Tom Waits, "Laugh"
Portrait, 10 1/2 x 12 in
Lead on Paper
Yet another Tom Waits piece, spotlighting yet another of his many eccentric appearances and personalities. This particular picture is from the Heart Attack and Vine era in the early 80's just before he got that crazy pin-stripe mustache going on for the next few years. There is something about Tom when he laughs. The sound is like gravel being dumped through a steel sieve and it seems to shake the ground beneath your feet, it's no accident he played the devil in Dr Parnasus. His worn out suit drips off his shoulders as he shakes with laughter, summing up much of his life to me. Looking back the lines are a little loose and the shirt is a little undefined, and I love it. It all screams Tom to me and it should look really nice peering down from a mantle somewhere.
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