I really like this painting, and you wanna know why? I like that the girl is all dressed up, dancing in the rain and not caring about her hair. It's a pretty damn romantic painting, if you ask me. She must really like the guy if she doesn't care about ruining her dress. And if you are dancing with a guy in a tux and on the beach, you're probably not wearing something from Target. The couple is obviously so caught up in the moment; they don't realize how rude they are to make a couple of people sit out in the rain with them. They're having the time of their lives while the poor maid and butler are hunkering down below an umbrella. This painting is called "The Singing Butler", so I guess the rude bastards, along with making them stand in the rain, are also forcing them to SING.
Jack Vettriano has been criticized widely; his paintings have been called "soft porn". I don't really care about that; I just like the painting. It's cool, right?
I don't think the butler is singing. The maid's left hand is covering her left ear with her lone free hand to block out the butler's curse words toward the couple. He submitted his resignation fifteen minutes later after changing into dry clothes.
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