We’re all mad here

Saturday, December 17, 2022

I am mad. Just ask anyone.

I’ve always had a special connection to Alice In Wonderland. I live in my own world. It’s not always a pleasant place. There are many dark, strange, and scary things here. And everyone is crazy. I’m also a natural blonde. I even have a tattoo sleeve of Alice, that’s how much I connect.

My daughter is gone on her vacation. I’m here with the boyfriend and his kids. My step-mom was supposed to come over today, but had a crisis (lost her debit card… later found on her bedroom floor, SMH). Then, I started a commission that I’ve known about for over a month, is due to the client this week, and I’ve been putting it off. It’s a replica of a Frozen - you know, the “Let It Go” Frozen - but she wants her nieces faces as Elsa and Ana. I, idiotically, thought that using gouche paint would be easier and faster. WRONG. I painted her face, no less than 6 times, scrapping off the paint each time. After an ungodly amount of wasted time, I then gave up. Tomorrow, I’m going to start again, from scratch, but this time use my Liquitex, like I should’ve to begin with.

In an effort to take a break, I painting this, because that’s how I feel… Mad… in both senses of the word. I, again, tore pages from my Alice book, then added some color grunge painting. I then added some checkers, and black grunge. It needed something… I knew exactly what it needed… the Mad Hatter’s Hat. I didn’t want it too detailed, just simple shading to get the gist of the hat, then I painting the famous phrase “We’re All Mad Here”.

Perfectly mad.