2. The horse that is sticking its head
out through the curtains represents
an individuals freedom, ambition
and drive. In this instance it could
signify the woman in the painting.
The woman’s ambition or dreams
could be being prevented by the
gremlin that’s on the stomach.
The gremlin in the painting potentially could be
representing the devil or a bad dream. The way the
woman's body is draped over suggests that she is
in distressed. This evil could be symbolising the
unknown as the woman is asleep and is unaware
that the gremlin in on top of her, this could be the
case for everyone but we just don’t know.
The colour scheme is almost grey-
scale. It is dull and there is not
much variation with the colours
that are used. There are lots of
greens and browns and gives the
painting a prehistoric feel.
The body language of the woman
suggests that she is very feminine,
from the way her toe is pointing all
the way to the way her hair is
flowing, it looks like a models
pose. The woman in the painting
does looks helpless in deep sleep
or potential death. The way in
which the gremlin is rolled up into
a ball on her chest shows it isn’t
doing any harm, yet the facial
expression suggests other wise.
The white dress represents a pure and
innocent woman. It can also represent
virginity and wholesomeness that is
within this woman. They way it is
figure hugging is used to emphasise
her femininity. The image is quite dull
and this white dress is the brightest
part of the picture so all eyes can be
on the woman.
The red sheets represent the opposite
of the white dress. Red has all sorts of
negative connotations such as;
evil, blood, fire, danger. On the other
hand red is known to be the colour of
love.