Inadequacy

Painted in 1995 with Artisan Water soluable oils. Original size was 20x24. I always thought the 50's-esque depiction of the "space man" was hilarious. As was their weapons. Comics like "Amazing Tales" always had these buff heroes, facing the worst, and frequently gigantic enemies, with these teeny tiny ray guns. So, I decided to honor that humor with this painting. Little was I to know that "Men in Black" was going to come out the following year. Using basically the same joke with the "noisy cricket."