Wild Man of the Woods

Title: Wild Man of the Woods

Copyright: © 2019 Dan Sullivan.

Medium: Acrylic painting on canvas.

Materials: Professional quality acrylic colours on linen canvas, bound to an MDF (medium density fibreboard) support.

Protected with two coats of acrylic varnish, plus isolation coat. Framed in a polished silver, solid aluminium moulding.

Size including Frame: 63.5 cm x 87.5 cm (25" x 34.5"). All measurements approximate.

Signature: Hand signed by the artist, both front (monogram) and back (full signature with year of completion 2019).

Certificate of Authenticity: A signed certificate of authenticity is supplied with this painting.

Wild Man of the Woods

This wasn't the first title I thought of while creating this picture. I originally had in mind a sort of Tarzan figure, a grown-up Mowgli perhaps, an 'enfant sauvage' living among and communicating with the animal kingdom.

I considered calling it Adam (as in the first man) but didn't really want to get into religious connotations. Then I remembered the phrase 'Wild Man of the Woods' and decided that was perfect, and still vague enough to give full scope to the viewer's imagination.

Let me just add that I'm referring to the medieval Europe-wide myth of strange hairy humans living feral in the forest. Not, unfortunately, Tony Hancock's brilliant 1957 radio sketch 'The Wild Man of the Woods' - a work of art in its own right!