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Detail of Sky Shutter Townscape 16 2004 Acrylic on wood 50cm x 50cm (20in x 20in) ● sold Venterol, France Back to Archive │Back to Sky Shutter The Townscapes series, by incorporating the elements of time and movement, illustrates the beauty and charm of the ordinary street scenes of the hill towns and villages that surround my studio. These kinetic images give the viewer a sense of "place". They are designed to change character as you view them from different distances. Real or at least quasi real from a distance to total abstractions on closer inspection. Light and the absence of light are major components in the success of these paintings. My paintings have varied between trying to be all heart to all mind with a little bit of heart always there. At the heart end, it is all about emotion, gesture, and attitude with the mind trying to throw in some tools to make it work. My current work of layered abstractions of reality with a clock is as close as I get to all mind and meaning. It is a strong conceptual approach.
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