Ironically, mirrors often look very different to their surroundings. This is a drawing room mirror late at night.
Nocturne with mirror
Phil McAloon's paintings
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Ironically, mirrors often look very different to their surroundings. This is a drawing room mirror late at night.
Phil McAloon's paintings 
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I love this. Wow! It’s spooky and sinister and ordinary at the same time, making it even more creepy. Fantastic.
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Thanks Claudia! I am really glad you like it.
Yes, that is what our drawing room is actually like: spooky and ordinary at the same time.
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This is possibly the most intriguing painting you’ve done. I am wondering where the light source is.
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Thanks Vivienne. The light is a table lamp that sits below a painting that hangs over it. However, the string on the painting is quite loose so it hangs away from the wall at a greater angle than usual – a bit like the way pictures are hung high up in traditional Japanese rooms. During daylight hours it all looks quite normal, but at night it looks quite abstract and a little unsettling. Even more disconcerting when seen through the mirror on the opposite side of the room. This is one of the joys of painting: before I started painting I am not sure I would even have noticed this. Mind you, the painting hanging over the light is one I did, so it would not have existed if I had not started painting. All roads lead to Rome, it seems.
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Thanks for the explanation Phil. Most interesting and creative.
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