She sits down in the chair in her boudoir. She feels complete. He loves her. She knows this - if nothing else. Life is wonderful. He is wonderful........
OH- MY DEAR GOD! What is that? He leaves money on her vanity! Does he think her a hooker? A common trollop? A PROSTITUTE!!? How dare him!
He’s like every man she’s ever known: Takes her heart then smashes it! He’s just been using her- this whole time! Well he’s not going to get away with it! He’ll be sorry. He’s messing with the wrong girl.
What should she do? KILL HIM!!!!! That’s the only answer! Rid the world of one more misogynist before he strikes again! She will be the hero to women world wide. No jury ‘of her peers’ would convict her! She’s was driven to this!
She could cut his head off with a butcher knife while he sleeps! But,-how would she get rid of the body? He’s got to weigh close to 200 lbs. No! That will never work.
She could put rat poison in some cookies, then package them up and send them off to work with him. When he drops dead at his desk, removing the ENORMOUS body is someone else’s problem. But what if some innocent person eats the cookies- like his secretary? She’s such a nice woman. No! That will never work.
She's got it! She’ll invite him to go for a hike up on Miller’s Peak and push him over the edge. Everyone will think it’s an accident! She could tell him she wants to take a picture of him and yell out, “Look at that bird!”
As he turns his head -she’ll simply give him a shove! She’ll watch his body fly throw the air and land on the rocky shore below. She’ll gaze over the side at his broken crumpled mass and scream out at the top of her lungs:
“I AM NOT A WHORE AND I HOPE YOU BURN IN HELL!”
Suddenly he sticks his head back in the door of her boudoir. He’s smiling. He tells her he loves her so much it’s made him absent-minded. He left his money on her vanity. Didn’t realize he’d left it until he got into the taxi. He tells her he will call her when he gets to work.
She smiles and tells him she loves him too. She sits back down in the chair in her boudoir. She feels complete. He loves her. She knows this - if nothing else. Life is wonderful. He is wonderful!
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You just never know what someone is thinking, do you? Okay- so I exaggerate! But do you ever jump to conclusions without knowing the facts? I admit I do. I work hard not to, but it is without doubt part of the ‘human condition.’
Vikki
Vikki
‘Boudoir’ is 12”x16” acrylic on unstretched canvas. SOLD
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27 comments:
My first thought of course was "Just like a woman", then I got to thinking of all the times I have jumped to conclusions hanging head, shameful look in my eyes. As you say though, it is the human condition.
That chair, WOW such a feminine entity. The pillow for a little flair, kind of like an old broach or pearl necklace draped around the neck. Just the right amount of accessories, not exaggerated or timid.
Hi Mr. Peanut,
Thanks for your comment. Oddly you seems VERY familar. I think it may be that Chihuahua that gives you away. I know that pooch.
And yes- the Boudoir is a VERY feminine place and dangerous.
Vikki
OOP's just realized I left that comment using my alter ego. Managing this multiple personalities is getting a little difficult at times.
AHa! Eric,
Multiple personalities my foot! I knew it was scheme to throw me off track. I'm just to fast for you, huh?
Vikki
OMG at first I thought this painting was a photo! Great story LOL!
Hi tlwest,
Yah so- I had a mispelling and just had to delete it and start over.
Thanks for your comment. That's a nice complement.I used to do photo realism when I first started working in commercial art a century ago. No more. I don't even shoot for it. Just something fun to look at.
To funny.
Vikki
You're an interesting gal Vikki North. Multi-talented, of course. I too initially thought that it might be a photograph, but the texture and detail was greater than I would have expected from a photo, if that makes sense.
Of all the stories which you have told thus far, this one sucked me in the most. I felt like I was reading a Hitchcockian version of Double Indmenity, Body Heat, and something with comic relief.
Glad to know that everything came out okay.
Hi Logistician,
Thanks for your comment, but a bit over the top. I was just having some fun with this silly story. Not exactly my best work. ...But thank you, thank you, thank you anyway.
Vikki
Hi Vikki,
I'm totally awed! You've accomplished a lot and told a lot in that very short composition. Wow! I believe a new romance/ suspense thriller novelist is born, within you. You go, girl, start penning your first chapter.
I like how creatively you wrote your story, using the chair. Yes, I'm ashamed to admitting of jumping to conclusions many times also. Only to find out that I was way out of line. I'm happy to know that your story ended on a happy note. I love happy endings. I'm a sucker for happy endings.
I got a kickout of Eric's multiple personalities. It made me laugh. Way too funny.
Have a great week,
Tasha
Hi Tashabud,
Thank you, but I think I need to stick to my paint brush. Although- I admit, I do love to play with ideas. I actually start with a finished painting and then make up a story to go with it.
Yes- Jumping to conclusions seems an innate part of our psyche. Hopefully those conclusions don’t involve murder and mayhem, but I guess you never know.
- Agreed Eric is so funny. He adores you by the way. He left a nice comment about you on the Challenge forum.
Vikki
I'm considering of buying this for my sister's 60th birthday, but hers is not for another four more years.
I'll mull over it some more.
Tasha
Hi Tasha,
If you want 'Boudoir', as a past buyer I'll make you an exceptional deal. (But don't tell anyone)
This canvas is unstretched and ships in a mailing tube.>The tubes are actually the best way to store them for long term safe keeping.
