Couple in the Rain (Acrylic on Canvas)

Hackneyed, trite, cloying, kitschy, inorganic, phoney, and phooey are all words that come to mind here. Yet another one I’d bet my bottom dollar is the result of a Paint Night suggested topic, but I could be wrong. This is what is wrong with the 21st Century. 

When I look at this, I think of a couple of lines from one of my favorite Charles Bukowski books, which was something like: “We have reached the last outpost of Death. My soul is puking.”