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Published: 2008-04-18 23:52:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 1755; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 51
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Do you guys know how hard it is to find an oval frame in the U.S. in this day and age? I'll tell ya: very. I could only find one style oval frame and the first one was miscut and didn't even fit!Anyway, this is one of those paintings that I got the title first and thought it would make a funny painting. This is of course a porcine version of the playwright Oscar Wilde, author of "The Importance of Being Earnest". The book he's holding is a play on this title and it reads "the Importance of Being Breakfast". I had the sketch for this one for a few years and when I saw the Victorian monsters in an oval layout done by , I was inspired to finally get to work on this one. He's 16" x 20" on oval canvas, painted with acrylics.
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There has to be a reason why I find this more hilarious than normal...
The Importance of Being Breakfast? XD!
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I love Oscar Wilde also...and despite the quality of the artwork being good...I must say I don't find it so much funny as offensive...
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Offensive? Seriously? You've got to be kidding.
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Depicting Oscar Wilde as a pig? How is it NOT offensive?
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Wow. I thought you must be joking. Your sensibilities must be waaaaay more delicate than mine.
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Er, quite. Sorry? I felt I should make my opinion known as an avid follower of dear oscar...
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Well, as an avid follower of dear Oscar, you would know better than I that during his life he took great pleasure in turning prudish Victorian sensibilities on their ear by being as outrageous and vulgar as possible, and he relished offending people. Besides, this is not Oscar Wilde depicted as a pig, It's a pig that thinks it's Oscar Wilde. I just thought the old saying would make a funny picture. If it offends you, I hope you're not expecting an apology, cause you ain't gettin' one here.
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I sincerely don't, just as I said before it is only my opinion and I felt like making it known. (Besides! Do you not say in your signature, "Rebelling against meaningful art since 1992? 
Isn't this argument intresting? -grins-
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If there's one thing I have in common with Oscar Wilde, it's an enormous ego!
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Oh really? Me too! Something we have in common then XD
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This is fantastic - well done.
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thanks, glad you like him!
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So I've been told.
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thats why i like you
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HA! That's clever as all hell! Great job slingin them acrylics man!
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Thanks man! Just an old idea I had rattlin' around and needed to start on another project! Thanks for the fave!
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Meant to add, that really is a cool frame, worth the search...
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I don't know if it would qualify as a search since I looked in 5 or 6 places and this was the only one I could find! I was actually hoping for a gold frame with all kinds of flowery stuff all over it, but the dark frame looks nice too.
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Importance of being Breakfast....very clever. Good stuff I dub him also Sir Oinks alot...
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He accepts your dubbing.
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He looks great-I always like how your linework look so tidy & your paper work style carries into acrylics so well too.
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Thanks Erin! I think I should have done the linework in dark colors instead of black, but oh well!
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Nice....
Oh Yeah I know what you mean about Frames,anything shaped or really big is a pain to find, and then when you do....$$$$!
The frame is worth more than the piece!
I have found some cool frames in the dollar store in the past though.
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If I hadn't found this one I would have started looking in junk/antique shops. A man I know who runs a wholesale frame shop told me the reason the roundish frames are so hard to find here in the US is because no one makes them here anymore. They've kind of gone outta style and now the only place that makes oval frames is China, and few companies import them here.
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Yeah I believe it,We get solme huge frames over here too.
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Glad you like it, thanks for the fave!
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Brilliant. I was hoping it it was an Oscar Wilde spoof from the title... and it was. I really like the very smug expression. Very fitting.
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Yes, he's a bit haughty.
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I was going to make my reply all "But you can use Google Images to find an oval..." and then I remembered that it's an actual painting...
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Glad you dig it, Mel, thanks for the fave!
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thanks man, appreciate the fave!
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At first I was wondering if it was a self-portrait....
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My snout is longer.
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OMG I 
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Glad you like it! I gotta be honst though, I've never read anything he's written, I just thought it would make a funny painting! 
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