A self-absorbed artist and his long suffering wife or partner.
The conflict between the urge to be a creative artist and domestic duties.
In the cartoon an artist is in his studio creating massive colour field paintings. His wife or partner is complaining that he really ought to get round to painting the kitchen.
Part of the joke is that applying paint to a colour field painting is not dissimilar to applying paint to kitchen walls, yet he chooses to only work on the paintings.
Artists can sometimes be perceived as being very selfish self-absorbed individuals who’s work takes priority over all other things, including domestic chores and household duties.
First version drawn: 2012
This version: 2019
Cartoon reference number: art068
This cartoon features in my book of cartoons about art.
See the book here.
