Experimenting with Roman numerals , day XI

We join this review in progress….

…painting said to be brushed with eucalyptus leaves . If that is so , then it appears that the artist chewed the leaves along with a deep red Chianti , then vomited onto the canvas -- gobs of reddish pulp . It was a fine example of Glorp art . Cutting edge , maybe , but would you hang it on your wall ? The painting may be an original K’Narpol , but I don’t see the Louvre making a bid for it .
Remember , Jonas K’Narpol was the first of his age to render “Dogs Playing Poker” . The story goes , he actually envisioned common working servants relaxing in the kitchen and playing games with table scraps . Considering that a bit mundane he went with costumed dogs instead -- the dogs representing the working class , and later the upper crust -- by following generations of painters -- as the dogs became better dressed and smoked cigars and had their own servants : usually cats or a scantily clad beer wench .

Untitled , by K'Narpol .

Obviously , K’Narpol was an artist ahead of his time , even beating out Warhol by several hundred years when he painted Copernicus using a pixilated pattern of galaxy clusters surrounded by the depiction of uncorked absinth bottles . His smiling sister Lisa , an early work that hung over his mother’s headboard until her death , was eerily enigmatic , and a stranger picture of clouds melting onto a faceless man’s bowling hat also seemed to foreshadow later artists’ works .

Coincidence or plagiarism ? Most art historians say the former because , it seems , K’Narpol was never a popular artist and until this late date never formally discovered . While his works are now eagerly sought after , they until recently never left the artist’s studio or the walls of his mother’s home . More than 200 K’Narpols have since been catalogued and the majority have been compared favorably to the peers of his age, the familiar masters of the era : Rembrandt , Aardvark , XJS , LaTrek , Kirk and Dr. Spock .

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Mr. Man , Guy , that celebrity so-sayer , says of Jonas , “With a name like K’Narpol he ought to be awful ; you know , bad . But he’s good ! We particularly enjoy his fruit period .” Guy’s only complaint is a lack of decent framing , as many K’Narpols come without . “A great painting shows even greaterness by how it’s framed , and there is a certain lack of closure knowing that K’Narpol never considered this end , this punctuation .

The lack has saddened Mr. Man , it seems . * Flower in Progression, #2

Most critics disagree with Guy Man . One deduced that K’Narpol worked to a beat , with a full drum kit and a pierced head hunter .

Whatever the setting , Jonas K’Narpol left no noted or eyewitnesses ; he must have led a startling nondescript life . It is possible that his models never even realized they were being painted . Perhaps he arted by memory . That would make his pieces that much more amazing . They’re cool ; they’re neat ; they’re worth a look . Go see-um and look too .

*Ask Guy .
Guy Man , Mr. Man , is not in reality a man but a panel of sea creatures . Namely they are cuttlefish , plankton , and a sea anemone . The panel is learned and traveled and currently reside in a flat overlooking a loft occupied by a yeti who actually knows a wealthy woman with an apartment and a terrific view of Central Park . She prefers hairy men , not so much wetslimyinvertebrates . FlowerProgression, #3