A Likely Story

The narrative opens with domestic squabbling and a visit to an art gallery, where a woman lightly touches a tacky picture that becomes the focus of a curious tale. An antiquated painted likeness awakens memory and recounts its creation by an obsessed artist, the romance and violence surrounding its original, and its concealment and rediscovery over centuries before arriving for restoration. An elderly gentleman listens, transcribes the picture's voice, and frames the story as both dream and plausible history. The work blends whimsical domestic comedy, satirical sketches of artistic and social pretensions, and a layered frame tale about art, obsession, and the persistence of the past.