Pushing Their Buttons. Acrylic Pop Art Painting on Paper
A man in profile, fedora tilted and eyes squinting in mischievous intent, hovers his hand above a call-bell button, unmistakably suggestive in form.
His expression suggests deliberate provocation, capturing the moment before an emotional chain reaction.
Opposite him, a brightly patterned snake glows against the dark background, charged with electric tension, perhaps literally if wired to the button.
Its head, adorned with a whimsical woman’s hat, transforms it from reptile into caricature, a figure poised between anger and alarm.
*Artist Doug Kemp with ‘Pushing Their Buttons’ painting
The hat, lifted upward but held by its chin strap, heightens the sense of conflict and absurdity.
Doug portrays domestic tension as a surreal allegory.
Pushing Their Buttons captures the fragile dynamics of relationships, where the smallest gesture can trigger the greatest response.
