Painting titled "Relic Training Mosq…" by Rudy Pavlina, Original Artwork, Oil

Relic Training Mosquito (2011) Painting by Rudy Pavlina

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Original Artwork Painting, Oil

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Original Artwork

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Dimensions Height 20in, Width 20in
Categories Surrealism

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About this piece: It is a widely held belief that mosquitoes cannot be trained. I submit this painting as scientific evidence to the contrary. Mosquito trainers tell me that it simply takes lots of patience. This autoanimated relic, for example, has worked with this particular pet for over 15 years. It took more than 10 years just to coax his mosquito to stand up on its hind legs. The mosquito needs daily care; this includes three meals, a bath, structured playtime, as well as emotional support. This trainer actually trains his mosquito for about four hours per day. Trainers report that even though any mosquito can be trained, it is easier to train them when they are larger, and when they live longer. The larger size makes it possible to train them without a magnifying glass, and the longer lifespan allows time for the trainer to develop a relationship with his pet before it dies. This unusual mosquito is 30 years old (about 250 times average) and weighs 165 pounds (about 20 million times average). Please consult other sources before embarking on a career in this potentially frustrating line of work.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Oil

Paint consisting of pigments bound with linseed oil or carnations. The traditional technique consists of superimposing layers of paint increasingly rich in oil for a solid and durable hanger.

Surrealism

Founded in 1923 by the writer André Breton, it will unite many artists like Salvador Dali (1904-1989), Max Ernst, René Magritte (1898-1967), Victor Brauner (1903-1966). Influenced by psychoanalysis, they see psychic life as a new field for renewing the arts. They will develop new ways to create and use new materials.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

Rudy Pavlina

United States

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