This series was, in large part, a visual exploration of ideas about why artists make art and a comparison of contemporary and Neolithic attitudes to art. This painting, Creation, has to do with transcendence or going beyond a prior form or state of oneself – mystical experience. To read more about this, please click on the link to my February 2024 blog

The works in this series are experiments with form; using techniques that draw attention to the process and materials used in creating them and are not part of the realist tradition. I seek to negotiate a middle path between aesthetic appeal and sterile abstraction; between the grip of the past and newness for its own sake. So while my current work has a conceptual motivation, I also want to communicate the joy of colours, lines and forms depicted in oil paint – to communicate at a visceral rather than an intellectual level.

No frame is needed for this painting & it is ready to hang.

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In paintings like Then Again, I have explored, in a visual sense and as much as  is possible, how artists in pre-historic cultures viewed themselves, their world and their art. In some of my blogs I have compared their world-view with contemporary ideas about progress in art and the Avant Garde. For example, please visit my April 2020 blog.

This series also plays with concepts of time and the titles are temporal expressions. Is time linear, circular or something with several layers that overlap, meld or occur simultaneously? Conventional thinking is that time’s arrow moves in only one direction -forward into the future.  But it is also suggested that time moves not only forward but also sideways (backwards is disputed). We are programmed to only perceive the forward motion of time, but it’s sideways mobility accounts for the frequently reported, non-linear temporal events. This has implications for our attitude toward not only art but all human creative activities throughout time. For more about the motivation for Then Again and similar works, please visit my January 2012 blog post.

The paintings in this series are also experiments with form; using techniques that draw attention to the process and materials used in creating them and are not part of the realist tradition. I seek to negotiate a middle path between aesthetic appeal and sterile abstraction; between the grip of the past and newness for its own sake. So while my current work has a conceptual motivation, I also want to communicate the joy of colours, lines and forms depicted in oil paint – to communicate at a visceral rather than an intellectual level.

No frame is needed for Then Again & it is ready to hang.

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In works such as Being There, I have explored, in a visual sense and as much as  is possible, how artists in pre-historic cultures viewed themselves, their world and their art. In some of my blogs I have compared their world-view with contemporary ideas about progress in art and the Avant Garde. For an example, please visit my April 2020 blog

Being There also experiments with form; using techniques that draw attention to the process and materials used in creating them and are not part of the realist tradition. I seek to negotiate a middle path between aesthetic appeal and sterile abstraction; between the grip of the past and newness for its own sake. So while my current work has a conceptual motivation, I also want to communicate the joy of colours, lines and forms depicted in oil paint – to communicate at a visceral rather than an intellectual level.

No frame is needed for Being There & it is ready to hang.

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Some of the works in this series, such as And the Word Was, were a visual exploration of images of women in pre-history. In a my May 2020 blog, I compare the role of women in Neolithic and contemporary eras especially with regard to religion.

And the Word Was also experiments with form; using techniques that draw attention to the process and materials used in creating them and are not part of the realist tradition. I seek to negotiate a middle path between aesthetic appeal and sterile abstraction; between the grip of the past and newness for its own sake. So while my current work has a conceptual motivation, I also want to communicate the joy of colours, lines and forms depicted in oil paint – to communicate at a visceral rather than an intellectual level.

No frame is needed for And the Word Was & it is ready to hang.

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