The Job Interview, acrylic on canvas by Paul Zdepski
She’s practiced her lines, and knows exactly what to say… everything except the truth. This piece is an overflow from my “Junkies in the House” series. I had tried to get the real-life junkies ready to find a job… I even started brushing up their résumés.
Q: Why did you change jobs six times in the last three years?
A: I like to travel.
This piece was an experiment for me, harkening back to my work from the early 1980’s and my Otto Dix and George Grosz influences. I believe it works as a singular piece, but I don’t think that I will be switching my style to this method, however a few elements have been creeping into my other work. This piece has shown in a few galleries under the name “The Soloist”, since I thought she also looks like a Church-lady belting out a Sing-by-Numbers song at the front of one of those zany Southern-fried churches.
