Pickles by Brian Crane for April 23, 2024

Maybe Opal could paint a picture of a newspaper so you can look at it while you sit in the bathroom.

Her inner turdoil belongs in the bathroom.

OK, the object of the bathroom is to expel your inner " turmoil". Really don’t need to see it on canvas.

To cover up the hole in the wall!

Potty humor today!

I was in a museum with a lady friend when she surprised me by saying how much she liked some modernist piece of paint-splash trash. I asked why and she said it would make a pretty scarf.

“I’ve suffered for my art. Now it’s your turn.”

Marshall Crenshaw

In an alternate dimension, Opal might be Empress of the Universe, deposed in a bloodless coup to exile on Earth as wife to Earl Pickle … just sayin’ …

Is this Opal’s friend who owns the cute deaf dog?

Brown and yellow.

Well, they do say many artists aren’t appreciated during their life…

Painting for others is never the same as painting for your self, IMHO.

Flush art!

She just needs some happy trees

Now, when you view it in the bathroom without your glasses and air filled with steam, it seems to come together. OK, my ‘art’ does anyway.

Yes, it should be hanging in the Loovre.

Opal: “It’s yours.” … “Will you put it over your toilet?”

That is definitely the was Americans view art- as decorative accessories.

That’s a typical backhanded compliment.

Add some velvet and compete with Dogs Playing Cards.

What………brown , yellow and BLACK..????

Do your art for yourself, Opal, without caring what others may think.

“Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls,

Would scarcely get your feet wet.”

—Tony Hendra, “Deteriorata”

Did someone forget to flush the toilet again?

That’s not necessarily an insult, Opal.

I, myself, would dare not want to wander in the depth of Opal’s soul for I may find myself on the path to Hades! She posesses a dark spirit. Anybody got a flashlight?

yes … I have some space for it right behind the toilet…

If you’re creating art for other people, you’re creating decor, not art.

another, polite, way of saying it’s pure….

So is there a lot of browns, yellows and reds I. That picture?

I’d say straight down the toilet.

It will cover the crack in my wall nicely.

High praise indeed!!

Art does not have to be based on inner turmoil. It can be based on joy, wanting to share a scene that you love.