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Caricaturing Victorian Carnival Folk

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Jun 07, 2025
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Detail from my clown painting. See the full piece below.

Having finally completed my creepy cancer clown painting from a previous article, I’m making good on my promise—or threat, if you prefer—to show you the finished item. So, here it is (below).

I have no idea if I’ll ever be able to sell it (feel free to get in touch if it’s of interest), but I’m very pleased with how the painting turned out. I feel I have now exorcised the ghost which my rendering of the clown represents.

However, the process of putting this image together has led to a compulsion to begin a new series of works…

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