Naughty Betty, Jack and Judy 2007 (face detail) by Donald Roller Wilson
Image by Wonderlane
ARTIST
DONALD ROLLER WILSON
TITLE
JACK WAS INTENSELY NERVOUS ABOUT IT ALL, HIS EYES BEGINNING TO POP, BUT WITH POOR LITTLE JUDY SQUINTING HER’S REAL TIGHT…WOULDN’T (COULDN’T) LOOK…HAVING WIND OF A POTENTIAL DOUBLE HUMPING AND SOME KIND OF UNEXPLAINED, DISRUPTIVE WILD RIDE WHICH THEIR HALF SISTER, NAUGHTY BETTY INTENDED TO TAKE… AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT TAKE DURING THE MOST INTENSE MOMENT OF JACK’S BAR MITZVAH WHICH HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY …SOMETHING LIKE THAT….IT WAS ALL SO INTENTIONALLY CONVOLUTED…
WITH NEITHER JACK OR LITTLE JUDY UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT A HUMPING WAS (LET ALONE A DOUBLE)…(BUT WITH JACK – HAVING HAD A HARD-ON SINCE BIRTH – BEGINNING TO SMELL A HUGE RAT)…
RECENTLY DISCOVERING BETTY’S CAMELS WERE ONLY CANDY…THE SMOKE BEING FAUX…PRODUCED FROM PELLETS SNUCK FROM THE RESERVOIR OF THEIR HALF-BROTHER JIMMY’S 1938 ELECTRIC TRAIN SET LOCOMOTIVE…BETTY STUFFING THEM INTO THE TIPS OF THE “CAMELS”…
AND, JACKS BAR MITZVAH?…WELL, JUST AS HIS PREVIOUS THREE…IT WOULD FAIL
MEDIUM
OIL ON CANVAS
SIZE
26” H. X 20“ W. UNFRAMED CANVAS SIZE)
34” H. X 28” W. (OVERALL, FRAMED)
FRAME IS MUSEUM QUALITY, CONSIDERED AN INSEPARABLE PART OF THE ART. FRAME HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE PAINTING BY THE ARTIST, AND IS CONSTRUCTED OF HAND CARVED BASS WOOD, TRADITIONALLY WATER GILDED WITH 23KT GOLD OVER A BASE OF GESSO AND RED BOLE. RECESSES OF CARVINGS ARE ASPHALTUM WASHED.
CARVED AND GILDED LETTERS ON LINER CREATE A NARRATIVE WHICH IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PAINTING. THE LINER READS EXACTLY AS FOLLOWS:
(top edge)
BETTY LOST TALLY OF THE NUMBER OF
(right edge)
CAMELS SHE HAD SMOKED, PLUS SHE HAD MISSED
(bottom edge)
ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTUALLY GET
(left edge)
ON ONE, SO IF A TWO-HUMPER SHOWED UP? WELL…
SIGNED
(AS YET UNSIGNED, WILL BE SIGNED, LOWER LEFT EDGE)
DONALD ROLLER WILSON 2007/42
COLLECTION
PRIVATE COLLECTION
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