Another one from Vernon Atrium and his wife. And another one from Ironic Thrust but first another one from Vernon Atrium. Another one!

Interbreeding With Helmet and Lance, Vol.1 Ep. 5.5.5.

"Painted in a frenzy of activity following a particularly lurid dream, this work is one of Siphuncle's most infamous. It was banned upon its painting by the artist himself and has since been responsible for several infections, murders and crimes against livestock. On its completion, it is said that Siphuncle collapsed in a state of utter exhaustion, overturning several pots of green and purple oils to create, inadvertently, the well-ignored series of Shifty Invertebrate paintings now housed in the National Portrait Skip in Bradford. Upon regaining consciousness, Siphuncle claims that the figures in the painting were stood around him, urging him to commit various acts of degradation upon himself with a pencil. Upon shouting his refusal, the figures returned to the painting and have stayed there ever since.
The reclining male figure is not Siphuncle, of course, but rather an idealised figure of the late paedophilic politician, Cyril Smith. The female figure is said to represent Liberal guilt. The imp / satyr characters are Arsenal's famous back four of the 1990s, Nigel Winterburn, Lee Dixon, Tony Adams and Martin Keown, although no-one really knows which is whom, or whence they are why. Viewers of the painting are said to be cursed and should seek restitution in the nearest public swimming baths, although this has never been confirmed."

Myself, I'm not sure about this one. Granted its production inadvertently gave way to the Shifty Invertebrate paintings which most admit are amongst his most deeply felt and turbulent pieces, but this work seems rather contrived. The inclusion of Jimmy Krankie in the bottom right serves to distract from the real issue which is the androgynous woman who, though reclining, is very much alert to her inner turmoil, but this seems unresolved and [breadbin]. Never mind. 


And here is one from Ironic Thrust called Memory of Woman Thrice Naked

"Painted on his Grand Tour of Birmingham, this Siphuncle piece dates from circa 2pm, 1870. It depicts a greengrocer's daughter, riddled with colitis of the thrush. An avid snooker fan, she grumpily scratches her sternum with a dagger, while she waits for the telly to warm up.
The towers in the background are an obvious phallic reference, and the pearls on the subject's head are believed to be a metaphor for bukkake. Her neck braid is just lovely, and reminds me of the time I was reluctantly tied to a horse.
She is clearly a slut.
It is rumoured that Siphuncle painted this picture from memory, two days after seeing his first lady. After finishing the painting, he overdosed on Sun-Pat and was luckily revived by the window cleaner, who had been fiddling with himself outside. Siphuncle never paid the window cleaner and consequently had grimy panes for the rest of his days."

Also worth mentioning is that the Rev, shortly after painting this became so confused by his own subsequent arousal that he fell in love with a cat for three days resulting in his brief 'Strange Period' which lasted for three days and 72 hours and resulted in a lot of strange paintings, most of which were burnt by the Constabulary. Shortly after the Reverend was taken in by a glamorous young woman called Mavisse Beaker, and after having seven children returned to paint his most famous of all paintings, the Giant Swindon Tryptych which can only be seen from space.

Excellent and better luck next time.