I also have another (floral design chair) that would work well with it as a set.
Let me know sweet girl.
Vikki
Hi Vikki! You have done a great job rendering the fabric and the pillow in this painting and that is not easy to do!
Ah! miscommunication and jumping to conclusions....I think we've all done it at some point...That's why I have made a conscious decision to try not to take offense even if a comment is offensive....I still jump to conclusions!..=]...I'm working on that...
Hi Robin,
Thank you and I'm with you. I constantly tell myself to not think the worst.
BTW- you've got to come check out The Artist Challenge. You may already have something that would work for this month's challenge.
The links at the top and bottom of this blog.
Vikki
I, too, thought, "Now why is Vikki showing a photograph on her site?" Of course, I soon discovered the error of my ways.
I have been spending so much time at work, since I got back from vacation, that I think the only way I'm going to get time to paint is if I set up an easel in the corner of my office. I had an idea for 'unrequited love' that I think would have been too much of a challenge for me anyway - maybe .. someday .. when I learn more.
But anyway - it would have been a coffee table, in front of a sofa. On the coffee table would be a wine bottle in an ice bucket, opened, corkscrew and cork lying on the table next to the bucket. To the left, an untouched and empty glass. To the right, a glass half full, and ashtray full of butts. Dimly seen, in the background, is a man, peering out the window through a pulled aside drape, cigarette in hand, face illuminated by the moon.
He ain't happy.
Oh Lou! That would be fantastic.
Why not condsider doing a impressionistic version of it where you're not pushing for detail to that degree. Just paint the whole scene in with rough and jsut go for creaating the mood with elements. It might be fun to see what happens.
Vikki
Awesome story Vikki! I really like how honest you make your characters. It seems the more feelings we bare, the more there is to relate to. Once again, brilliant on many levels, from words to painting! :)
~Michael
Hi Michael,
It's really fun to create these little tales to go with a painting. And it's also fun to explore the extremes of the way our brains work. For me, it puts things in perspective and allows me to laugh at my own exagerated feelings that---yes, do occur on occasion.
Vikki
Vikki, I thoroughly enjoyed the post (whiplash!) and the painting is terrific. I marvel at the highlights in the pattern on the chair. And it looks so feminine and inviting - though it looks too good to sit on.
A different red chair!
Hi Steve!
Thanks. I always love to hear from you.
Yes, another red chair of sorts. To funny. That's a real chair I saw at the Antique Village in my area.
AND- you have to go directly to The Artist Challenge and check it out! Especially Dante's Pub (our forum)- is right up your alley my friend.
I've got the link at the bottom of the post- but these are the urls:
Artist Challenge- http://www.theartistchallenge.com/
Dante‘s Pub - http://www.theartistchallenge.com/art-forum/
vikki
Love the story!!! Thought I had started a Sidney Sheldon novel.
You made your point though. Slam! Guilty here...
I've been married 45 years, am blessed with wonderful daughters, and I STILL misread...
I never think about ways to kill -- just how to get even. Oops... did I say that publicly?
And, when talked through, the misunderstandings usually are only that.
Thanks for the wake-up! I gave myself a referendum last year, but it keeps getting buried under life: I'm not at the center of anyone else's universe; they are not thinking of me enough to figure out how to hurt me. So they probably didn't intend to. It's my goal not to take offense unless blatantly thrown at me.
Love your paintings! Always another story in them...
Hi Barb,
What a great comment. Thanks. I have a lot of fun coming up with spoofs to go with my paintings.
And I agree with you: People by nature are far too absorbed (not meant critical) with their own lives to give a hoot. Most of the time, we all step on toes without intention or the realization that we have.
I just checked your blog and recognized it immediately. Your one of my Challenge invitees. I’m so delighted you stopped by my blog and left a comment. I’ll visit your blog again.
Thank you Barb.
Vikki/ aka The Pub Wench
reminded me of a story I can tell now without too much embarrasment- my sweet boyfriend who is now my Sweet Farmer once had a note on his bachelor's messy desk that said "stripper" with a telephone number. I assumed...and fretted over it and finally asked him. It was a cotton-stripper that he was selling..... or he thinks really fast.
Hi Odd Chick,
That's so funny! Sorta of thing you're reluctant to ask about but sit and obsess over. I'd have reacted exactly the same!
Thanks sweetie. You really made me laugh.
Vikki
Ah! at last, another acrylic painter. Took me a while to get back to you Pub Wench a.k.a. Vicki. I am in awe of your work here. Wonderful stuff going on. Your detail is remarkable. May I ask if you use a medium?
Thanks for the invite, I think I may already have something, that I am work on now, that will work for the next challenge....
Cheers!
Hi Audrey and Hooray!
Thank you so much.
And yes, I use everything! I use an acrylic glazing medium and some times just thin with water depend on what I'm going for.
I've worked with acrylics for a long time. I love them because you can get the same effects as with oils - but they dry in minutes and I can keep on going.
Be sure and register at the Pub if you haven't yet. That's the only way we can keep track of members right now. Here's the link to the pub-
http://www.theartistchallenge.com/art-forum/
(register is in the top left corner)
I'm so happy you left a comment and that your going to show in the Challenge. Horray-hooray! Please send your jpg this week. (Last minute is 'A OKAY'.) Due date Feb.14-next Saturday.
Vikki- aka Pub Wench
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