Now, that’s a funny looking Muse


The daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Thalia was the muse of comedy and idyllic poetry. She was usually seen with a comic mask, and a trumpet. She also has a link to Ivy.

In an age where masks are everywhere, I decided to focus more on the mask in this digital splodging of colour, and completely obliterated the background. Rather than the painting becoming a comic image, it turned more into a tragedy – even a nightmare! Although it was fun to create. The digital oil paints blend really well, which is lucky for the amount of time I had to paint over things handy when creating an abstract masterpiece.

With the greatest of apologies to Thalia (and I will return to create another masterpiece at a later date – a proper one!) I shall end this post, which is also for Six Word Saturday (this links to Debbie’s site who hosts this challenge), with a really awful joke found on th’internet. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.

It’s always the eyes that get you.

11 responses to “Now, that’s a funny looking Muse”

  1. restlessjo avatar

    Oh, dear, Tom! I’m trying to think of a funny reply but I’m floundering 🙂 🙂

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    1. Tom avatar

      It’s the power of the muse, Jo. 🙂

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  2. Chris Hall avatar

    I was just ‘musing’ on why many masks freak me out. Not so much the half-face masks that we all wear now, but ones which obscure the whole of the face. Perhaps it is something to do with the eyes?

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    1. Tom avatar

      I know what you mean, Chris. Have you seen those ‘celebrity’ masks on the internet with their eyes cut out? They are freaky!

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      1. Chris Hall avatar

        I haven’t. Not sure I want to explore that particular rabbit hole!

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        1. Tom avatar

          Best to keep away… although now you’re aware of them, you’ll see them! 😳

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  3. -Eugenia avatar

    I got a chuckle out of this!

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    1. Tom avatar

      Yay! Just what I was going for. Thanks, Eugenia! 🙂

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      1. -Eugenia avatar

        Most welcome! 😊

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  4. prenin avatar

    Looks like you had fun Tom! 🙂 ❤

    My artistic skills have waned with age, for I have no-one to share them with these days. 🙂 ❤

    Keep on splashing those colours around!!! 🙂 ❤

    Blessed Be my friend! 🙂 ❤

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom avatar

      You have Blogland, Prenin! That’s where my creations end up! 😃

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