In the before the "before days", it was the fifth and highest element permeating all nature -- an ancient thought.
Mixed-media (6" x 4") 2020-Apr-4
Now it is the essence of something -- essence of ink, essence of expression, essence. Essence alone and not knowable.
The landscape features most prominently in the body of my work. It is a landscape of suggestion, rather than a faithful figurative rendering; it is a landscape of fiction and abstraction. Major influences on my work have been the Canadian landscape, the tropical forest of the Congo and the land of the Mediterranean/Middle East. Born in Exeter, Ontario,I studied at the University of Prince Edward Island, McGill University in Montreal and the Université du Québec à Trois Rivières.
I always ask one question; when does the unconventional become so utterly conventional as to become uninteresting - dull in fact? I hope these are not dull whatever else they are. Let me know what you think.
Every now and again I take up graphite. There is something so satisfying about pencil on paper. HB2, HB4, HB5. HB6, and HB8. Recently I h...
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