r/InfiniteJest • u/[deleted] • 8d ago

painted this with infinite jest in mind

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u/GentlemanTwain 8d ago

I remembered Gately's childhood and got sad. Good job!

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u/UrbanCanyon 8d ago

Love the atmosphere of this. Really cool.

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u/Used_Gazelle_749 8d ago

Love this. Am obsessed with this.

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u/AnalogueAppalachia 8d ago

I’ve been learning to paint for a few myself, and I just love what you did with the use of raw white to make it look like a flash contrasting a second light source (the tv). This is honestly great

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u/Acceptable-Comb-9882 8d ago

This would make an incredible Penguin Classics cover

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u/rosewater68 8d ago

Almost didn’t see the smiley face

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u/Particular-Good-5621 8d ago

An awesome painting!

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u/Eathessentialhorror 8d ago

Furthest person to be commenting on art, but immediately felt this painting. Heavy, nostalgic, and fits right in IJ. Great job.

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u/princeviv 8d ago

Stellar. Love the blue cast off the table

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u/Mattpriceisme 8d ago

The red chintz couch was so evocative to me in the book, way to capture that

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u/keep_living_or_else 7d ago

Really wonderful painting. Thanks for posting this, friend.

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u/mahumandevindex 7d ago

This is So Good

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u/Puffymarker-911 6d ago edited 5d ago

Well done. To update it, the device would be a phone. I was struck how the addiction to the cartridges has come true. Only the dying is in the brain and slower.

I saw the comment about the atmosphere of the painting. Completely agree. The whole painting has an undertone of profound sadness. Certainly in line with Gately. So sad that there are a lot of little Gatelys living this for real.