Rio Vermelho, nature

Rio Vermelho, nature, oil on card, 15.5 x 17 cm   -unavailable

Rio Vermelho is one of those relatively obscure parts of the island which, like Ratones,  I love to visit.

There is something mysterious about it that invites a sort of painting, derived from Corot (a French master whose work, once so famous, is falling into obscurity) and which concerns the secret.

A doleful afternoon- houses and yards

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A doleful afternoon, oil on card, 12 / 15 cm - AVAILABLE

The view from my bedroom: previously visited in http://tadeuszderegowski.blogspot.com/2011/02/houses-and-yards-seen-through-gap.html

This view is larger.

Houses and yards seen through a gap between blocks

Houses and yards seen through a gap between blocks, oil on card, 11.5 x 8.7 cm

One of the views from my bedroom window.

The Secret

The Secret - detail, pen and ink

Here is a detail of a drawing for you to enjoy.

The art I that I really like is all about revealing secrets, opening drawers, peering inside wardrobes: art as psychological prying; the sick delight in going through another persons wallet, their purse, their diaries; touching things you know only they touch; not knowing if they will suspect that someone has read their letter or slipped their hand into their pocket.

Drawing is, for me, a way of accessing this condition of revelation. It's more intimate, closer than my painting which always has a faintly official feel about it- a public art form: robust, designed for places where respectability, a public face is of import.