On Burlap 2

I've spent the last two weeks working out the following picture. It is 21"x42" mixed media (acrylic and spray on enamel paint) on burlap. The burlap has two coats of brushed on gesso followed by two background coats (layering) of acrylic paint. The words were printed using a lino-block. The bottle was sprayed on with the use of a large stencil I used created after photographing a glass Coke bottle. I'll be entering this piece in a local juried art contest. The theme is 'Food' (as mentioned in a previous post). This piece deals with the use of well-proportioned sex appeal to sell products. Interestingly, although the bottle fits the proportions of an 'ideal' female, the bottle is also distinctly phallic in shape yet this comparison does not as easily enter the consciousness. This bottle is intended to be appealing (yes, sexually) and it continues a tradition of forcing a model of an 'ideal' figure on women.

Food Appeal. July 2011. 21"x42". Mixed media on burlap.