This really was a one-day painting. I did it today, from 10am to 3pm.
Still on a musical theme, a Lady curls around a piano. Her legs are Music and the notes, Abalone, again. A white-gloved hand spills money into her lap. So she becomes a kind of Danaë figure.
Gloves have an ancient symbolism, particularly white kid gloves. They are seen in Masonic rites. A glove thrown down is a challenge. A Lady gave one of her gloves to her Knight before a tournament to show her favor. And "kid gloves" treatment is always the gentlest.
An interesting site about gloves, their history and symbolism, and some beautiful hand-made examples: Estrella Gloves
Acrylic paint on paper, with silk, leather, wool, abalone and "pearl" button. 25 x 32 cm.
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A correspondent has pointed out to me that on a deeper level, the "kid" of the kid-skin gloves is goat, and that the Goat is also an ancient symbol of male fertility, dating from the earliest times. It is also associated with gods such as Pan and Dionysus. Later, Pan was associated with the Devil.
Thank you, my friend!
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