Untitled

About this work

This painting shows a dark, tent-like room with a typewriter on a table in the foreground. Outside the tent flaps, three small figures stand near a swampy area with tall, pointed huts. The typewriter has a piece of paper with handwritten text taped to it. The artist mixed real objects—like the typewriter—with painted details to create a strange scene. The text on the typewriter reads like a mix of serious and silly ideas. Next, check out gouache to see how artists use this paint to make bold, flat colors.