ABOUT: Working with a model who is about the same age as me, we addressed age issues. The title is important, as always, for me, and has a nice play on words. He’s an interesting guy with a varied life, and a background in theater (amongst much else).
MEDIUM: Watercolor and acrylic on paper
SIZE: 28″ H x 22″ W
ABOUT: The Garden of Eden is such a rich theme and open to a multiplicity of interpretation. Here is the awakening of Eve, with lust, temptation, desire, some innuendo, and a final expulsion. There is a suggested narrative, though it is not linear, and much is left to the viewer to create his/her understanding of the painting. The different panels and images play off each other, each contributing to the whole.
MEDIUM: Watercolor and acrylic on paper
SIZE: 12″ x 16″
Dimensions: 55.5”H x 26.5”W
Media: Acrylic on wood panel
About: “Walkabout” refers to the Australian aboriginal practice of journeying over a vast area. The walkabout may last months or even years, but eventually the traveler returns to their starting place—with a fresh perspective. As we journey in life, we may circle back to familiar places, but with a new understanding.
Price: SOLD (The Gordon Hotel)
Dimensions: 37.5”H x 19.5”W
Media: Acrylic on canvas
About: For a time, I lived in far northern Australia where I contacted Aboriginal culture and art. I intentionally adopted one of the indigenous styles, though made it contemporary. As I have observed in Aboriginal art, there appears to be a simple pattern, yet under closer scrutiny we see contradictions to our assumptions.
Price: $280
Dimensions: 55.5”H x 26.5”W
Media: Acrylic on wood panel
About: My many years of travel, especially in Asia where I feel in sync with Buddhist and Taoist philosophies, very much have this feel of perpetual movement. In the West, our concept of time is linear, but in the East, there is no beginning or end. There is just flow.
Price: SOLD (private collection)