Appropriately, I’m sitting down to write this on the day of Trump’s second inauguration. This picture, The Krampus and the Knucklavee, was a response to Trump’s first term in office.
The principal protagonists in the drawing are a young Donald Trump and the Krampus and the Knucklavee, mythical beasts from the two old world nations from where he claims heritage, Scotland and Germany. Most people know the Krampus, which has been kidnapped by Hollywood of late. The Knucklavee is more obscure; the most terrifying of the mythical beasts of the Orkney islands.
The scandalised beasts are torn between disowning Trump and tearing him apart, whilst other tyrants and far right trolls look on. Adolf Hitler relaxes, content in a Morecambe promenade deck chair, delighted that others are now continuing his dirty work. The loutish British far right arises from a pile of Wehrmacht infantry weapons on the far right of the picture.
The cast of characters include a baffled Loch Ness Monster, an abused Statue of Liberty, a porn star pal of Donald’s and victims of tyranny, whilst ‘bin chickens’ pick through the detritus.
And observing it all from either corner are my two grandmothers, Ellen and Elizabeth, who are just getting on with it, as we are all trying to do. Cup of tea anyone?
Artwork Details
Medium: Pen and Coloured Inks on Paper
Dimensions: [Enter Dimensions Here, e.g., 200cm x 70cm]
Year: 2018
Take a closer look at The Krampus and the Knucklavee.
Krampus and the Knucklavee
Pen and coloured inks – 2018
Appropriately, I’m sitting down to write this on the day of Trump’s second inauguration. This picture, The Krampus and the Knucklavee, was a response to Trump’s first term in office.
The principal protagonists in the drawing are a young Donald Trump and the Krampus and the Knucklavee, mythical beasts from the two old world nations from where he claims heritage, Scotland and Germany. Most people know the Krampus, which has been kidnapped by Hollywood of late. The Knucklavee is more obscure; the most terrifying of the mythical beasts of the Orkney islands.
The scandalised beasts are torn between disowning Trump and tearing him apart, whilst other tyrants and far right trolls look on. Adolf Hitler relaxes, content in a Morecambe promenade deck chair, delighted that others are now continuing his dirty work. The loutish British far right arises from a pile of Wehrmacht infantry weapons on the far right of the picture.
The cast of characters include a baffled Loch Ness Monster, an abused Statue of Liberty, a porn star pal of Donald’s and victims of tyranny, whilst ‘bin chickens’ pick through the detritus.
And observing it all from either corner are my two grandmothers, Ellen and Elizabeth, who are just getting on with it, as we are all trying to do. Cup of tea anyone?
Artwork Details
Take a closer look at The Krampus and the Knucklavee.