Looking at feedback so far, people seemed to like paintings of outer space or Westerns or paintings with people in them. So I thought I'd try all three at once. This painting's also a tribute to comic artist Steve Ditko (co-creator of both Spider-Man and Doctor Strange) who died earlier in the Summer.
The picture that it's based on is a still from near the beginning of The Searchers, a 1956 John Ford Western starring John Wayne. There's a silhouetted woman staring out of a cabin doorway.
I'm more than happy with this one. Sometimes I wonder whether the space clouds are a bit OTT and that fewer clouds and more starry background might be better. Then I realise that the painting as it stands is much more Ditkoesque and a tribute that I can be proud of.
Screw your eyes up and it can look like a pint of lager but that wasn't the intention.
This one has been sold to one of my biggest fans.
Ditko was creative person,but also a wrong headed weirdo.Anye Rand was a con artist like Donald Trump and that Scientistologist chump.
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