Miss Juliette Percel, Bed, Suite 2B, 9/21, 6:33 p.m.
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Copy_right F. Scott Hess

This painting is the first in my collection, The Hotel Vide. The Hotel Vide is a murder mystery in ten paintings. Each painting represents a character in the hotel, in a specific room, on a specific day, at a specific time. Each piece carries plot and character clues, but be forewarned: the answer to the mystery has never been divulged by the artist.

You are invited to try to solve the mystery on your own, or as a group by talking to each other in the comments below. (Note that if you click on the comment field, you can add text or an image.) To get updates on this discussion, subscribe here.

When you feel you have reached a conclusion, it may, or may not be correct. It may be incomplete. As long as it is not confirmed by me, the answer remains open. The ‘Hotel Vide’ lives. Good Luck!

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February 3, 2010
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Bijan

The composition of this painting was immediately pleasing to the eye. The fabrics are done masterfully and the two colors of golden yellow and light blue are perfect. Everything works so well together. Also #5 #7 and #9 are composed masterfully; both the red cherry coming from the chocolate in #5 and the red lipstick in #9. I particularly like #7’s composition, the fallen wine glasses remind me of fallen human figures and the articulation of the magazines and newspaper is smooth.

Dock

Scott, the idea of “The Hotel Vide” is fantastic ! Did you ever publish it in a book ?
(Sorry about my bad English !)

106selfportraithfg

Vielen Dank, Lisa! Es gibt ein catalogue von “The Hotel Vide” exhibition en Hackett-Freedman Gallery, aber kein echtes buch. Wie du siest, mein Deutsch ist schlimmer als deine Englisch!!

Debbie

Ihr Deutsch ist nicht so schlimm…

User

You just kill me (ha)! What a great concept. And execution of course!

106selfportraithfg

Thanks. I got a kick out of putting it together. A note: No persons were actually killed in the production of this series.

Pinky_user

Ah, except for the herring Mr. Hess!

Portrait_bust_detail

I think from the photo of you that you may have had an affair with Juliette Percel, or are you an actor in this play? Hmm…

106selfportraithfg

It wasn’t me! The butler did it.

Photo_on_2011-01-05_at_23

It looks like Juliet may have sent the chocolates to Mr. Michael Millais…he has part of a burnt note in the ashtray referencing sweets & chocolate…also he has a piece of a ticket stub from “Romance” as well. We could assume that the photo here is of Michael Millais…as it’s labeled “Mikey Likes It”…I’m not at all convinced that’s a save assumption at this point though…