Stereotypical Surreal Painting

The Son of Man (French: Le fils de l’homme) is a 1964 painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte.

The Son of Man (French: Le fils de l'homme) is a 1964 painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte.

The painting appears several times in the 1999 version of The Thomas Crown Affair, especially in the final robbery scenes when men wearing bowler hats and trench coats carry briefcases throughout the museum to cover Crown’s movements and confuse the security team

Magritte painted it as a self-portrait. The painting consists of a man in an overcoat and a bowler hat standing in front of a low wall, beyond which is the sea and a cloudy sky. The man’s face is largely obscured by a hovering green apple. However, the man’s eyes can be seen peeking over the edge of the apple. Another subtle feature is that the man’s left arm appears to bend backwards at the elbow.

About the painting, Magritte said:

At least it hides the face partly. Well, so you have the apparent face, the apple, hiding the visible but hidden, the face of the person. It’s something that happens constantly. Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see. There is an interest in that which is hidden and which the visible does not show us. This interest can take the form of a quite intense feeling, a sort of conflict, one might say, between the visible that is hidden and the visible that is present.

In 1970, Norman Rockwell did a playful homage to The Son of Man as a 13" x 17.5" oil painting entitled Mr. Apple[3] in which a man's head is replaced, rather than hidden, by a red apple. This Elk donning the same style  clothing and apple covering the face is the Creative Thoughts version

In 1970, Norman Rockwell did a playful homage to The Son of Man as a 13″ x 17.5″ oil painting entitled Mr. Apple[3] in which a man’s head is replaced, rather than hidden, by a red apple. This Elk donning the same style clothing and apple covering the face is the Creative Thoughts version

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The painting consists of an elk in an overcoat and a bowler hat standing in front of a low wall, beyond which is the sea and a cloudy sky. The elk’s face is largely obscured by a hovering green apple. However, the elk’s eyes can be seen peeking over the edge of the apple

Cafepress CEO Bob Marino offers Great Opportunity for Designers

A Call Out to Designers for Cafepress CEO Custom Business Cards

Perks and contests for designers are always fun – and the opportunity to show off your work is a great motivator for a designer – such is the case when Bob Marino CEO of Cafepress  called out to the artists and designers from Cafepress to design a business card for him –

On July 12 2013 – he simply posted on Facebook – I don’t have any perks. Some CEO’s get a car or club membership; I have none of that. I would like one self-indulgent thing. I want custom business cards. If someone is willing to help me here is the deal: You design me a business card and on the back of it you design something that describes you or your design or your motivation. As I hand them out for shameless self-promotion you get promotion as well. For my side of the card, please leave room for an address, an email, a phone number and my name. You may change the CP logo anyway you like. I get to choose the best one to three submissions if we have any ;(.

For further clarification, he also stated the following:

I want this to be creative so letting you decide what and how to use the back. In my minds eye the side with my info is a work of art. You decide where the contact info should go. Your side should include at least a link to your art but otherwise its up to you to determine what you want on your side of the card.

No other hints, suggestion, ideas or requirements were asked – it was wide open (which really  made it difficult to figure out what  he would want ) –  Submissions were accepted for two weeks  (plus a couple days) and this morning the results were in –

Bob chose 3 designs for his business cards-  I can only imagine the talent and designs  that were submitted – I have no idea how many  submissions there were but I know the work of some of the artists who responded to the post on Facebook – and I am in awe of their work.

These are the three winning designs and the artist who submitted them :

PinkInkArt's Black

PinkInkArt’s Black

 

Chalkboard Simplicity goatlady

Chalkboard Simplicity goatlady

 

Brian Gryphon's Taro Foliage

Brian Gryphon’s Taro Foliage

Congratulations to the winners ! And looking forward to this type of perk  for future opportunities from the executive team at Cafepress !

 

NOTE:  To those who know me.. yes the middle design is mine and I am absolutely honored to have been one of the three chosen – I submitted 4 designs, here are all four of my submissions:  (I have NO Idea Why he chose the blackboard design – I personally liked  the others much better  )

Bizcard Designs submitted for Bob Marino CEO Cafepress

goatlady Designs submitted for Bob Marino CEO Cafepress

source:PRLog

  Cafepress CEO Bob Marino offers Fresh Opportunity for Designers