Visions and Dreams
"Next Stop Oblivion" my father's symbolic final ride Nine times out of ten, the subjects of my paintings are drawn from direct references, typically historical ones. What I've discovered at many art shows over the years is that people seem to connect with paintings that reflect actual places at actual points in time. Thus, "That's Yonge Steet circa 1925" is a more satisfying response for most enquirers than "Oh that's just a made up place". "Carnival Night" 1984 But from time to time a certain vision for a piece just pops into my head, and I find myself compelled to devote some valuable painting time to it. It's an itch that needs to be scratched...even if the resulting work runs the risk of being relevant to nobody but me. "The Haida's Lament" one of my earliest paintings I think it's important for art to connect on a human level with someone else. Even if the meaning of the work isn't self-evide