Blocks, Coney Island- framed

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Blocks, Coney Island - framed

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Kensington Gardens framed

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Kensington Gardens, Winter, 14 x 13 cm Framed       SOLD

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La Paz, shops- framed

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La Paz, shops- framed       SOLD

The painting has been framed to include the carrier. 

The effect is interesting and elegant, I think.

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A little brush

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A little brush, oil on card, 10.3 x 11 cm -  -unavailable

Everyday objects can give tremendous reassurance, especially those which, like treen, seem to be crafted for the express pleasure of being held. Such items gain a patina form their users, and with this act as biographies.

Transferal of such objects from one owner to another is, consequently, something to be undertaken with care, as the object will carry with it both positive and negative forces. This is why wearing second-hand clothing, especially shoes and hats, can be dangerous as this can lead to profound personality changes.

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The bowl and the spoon

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The bowl and the spoon, oil on card, 12 x 12 cm  SOLD

The motifs chosen for such pictures must be readily recognizable or the picture is merely abstract, and the fun, even the humour, in interpretation* would be lost. Thus, one tends to depict things with obvious profiles: bowls, cutlery, simple houses.

All this would be obvious surely to any self-respecting Japanese.or Chinese painter. Or indeed, and cubist. But this factor means that eventually such pictures become boring, both to make and to see, and knowing this, one can understand why the cubist experiment petered out,

*Has there every been a humourous abstract painting? Is such a thing even possible? Mimetics, distortions and transformations being the stuff of humour, I somewhat doubt it.

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The neighbours' house

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The neighbours' house, oil on card, 11.5 x 14 cm  SOLD

Painted looking down from my window.

There is a great deal to be said for consciously limiting one's aesthetic resources. This forces oneself to exploit those one has to their maximum.

Gombrich, ever a source of wisdom, writes about the perils of excessive wealth on art when describing the art of Rococo France, contrasting it disfavourably with that of the more austere Dutch 16th century.

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On the way to Rússia

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 A Hamlet on the way to Rússia, oil on card, 15 x 18 cm   SOLD

Brazilians rarely miss an opportunity to make a noise. 

You could be in the most tranquil place.surrounded by peaceful fields, fine mountains extending before you, and some Brazilians will come with a horrible music player and some of their detestable Serteneja music and subject you to it. Or, in this case very loud cross-country motorcycles which they, for no obviously good reason, see the need to drive up and down this pretty road,

I am not sure why they are so unappreciative of silence, but in general they like a certain intensity of aesthetic experience: or rather, they don't cultivate the opposite. Thus, cities are constructed with one building on top of the other, with no parks or recreational breathing spots,while meals shy away from simplicity- there is a maximizing of ingredients and options.The hot dog here has become  a fantastical melange of sausage, peas, corn, onions and whatever else you might imagine. Horror vacui, perhaps?

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