2009 – Dumbo’s Dream
‘Dumbo’s Dream’ – I started painting these 12 canvasses in Jan 2008, by the time it got to June I was bored with all 12 images so I painted all the canvasses black and began again with these neon-light type ideas.
The Images
The Descriptions
| Art Project Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | Inspired by the first appearance of Omar Sharif in the film Laurence Of Arabia, a study in and of space and time |
| Animal Magic Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | Thinking of a particular problem when these foxes turned up and took action… Bizarre |
| Changing Time Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | How to move inanimate shapes in your mind by slightly turning spirals |
| Drumbeat Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | Wanting to capture that hypnotic sound of drums that goes down our spines |
| Brainstorm Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | I’d love to see the electro-chemical chain of neurons dance that takes place in our brains as we think |
| Zero Thinking Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | The root of all creativity – i.e., nothing, nothing at all! |
| Folk Songs Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | Singing in harmony with so many people, it’s what art is all about |
| New Wave Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | Figures creating motion in time-lapse neon reality |
| Nightclubbing Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | Getting into the groove, dancing all night, taking it easy |
| Night Driver Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | The amazingly hypnotic Night Driver game from the old Atari console |
| Spelling Words Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | Without words I doubt we could think. Words give form and distinction to reality |
| Wanderlust Acrylic on canvas 76 x 102 cms Artist’s collection | To reach out and enter into that world of lights… |