Salon Showcase 2011-W43

Without further ado, Salon deWinchester welcomes our newest member, Marge Bolin.  You may remember Marge's work on our blog in July during her guest visits
(weeks 28 & 30).  If not, check out the archives.

Well, what better way to celebrate Marge's initiation than with a theme week?  But not lumpy pumpkins and hokey ghosts!  While it seems vaguely appropriate to Halloween, our Salon SynchronicityTM theme was hatched back in the Spring, during the "Can you name?..." game.  After having accounted for all Seven Dwarves, we turned to the roster of Seven Deadly Sins.

They have inspired art through the ages.  In one theory, everybody has a fatal flaw from somewhere on this list and engages in a lifelong struggle to get the better of theirs.  Surprisingly, as we went around the table selecting which Sin to depict, everyone got their first choice.  Hmmmm.  Below are our unattributed interpretations, presented in the same order as rendered in a cautionary painting by Bosch on display at the Museo del Prado.  In closing, who better to quote than William Shakespeare:  Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall...

WRATH

ENVY

GREED  (Guest Artist:  the US Bureau of Engraving)

GLUTTONY

SLOTH

LUST

PRIDE