He believes that to live is to evolve. His work has always changed. He does not like to repeat. When he found his own voice he was in his early 30s. The first 15 years of his life as an artist he searched for it. When it started to sing it was coupled with termoil. The images reflected such.
The End 36" x 48" acrylic on canvas 1974
Today he sees change coming; In 2006 these collages appeared in the midst of his realist period.
Skulls #1 30" x 22" collage on paper 2006
Skulls #4 22" x 30" collage on paper 2006
He made 5. For Skulls #1 he used an old reproduction of Michaelanglo's Last Judgement from the rear wall of the Sistine chapel in the Vatican City, Rome, Italy.
For Skulls #4 he used his discarded watercolors. It would be another year for it to take effect.
Skull Composition #1 24" x 30" acrylic on canvas 2007
WOW in uppercase. In the Tarot Cards the XIII Major Arcana means transformation and it is represented by a marching skeleton. Change on the go. The Danse Macabre in the Middle Ages pointed to the link between life and death. To have either one, the other must exist and be embraced.
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