Exploration 5: In Case Of Emergency.

I love shadow boxes. I painted this one red and white then aged it a bit with oil paint. It reminds me of  one of those fire extinguishers housed behind glass that you can break in case of an emergency. The red and white stripe works in two different directions - the colours of first aid but also the colours of a circus. I aged it because I really like vintage circuses. They have the air of tired, dark sorrow - a life lived on the edges of society - but with an accompanying sense of absurdity. It puts me in the mind of existentialism. Maybe some existentialism or absurdist philosophy as first aid?????