Wendy’s Sandy Waves (version 8)

So you wanted to see some pop art in Art of eVan. Well, here is a piece with elements of it in it. I actually made this piece, and its variations, back in October 2015. It’s derived from a picture of a woman on a beach. The series is titled Wendy’s Sandy Waves. I thought of the figure as a mermaid bathing on a beach.

I thought of all the chaotic patterns as representative of uncontrollable emotions. Water is often depicted as a symbol for emotions because of their mercurial, ever changing qualities. The mermaid is taking a break from swimming around in them. She seems to be caught by you noticing her as she peers back.

The mermaid’s hair is what gave me the impression of pop art with this piece. It looks like some of Andy Warhol’s style of drawing over the hair of people in pictures he used for his silk-screen works. I rather think of this piece as more interesting than some of Andy Warhol’s portraits because the level of detail in the background is multiplied. The foreground, too, has much detail that satisfies me.