Thursday 2 February 2012

nighthawks what happens next

I enjoy thinking about what comes next when looking at pictures in art galleries.  Fairly recently at an exhibition of Edward Hopper's work his 'Nighthawks' seemed to ask, and then what? My rough painting is an answer that asks more questions: the cafe is seen in reverse through a car mirror.  Is the driver one of the characters in the painting, or is it by someone else? Is the loan character one of the customers, and are the couple in the distance the man and woman in the painting? Is the proprietor putting on his coat to go back to an empty home? All this in homage.