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Tornado

Tornado

This image was surprising... it depicts a family in the Midwest fleeing from an approaching tornado. The father is assisting his wife, who is carrying a baby, and young daughter into a shelter, next to an old wagon. A dog follows the girl, as does two boys; one is carrying a black cat and the other cradles a litter of puppies.

It is a very beautiful painting, but the subject matter isn't as peaceful as other images usually seen in psychiatric hospitals. It was signed "W. Courtney", no date.
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Looks like an AJAX ad from the 60's
Puddleboy
Fri 12-16-2005
Puddy, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.
Twug
Fri 12-16-2005
Little information on the painting and the artist... http://www.pbs.org/new...ec98/curry_8-13.html
sa1amand3r
Fri 12-16-2005
I LOVE YOU, Sa1amand3r!
THAT is what I have been doing all this time!
I KNEW I saw these prints before!
Thanks, now I know I am not totally insane.
~ME
Fri 12-16-2005
Excellent, thank you sa1mand3r!
Motts
Fri 12-16-2005
I love that print!
Neefer
Sat 12-17-2005
Yes, thank you sa1amand3er. I love the painting, and I keep wondering if the poor chicken got saved too!
Jude
Sat 12-17-2005
~Me, let's watch who gets to give you a clean bill of mental health now, shall we? ;-)
Lynne
Sat 12-17-2005
Anybody who knows ~Me would not!
~Me
Sat 12-17-2005
salamand3r :) that was really interesting :) thanks
MinxGirl
Sun 12-18-2005
Oh, yes, our staff is very sensitive about the art selection. Nothing that would make a nervous person feel agitated!
Max
Sun 12-18-2005
I thought that kid had a gun at first...it's the cat.
He's just holding it like, "I'll cover you...GO!"
Ginsu Victim
Sun 12-18-2005
Lovely art, thanks for the info Salamand3r.
awyper
Tue 12-20-2005
been there, saying good by to everything.
shows what is really important to you.
missouriman
Wed 12-21-2005
What a wonderful treasure
Mellon Collie
Mon 01-16-2006
I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too!
Oracle
Tue 01-17-2006
Is there a price on that one?
assulting
Tue 01-24-2006
I like the print and love the frame

Could see that hanging in my office
Joe
Fri 03-03-2006
i, too, upon seeing this photo, was startled by the obviously agitating subject matter. quite a contrast to a guitar playing gentleman...
lola
Fri 04-07-2006
it makes you wonder just who the artist was. one of the staff, or even one of the calmer patients trying to hold on to a lost life...if anyone has any info about this plz share.
heh heh gun cat (kudos to Ginsu Victim for making me laugh)
Shyria
Tue 04-18-2006
Shyria, please see the third comment from the top on this page.
Lynne
Tue 04-18-2006
I wonder why they would chjoose something like this. I had a friend who dis some art for a mental instituion and most of her pieces were rejected because they might be too disturbing to some patients.
Gezal
Fri 06-02-2006
Dang! Aint this painting worth some money!!! You should've gaffled it & took it to an apraiser. I got $1,500 for an old raggady painting I found while cleaning a shool's old storage attic. True story! scratches and all!!!
Manada
Sat 11-18-2006
I'm wondering whether it is supposed to be a metaphor for mental illness since it was, and still is to some degree, misunderstood?
KBWS
Sun 02-25-2007
It's a TWISTER !!!

Dorothy ! Where's Dorothy ? ! ? !

Signed; an American Soldier stationed in Germany.
Joseph
Mon 04-16-2007
This print/picture looks like it dates back to the 1930's depression era. Many prints like this were created to give hope and to inspire people to help each other in turbulent times (hence the oncoming tornado).
echap
Wed 11-12-2008
I think the meaning of this painting meant that there is danger but if you can get to a safe place you will be alright...maybe.
Tom
Wed 12-03-2008
There was a copy of this very painting in my elementary school in New York City.
DavidJ
Mon 01-19-2009
Dorothy !!! Where is Dorothy ? ! ? ! ? ! ! !

Friday / 5:57 P.M. / 23 / January / 2008

Fort Lewis, Washington
Joseph
Fri 01-23-2009
Wizard of Oz? Separate dimensions , entities?
Pretty horrific.
Kirsty
Sun 01-25-2009
The poor kid is probably holding the cat like a gun trying not to get his damn eyeballs scratched out... and why is it that back in the day the women folk had to be man handled to get them to do anything intelligent in times of desperation... Geez LOL!!!
Frey
Wed 07-01-2009
w,hy in the world would they put this painting in a mental hospital when alot of these people are already anxietized,nervous,fearful, thats just mean!
PutN2Cents
Mon 11-16-2009
Just another image designed to drill into the insane brains of the tortured in order to keep their worst fears alive and well in these public torture chambers....
Dr.Remulak
Tue 03-02-2010
It looks like a hand made copy. Is it possible that a patient painted it from another copy in a book or magazine ?
Abby
Wed 07-14-2010
the way the boy with the cat is turning...
it looks as if theyre running from the house, not the tornado...
addy
Sun 07-25-2010
Maybe it brings the message "Life is worth saving?"

Thats's what I got out of it.
Sabrina
Fri 09-17-2010

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