Viv Joynt, Ottawa, Canada
16" x 20", acrylic and straw on canvas
Donated by the artist
MOBA #393
Viv combined media and techniques in this tropical scene. The dense finger-painted grass threatens to envelop the tiki hut and the palm tree, heavy with coconuts. Fluffy clouds float above, and the sea virtually shimmers. But where are the people? Who built this? Have they abandoned this paradise for the lure of the mysterious mountains across the sea?

From - Museum of Bad Art: Masterworks, by Michael Frank and Louise Reilly Sacco, Ten Speed Press