outside
rain
falls
onto
the
ice
crusted
trees
like
music
and
i
am
reminded
of
the
musician
the
great
entrancer
of
all
things

Orpheus

                             
                         41" x 53"
                         paint, pencil, oil bar  on plywood

it

is 

now 

2016

i 

began 

painting in 1994

inspired by the works 

and the life of Vincent van Gogh 

it is as though he looked directly into the sun 

while the rest had turned their backs fearful (full of fear) 

of losing their sight when truth was that
fear had already struck them blind

dictating to them where they

could and where 

they could not 

cast their

gaze

to look steadily intently with fixed attention

i

am

not

speaking

of

navel

gazing

of

which 

there

seems

to

be

an

excess 

of

it
is
a
twenty
first
century
malady

the gaze of one such as Vincent van Gogh requires 

c

o

u

r

a

g

e

a willingness to risk the possibility of blindness for sight

Vincent

inspires

me

toward

c o u r a g e o u s n e s s

  

approximately
two weeks
to the
T
O
A
E
and
what
does
this
mean
it
means
hundreds
of
artists
showing
their
work
to
thousands
of art lovers
out
of
doors
of course it is all more or less dependent on the mercies of mother nature
and
those
with
their
fingers
on
the
red
buttons
try to imagine
what this world
would look like if
only one per cent of
the resources/money spent
by the military industrial complexes
were allocated to the arts and the artists
W
O
W
which
rhymes
with
T
O
A
E
which
this
year
is
being
held
september      18     19      20
my
booth
is
n
u
m
b
e
r    
A36
i
would
like
to
promote
and
to
encourage
all
to
check
out
the
work
of
my
good
friend
Steve Austin
at
booth
n
u
m
b
e
r
D14
whose
work
is
a
must
see
in the meantime the tomatoes continue to ripen into delectable rubies

                               PROMETHEUS
                               53" x 41"
                               paint, pencil on plywood




some
words
regarding
PROMETHEUS
the
Titan
meaning
forethought
Prometheus has siblings one of which is his brother Epimetheus
meaning
hindsight
or
after thinker
it has be postulated
that we currently live in
an overwhelmingly Promethean age
our tendency has been to be ever looking foreword
ignoring
or
forgetting
the importance of hindsight
for
it
is
both
brothers
who
acted
as
representatives
of
mankind
both
are
required


the painting PROMETHEUS is painted
on an old shipping crate built specifically for shipping paintings
therefore the very foundation of the painting is that of going somewhere into a future space


in
order
to
restore
some
balance
and
to
honour
the
intent
and
the
spirit
of
the
myth
of
these
Titan
brothers
i
made
a
painting
honouring
EPIMETHEUS
which is on a canvas that has been reworked again and again to create a sense of the past

                                EPIMETHEUS
                                51" x 51"
                                paint, pencil,oil bar on canvas

beautiful
june
intense
light
waxwings
cardinals
robins
and
the
ever
ubiquitous
crow
as
a
single
japanese
plum
ripens
on
the
tree
gardeners garden
painters paint
gardeners paint
painters garden
and
so
it
goes

this
summer
the TOAE is much later than the usual
which means more gardening and more painting before the exhibition

Hermes
one of 12 olympian gods
the
god
of
trade, thieves, eloquence, athletes, boundaries, literature, invention, and guide to the underworld
he
was
the trickster of the gods
he
would
outwit
the
gods
either
for
the
benefit
of
humankind
or
for his own personal amusement and satisfaction

the
painting
HE RME   S
is the sixth in the Parnassus Paintings series

                                         HERMES
                                         66" x  54"
                                         paint,pencil,oil bar on canvas

today
Geoffrey
Steve
and
myself
installed
the
Parnassus
show
at
gnstudio | contemporary art

the
7
paintings
hold
the
space
beautifully

and

i
am
very
much
looking
forward
to
opening
night
tomorrow

and

for
those
who
require
a
little
more
enticing ...

                      

                                        ARGONAUTICA
                                        36" x 36"
                                        paint, pencil, oil bar on wood panel

Parnassus Show