I am not sure if this topic was posted before but as I coulnt see it in Turkish arts section I decided to put it here.

Eşref Armağan

I've heard about him. Its really amazing, some of his work.

Wow! He manages to capture all the creepiness of a clown without ever having seen one!

And I am just wondering why he has painted several clowns Maybe when he was a little kid, he wished so much to see one, but he never could So he is making his own clowns...

It is amazing! It never ceases to amaze how blind people adapt, or infact anyone with one of their senses defunct. I know it is not the same, but I saw a blind woman on the tube to today in London, coping by herself just with her white stick.

Not quite related to the artist and his wonderful work, but here is very short info about clowns. they deserve much more than hate. ))))))))))))) They connect good and bad, they trick, they are initiates, they can be evil they can be good and they are present in every culture. It is a pity to jump to conclusions after seeing a circus show or anything else like this. And i also think it is not meaningless the predilection of the artist towards clowns. It might be just more than an "unfulfilled childhood wish" - clowns, fools are magical characters also. they are those to have deeper understanding about life and death, meanings of life. In the tarot, the fool has no number. He is out of the usual ordering.
And Catwoman, what you and Libra were stating in your post about hitting a caveman after he was out for food, it is foolish, clown-like. Like Arlechino, the bad clown. )))))))))))
So better being careful when making fun, huh? Especially when one hates clowns...)))))))))
After all paradise was lost (compliments to keith L here) and we may never know when the devil whirls his tail into our neurons's synapses... )))))))))))))
the fool
The clown

Portokal, I am sure you will remember the famous opera "Il Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo,it is one of my favorites: