1999 – Wild Flowers
‘Wild Flowers’ – A wonderful set of paintings for me. I wrote another short story to inspire some paintings and ended up with 15 pages of story to match 15 images. The story is a very strange hypnotic, soul searching, fantasy story and can be read using the link ‘Book‘ above. The images compliment the story well and become unique images in their own right.
The Images
The Descriptions
| Early Morning Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | Vincent stretches, yawns, sits in his favourite maroon armchair, closes his eyes and relaxes |
| Train Station Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | He buys a ticket and a newspaper at the station and stands by the wall of the waiting room as he waits for the train |
| The Lakeside Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | It crawls round a huge blue lake, between two lava rock mountains and close to a sweeping forest of giant pine trees |
| Photographing Flowers Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | In front of him on top of the mountain, crouched on her ankles is the woman from the train station, photographing flowers |
| Mountain Cabin Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | They walk to the cabin and go inside where Natalie makes some tea and they chat all afternoon |
| The Woods Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | They start rearranging their maps of reality until objects in the real world begin to move, patterns appear, shapes appear to move, through their eyes, through their minds |
| Alien Visions Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | Bizarre beings appear everywhere, buzzing, projected onto their minds, connected to wider realities |
| Running With Dinosaurs Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | Dinosaurs are everywhere, running, tumbling, flying around |
| Erotic Love Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | The rhythmic ebb and flow of a new summer’s morning shines quietly through them |
| Afternoon In The City Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | So they catch the train back to Ruby city where Vincent has arranged to meet some friends at his local cafe |
| Cafe By The River Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | At the cafe Vincent excites his friends’ attention, telling them how Natalie and he opened their minds |
| Evening Sunset Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | Sitting on the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean, they discuss life |
| The Nightclub Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | After the sun has set they decide to go to a night club. Once there they order some drinks and sit down |
| Dancing All Night Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | “Let’s dance,” suggests Natalie. They dance all night with lots of other people |
| Wild Flower Show Oil on canvas 122 x 122 cms Artist’s collection | On the walls are large photos of flowers by Natalie, lighted from above with soft lighting |