Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Black Black Black (Acrylic on Canvas)


The sheer volume of black paintings we get here is starting to feel, to me, like either a cognitive defect or (more likely) culture-influenced mental illness. 

Black is not art. 

Otherwise you could paint a canvas entirely black and call it “Midnight in the Coal Mine” or “What the Blind Man Saw During the Total Eclipse” and get away with it.

Black canvas is demonstrably ugly, pointless and stupid. Just as unused white canvas is. Both indicate laziness, sloppiness; a lack of creativity, imagination and talent.

SERIOUSLY! WHAT IS THIS PAINTING ALL ABOUT?!? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!?