Gimmicky Thingie (Acrylic on Canvas)

Okay. I feel like this has to be a rip-off of someone else’s idea. Maybe it was originally in the form of a cartoon, or a graphic art image, or even someone else’s painting entirely. But I’m reasonably confident this was lifted from somewhere. 

That having been said, if it’s NOT a ripoff, if this IS an original idea on the part of this artist, then this is really quite interesting. Simple and to the point. Evocative of mood and feeling, not overstated or overworked, and not cloying or over-the-top. Moody in a 1960s New Yorker kind of way.

I wish I knew which.