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Thursday, April 4, 2019

The next thing



“I will show you fear in a handful of dust”
T S Eliot. The Wasteland

So here you have it, this is me signing on for more of the same madness for what will be the forseeable two years. No rest for the wicked or maybe even the witless -who can say. Infernal, the Denouement- the final in a three part series, that started with Purgatorium in 2012.

As with the last two series, I’ll be using a literary springboard to jump start my visual ideas, this time in no less a monumental work than T.S.Eliot’s”The Wasteland”. That’s quite heavy stock for the stew right there.

Given that the opening lines begin “April is the cruellest month, breeding / Lilacs out of the dead land”, should give one an inkling of where I’m coming from-this being April and all.
No set date yet, but Infernal will open in 2021 at The Dark Art Emporium.
The end is nigh.

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Paradiso’s End




And so the show is a wrap, off the walls, down but not forsaken. Whilst I return to the studio ashes, future plans include the final sequence of the proposed trilogy-more about which to follow- an art book compiling the three, and a reanimated graphic novel, 25 years in the making.

Onwards then.

In the meantime, if you missed seeing the show in person, here are all the paintings that comprised Paradiso’s Fall.

Whats_dark_within_illuminate
The Death Eaters 48″ x 36″ – Oil on canvas (2019)


Where_Death_and_Nature_Breeds
The Death Eaters 48″ x 36″ – Oil on canvas (2019)


The_Voyage_Of_Elan
The Death Eaters 48″ x 36″ – Oil on canvas (2019)


The_Death_Eaters
The Death Eaters 48″ x 36″ – Oil on canvas (2019)


The_Origins_of_Life
Origins of a Black Hole 36″ x 48″ – Oil on canvas (2019)


Origins_of_a_Black_Hole
Origins of a Black Hole 36″ x 48″ – Oil on canvas (2019)


The_Origins_of_Death
The Origins of Death 36″ x 48″ – Oil on canvas (2019)


Ages_of_Hopeless_End
Ages of Hopeless End 48″ x 36″ – Oil on canvas (2019)


For Want of Other Prey 36″ x 48″ – Oil on canvas (2019)
For Want of Other Prey 36″ x 48″ – Oil on canvas (2019)