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The Allegories
1. Stop
and smell the roses
2. Head in the clouds
3. Up a tree
4. Snake in the grass
5. A bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush
6. Crying over spilled milk
7. Blind leading the blind
8. Putting the cart before the horse
9. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
10. Got the world on a string
11. Wolf in sheep’s clothing
12. Go fly a kite
13. Out of the frying pan into the fire
14. Cat who ate the canary
15. Kicking the bucket
16. Counting your chickens before they're hatched
17. Seeing the world through rose colored glasses
18. Pearls and roses before swine
19. Kill two birds with one stone
20. Banging your head against a brick wall
21. Cut off your nose to spite your face
22. Putting all your eggs in one basket
23. Comparing apples and oranges
24. On the fence
25. Water off a ducks back
26. When pigs fly
27. Out on a limb
28. Higher than a kite
29. Have your cake and eat it too
30. Cat's got your tongue
31. Cat's pajamas
32. Burning the candle at both ends
33. Running round like a chicken with it's head cut off
34. Grass is greener on the other side of the fence
35. Get your ducks in a row
36. Too big for his breeches
37. Once in a blue moon
38. Cat's out of the bag
39. Pie in the sky
40. Shoot yourself in the foot
41. Moth to a flame
42. Jumping through hoops
43. Putting your foot in your mouth
44. Time flies |
Bruegel The Blue Cloak
Allegory
This piece was inspired by
“The Blue Cloak” a
painting by
Pieter Bruegel
Bruegel, who lived
in 16th century Flanders, creates a World where the proverbial
absurdities of Netherlanders allegories are literally acted out.
I love how this painting presents and preserves the idea of the
times he lived in. In my own style I have also tried to depict the
sayings of the time I am living in while paying a little tribute to
Bruegel’s inspiration by dressing my subjects in Medieval clothing
and by including a few of the sayings from his painting that have
lasted through the ages to our time:
Banging ones head against a brick wall; Don‘t count your chickens
before they are hatched; Roses (pearls) before swine; The blind
leading the blind… |