2013 Culture Lives In Nature
‘Culture Lives In Nature’ – There’s a slight Aboriginal feel to some of these paintings. I don’t know why. I guess I’m just attracted to cultures that have a good mental use of imagination and communication. For me imagination is the stuff that binds us to our reality, a limitless, beautiful and terrifying nothing. Without it we are the products of evolution. With it, and with the benefits of a decent culture, who knows what’s possible?
The Images
The Descriptions
| Greenwich Park Acrylic and newspaper on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | The people in this picture were cut out of a local newspaper at the time of the 2012 Olympics. Greenwich in the springtime! |
| Alex’s Ladder Acrylic and lined paper on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | Dream a dream, write it down, start climbing and let the dream dictate the rungs of the ladder |
| Be Your Own Authority Acrylic and string on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | The only person who really has any power over us is ourselves. We should use ourselves well and wisely |
| Stars In My Face Acrylic on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | Cold on the outside, warm on the inside and something a bit psychedelic about the face. (Title adapted from the song Shallow Then Halo by the Cocteau Twins) |
| Magic Fly Acrylic on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | A seagull flies by Greenwich power station. I’m reminded of the song Magic Fly by the 70’s band Space |
| Changing Thoughts (Changing Time II) Acrylic on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | A return to the idea of movement in the mind by the use of turning spirals. Some kind of neurological function perhaps? As for the Ninja character… |
| Bellissimo Acrylic on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | What can I say? My favourite food is Italian, it’s as simple as that! |
| Culture Lives In Nature Acrylic on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | People come and go but the culture that develops helps them to live in the enviroment they find themselves. The longer the culture develops, the stronger the understanding of nature, the better the chances for survival |
| Life Is A Rollercoaster Acrylic on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | Take a ride on a rollercoaster through life, accompanied by the skeletons… Who better? |
| Inside The Nucleus Acrylic on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | Quarks make up the core of protons and neutrons and are very hard to visualise… Electric charge, mass, colour charge, spin?!! Here’s my attempt to see what’s going on |
| Two To Tango Acrylic on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | The raw and sexual dance of Tango. I wanted to capture a part of this emotional dynamic in silhouette |
| From Behind My Rainbow Acrylic on board 91 x 61 cms Artist’s collection | With the sun behind you and rain in front of you, light will refract and reflect through the raindrops and back to you as a rainbow |