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thats scary...

I noticed a couple of questions about the painting on this thread so I'll answer them based on the research I did a while back on this painting.



Yes, there is a long history but this one is pretty infamous; especially because the painter, Bill Stoneham is infamous for "exorcising his demons" through art. Some of his other paintings are just as haunted. I read one article about a man who went mad after purchasing one of Bill's paintings.

Supposedly, "Hands resist him" is a self-portrait of him as a five year old boy (though he looks demonic as a five-year-old!) and is dedicated to his deceased wife who had written a poem for him. One of the verses of the poem was "Hands resist him." He interepreted this poem through painting and in doing so exorcised his demons. He claimed this in an interview once.



A BOMB!?? Lolz pretty close guess, really rofl !!!

I read from some other articles on the web that the doll is supposed to be holding a gun... I don't really see it... but I think that woman who owned it claimed that her daughter told her that the doll and boy came to life at night and went to her room! The doll was threatening the little boy with a gun. It doesn't look like a gun to me so I don't really know if I can believe it lolz.



A cross comforts me too, actually. The first time I saw this painting, as I explained, I felt discomfort and was creeped out the rest of the day until night.

I was forced to see it a second time a year later when my cousin, a few years younger than me, wanted to see it but not alone. So I went with her and because it was almost midnight and I didn't want her to be scared (I wasn't sure how she'd react to the painting) so we both put on crosses, just in case it helps. It did. That night we weren't scared and we didn't have nightmares. But the painting still scares me a little... that darn doll!

Yeah, me too. <3

Well, I took a quick glance over the pictures and was kind of like "Meh, big deal" maybe it's seeing it in person that would scare a person but after the few months I've been through I don't think those two kids jumping out of the painting would phaze me much. >.>

Funny the other picture creeped me out but the doll looks kind of sad. I get the vibe that the subjects are just as freaked being in that painting then we are to look at it.

Finally had a look at the picture. I've seen it before on another website. I didn't effect me at all. All I could think of was the bofs face wasn't very well painted. It looked like it was the cover of a comic or something.

Hmm... that is rather interesting. I wouldn't really want to be living in a painting either so if they are "alive" like the story suggests, I suppose they'd be scared and sad too.



Actually, when I first saw the pics, I did the same thing... sweatdrop



Yeah, his face is very strange. All I know is that it's supposed to be the artist's self-portrait.



Personally, can't say I particularly felt sick after viewing this. As mentioned before I was just uncomfortable. Nonetheless, strange vibes.

Whooooashit.
Just looking at a piece of the painting, is one thing.
Looking at a larger piece starts creeping me out - does anyone else think the little boy looks as though his head was cut apart and put back together?
And I got nauseous looking at the whole thing.
And yet, I have to look again.....

EDIT: Whooooashit again. I'm feeling dizzy now and freaked out as all hell. I hadn't seen the frickin' HANDS at first. I was just trying to see if I'd missed some kind of effect of the painting, and BAM, they ********' jumped out at me. Not QUITE literally. Not QUITE.
Damn near though, I swear.
I was nervous enough from the frickin' Big Rig of Amp, man.... -_-"

Creepy... that headache I just got rid of is coming back... but it's probably just in my head (no pun intended).
And I was just invited too! w00t!