Original artwork description:

The painting depicts a fantastical character combining features of both an animal and a human. The creature, with pale yellow skin and long tusks reminiscent of a mammoth, is sitting and playing a saxophone. Its eyes are half-closed, giving it a tired or thoughtful expression, which adds a touch of melancholy or detachment to the image. Curly hair surrounds its head, adding a sense of individuality to the character.

The creature is dressed in oversized denim pants with a belt, emphasizing a cartoonish, almost childlike style. The color palette is vivid and rich, dominated by blues, yellows, and purples, creating emotional tension and artistic expressiveness.

The style of the artwork resembles naïve art with elements of surrealism — the deliberate disproportion and grotesque features enhance the fairy-tale impression. The musical instrument in the creature's hands — a saxophone — appears stylized and decorative, almost as if it’s a part of the character rather than a separate object.

The painting conveys a mix of absurdity, comfort, and musical lyricism. It may be a metaphor for the loneliness of an artist immersed in a world of sounds and emotions, or simply a whimsical, abstract creature enjoying music in its own unique world.
This artwork is made by traditional technology. Oil paints, canvas and linseed oil.
The picture is made in the author's method of associative analysis.
I think that this is somewhere post-expressionism.

Materials used:

Linseed oil on canvas.

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