"KEY 2b"
5"x7"Oil on Canvas Panel © Debi Frueh 2010
Painted in rich umber tones and black with white highlights, the original painting is in a private collection: Giclee prints are now available in several sizes and colors:
As the title suggests…
With a play on words referring to the great Shakespeare line from Hamlet…
“To be, or not to be, that is the question:
Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to…”
In regard to this painting “KEY 2b”, (one may notice the tiny “2b” engraved on the key), and might prefix a variety of phrases:
Key 2b… Happy
Key 2b… Successful… etc.
With the use of the skeleton style key as a model,
there is the symbolic affiliation for the ability to unlock many things… To be…
© Debi Frueh 2010