Mountain Lake (Acrylic on Canvas)

It’s not great, but it’s not NOT great either. The strangely unnatural mountains are somehow rather appealing: I half expect to see some muscular Proletarians in overalls wielding sledgehammers nearby. But seriously: something about this is very likable. I think the composition makes it: the dark red fireweed on green and the overly-blue blue (which I’m normally opposed to) really works here. Bojemoi!

Bra and Christmas Tree (Acrylic on Canvas)

Maybe this is the only frame they could find but I feel like they should have gone with something a little smaller. But to each his own. And sure, it could be that this isn’t actually some lady’s brassiere. Maybe it’s a small number of scallions. Regardless, if I don’t know what it is, it can’t be that good. I’m open for suggestions though.

Hut on Lake or River (paint, sticks, mud on flat surface)

Not sure what’s going on with this. The sky and sun are nice. The hut with no walls (that we for some reason can’t see through?) are a little weird. Is this grey stuff smoke? Is SYMBOLISM happening? Are we seeing a way of life disappear? Not sure. I’m also not sure why this was framed twice. There’s a lot to unpack here and I just don’t have the energy to do it.
 

Trippy Otter (acrylic on canvas)

No signature. This is almost as weird as H1N1, which you’ll see, to your eternal horror, a bit further on in your tour. That is, if this entry doesn’t send you running and screaming towards the “CLOSE AND EXIT” button.

What’s something nice I can say? Hmm. Okay. The foaming water isn’t bad I guess. 

But I just now noticed: the foaming water is way too small compared to the otter! Unless the otter is supposed to be Godzilla-sized?

And the starfish needs work. Do better!

Sailboat (beads, decals, metal, paper, cloth)

The waves are made out of…blue brick patterns? There are beads or rhinestones here too. The birds? Some kind of rubber? The boat hull may be actual wood. Someone spent a considerable amount of time and energy making this inscrutable mess. I hope they had fun doing it.