I took a trip to the Royal Show for the first
painting in 2000, where I also found the dressed-up clowns and that
sinister arm, in reality right alongside the child's head, but the
painting I'm happiest with is One Clown, Laughing, with the gaping
scream stretched and split over a black void, surrounded by kitsch teddy
bears.
Although I used the male clown
again in 2001, that painting was all a bit too 'made up', as was the
Laughing Clowns and Child, and I've since given up on the whole idea. I
was just copying myself when I'd run out of ideas. Also, the actual
clowns' faces are now painted differently, with more of an attempt at
cheerfulness.
Also, the whole idea had become trite.
And now, in 2005, having written all that a while ago, I've used them again.
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