Maxwell1133's Portfolio

“A Hot Dog For A Cold Winter” This mixed media masterpiece absolutely mesmerizes the viewer with its bold red backdrop and the subject’s brightly contrasting yellow and blue garment. It is the deconstruction of secondary color green, so commonly paired with red during the Christmas season, that shows the artists true understanding of the dynamic use of color. Additionally, yellow and red are also colors often used in Hot Dog makers branding is this a double entendre? Or at least a nod to this popular American past time. The dog showcased is clearly very large in scale compared to the trees in the background but the size of the snowflakes also leave us with questions. On their head you can see the depiction of what looks like a single large eye, the implication being perhaps that the animal communicates with some psychic telepathy. Is this their 3rd eye we are seeing? Only the artist truly knows. Taken at face value this is a cozy dog, snug as a bug in a rug with his sweater and cap, but when we look deeper we see so, so much more.