Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
AvailablityUsually ships within five business days. ArtistRudy Rucker CollectionPaintings
Description Oil on canvas. 24' by 18'. August, 2010. This picture began as a landscape painting in a hot, dusty park near Cupertino, California. In the park, I was thinking about Hannibal crossing the Alps with his elephants, but I didnt actually put in the elephant until I got back home. The landscape seemed like it needed something big to pep it up. And, as I added layer after later to the picture, I came up with a somewhat mysterious encounter between a woman leading the elphant, and a man she meets. The title is a bit of a joke, as in, I met a nice woman, but she has a pet. I was also thinking of someone who carries a lot of personal baggage. And, yet again, I was thinking a little bit about President Obaman facing off against the Republican politician Sarah Palin. But in the long run, I see the encounter as more mythic and general than any of these suggestions.
Rudy Rucker, Los Gatos, California Member Since February 2007 Artist Statement Rudy Rucker is a well-known novelist and popular science writer who paints surreal or abstract scenes that sometimes relate to incidents in his books. He's been painting since the year 2000. His paintings are popular, and he's sold about a hundred and twenty of them.
See his paintings page
https://www.rudyrucker.com/paintings
For info on the individual pictures, see his online catalog
https://www.rudyrucker.com/paintings/rucker_paintings_catalog_scroll.pdf