ordinary.
I've had a ridiculous thought. What if i don't study a subject being abuse, abortion etc.. but something like time. something that resembles the time lost, gained and what we have left. How people waste time, or regret the time they have had. Is that following the brief or going too far?
Time can be seen at different angles, time we have to live, time we have lived. Kinda like the Past, Present and future. At least it's a thought?
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