Love Stinks

You know, I've studied a lot of Asian art, and one of my favourites is a very old sumi-e painting with a mountain and a poet standing on an outcrop. "Poet on a Mountain" or something like that. I always thought the lone figure looked a little depressed. I dunno.
So I thought I'd try a similar painting, but make my idea of the discouraged lone figure the theme. This is watercolour on coffee-stained 140 pound Arches CP, 10" square. Yes, it says "Love Stinks", or more precisely, "The Stink of Love."

My thanks to Mr. Wolf and the J. Geils Band for the title inspiration.