This morning Bartley and I were talking over coffee about how artists use unpleasant subjects and images in order to get attention; painter Jenny Saville; the new Met Opera performance of 'Death of Klinghoffer,' etc. My answer to her was that sometimes the most powerful, touching and courageous art demonstrates restraint; is not at all bombastic. She replied, "Honey, I wish you would post that." I said OK.
Here are representations of fall colors expressed in two ways. They are photos I took of four Canada Geese landing in a pond at dusk. And an ancient dance in a very poor West African town. Simple statements. With actual and implied references to landscape. Nothing about butchery or killing diseases. No politics, no hatred.
As I'm typing this I just received an e-mail from a friend in London: "...yes, the world is going mad……… p.s. the art world runs on greed."
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| Canada geese landing in water; bold horizontal landscape elements. Sharon, CT, 21 October 2014. |
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| A Bundu ceremonial dance in Kenema, Sierra Leone, 1974. Painting on paper with photo, 19" x 13", 2014 |
Additional Paintings on Paper
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| 'Brown and Gold Summer Field' |
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| 'St. John's, Hong Kong' |
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| 'Vermont Landscape' |
