‘Do you get my leaning Mr Magritte?’

My lady is indirectly Italian – from Northern Italy – and she just loves all things Latin. Well there was a play on in town called ‘The Bowler Hat” about the life of Rene Magritte and they had the coolest flyer. I was looking at a picture of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, an apple, a tie and a set of three photo albums including a 7th century montage of the Sermon on the Mount. The Leaning Tower stood bolt upright turned to Magritte, the sky swirled blue and white, the sun exploded gold photons. The tower looked down and said ‘Do you get my leaning Mr Magritte?’

The framing was equally fun and in no way what Phil expected. I painted the border in a soft blue and rusty pink and then lay the English canvas flat on paper, rather than have it stretched. A few imperfections crept in but the Leaning Tower was no longer leaning so some things can be repaired in this world.

Acrylic, oil, watercolour, gold spray paint, collage on canvas 2007

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