Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Another Great Mystery Solved

 




Thanks to Geronimo Mattle, we now know what Grant Wood's American Gothic people were looking at. 




Figures.


(By the way, Wood's figures were based on his sister...and the family dentist.


2 comments:

Jeannie said...

Wrong. The house and barn are behind the couple in the original picture but are in front of them as they face the spaceship. Does that mean they are in a space warp or a temporal time distortion or perhaps, just perhaps the picture was created by stupid AI? Hmmm.
Jeannie@GetMeToTheCountry

Cindy Brick said...

Picky, picky, girl! (But you're right.) It may be AI-helped, but I'm pretty sure this artist just enjoys thinking about the backside of things. Hopefully you clicked on the link, because he's done a bunch of them. Most are pretty basic -- no aliens. Thanks for writing, and checking in, Jeannie!

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