OIL AND WATER

yo!.. ocean view ...innit! 

 

 

sometimes when you are painting..

there has to be a change of plan..

and what you thought you were painting..

is not going to happen any more..

because something else has occurred to you..

 

 

A LITTLE MORE PACIFIC IF YOU PLEASE 

the ocean has made it's appearance..

complete with swimmer and sail boat/windsurfer..

the carpet from the souk..

has become the sun..

you have to pause..

and look carefully..

and before you know it..

you are unemployed..

there is nothing more you can do..

the ocean has trumped the souk..

all you can do is look and learn..

 

 

ON THE BEACH WITH EUGENE BOUDIN

 

mr turner and mister rothko..

are on the beach..

abstract impressionists..

take a bow..

TRIPTYCH

THREE FIGURES

 

FIGURES IN A SOUK

is really all just the one painting..

each is part of a whole..

one work of art..

one painting in a hundred parts..

some are lighter and some are darker..

but they are all one work..

best seen together..

 

it's context..

 

innit!

 

ALL ONE PAINTING

 yo!.. heart onna sleeve... innit! 

 

 

here in palookaville..

there is the studio..

an everything else..

all the bollox is out there..

inna media, onna telly..

only in palookaville can one person remain..

an artist, a painter and a believer..

we try to be sincere and stay sane..

it's not easy..

but we try..

IN THE SOUK THERE ARE MANY PAINTINGS

it occurs to me today as I sit..

with banana and wholemeal sourdough toast, coffee..

that the many canvases that make up..

FIGURES IN A SOUK

are really all just the one painting..

each is part of a whole..

one work of art..

one painting in a hundred parts..

some are lighter and some are darker..

but they are all one work..

who knows this may be my mature style..

magnum opus..

whatever..