Only Happy When It Rains
Description: A young woman wearing Gothic Lolita presses a button on a phone app, which says "detonate". An explosion rips through night on the Westminster Bridge. A red convertible is hurled over the edge towards the dark waters. A happy little Barbie and Ken couple inside the convertible are plummeting to their doom. Across the Thames, Big Ben stoically looms.

Artist Comment: I have no idea what inspired me to paint this painting, but I felt it was appropriate to name it after a song of a similar name by the band Garbage. The painting is quite dark and black. It needs good lighting to see the details. I painted this with safflower oil, which took forever to dry, but the safflower should prevent the painting from yellowing and losing the purity of the night blues and purples over time. I also consciously tried to do Whistler's explosion of fireworks over the water. Yeah, he's a wee bit better than I am. Thrifted frame.

Size: 25" x 25" incl. frame, 19" x 19" without frame

Frame: Thrifted, repaint Mars Black Price And Availability: Yes