An Artist Muses

He's baaaaaaack... The other day as I was struggling to get in the door with the two dogs a call came on my phone from a North Carolina area code.  I figured it was from a call centre of some sort and so I ignored it.  But a few minutes later I noticed a text come in from the same number with these two pictures attached.  The message was from the reverend Steve Jones of North Carolina.  It seems he had acquired an original "Dave Rheaume" painting as a donated item for his church sale and was wondering if I was the artist.  My mystery cosmic twin had struck again! Well, it was just too rich to ignore and so I dialed up reverend Steve, who turned out to be a lovely guy (with a classic southern accent).    He had tried to search the name but I was the only contact that came up, which is exactly what happened to me when I did the same thing.  I explained that I wasn't the Dave Rheaume in question, but this appeared to be another surfacin...

Can you find the Devil's face in "Hell's Quagmire"? At some point along the way as I painting "Hell's Quagmire", it dawned on me to include the laughing face of the Devil.  I certainly hadn't set out to do so, though the "Hellish" theme of this piece was never far from my mind.  Most likely the face just emerged from the torn up landscape of mud and puddle, not unlike how the random forms of clouds can suddenly suggest specific objects.  And so I went with it.  I didn't want it to be too blatant though.  I preferred it be something that a viewer would one day spot on their own, which would increase the "oh my god" factor.  Perhaps I did my job too well though, as to date no one has spotted it on their own.  So I thought I'd reveal it in this blog post.  But bear this in mind:  once you see it, you won't be able to un-see it.  If you're staring at the painting for a while and can't find it, here...