An abstract figure drawn on paper, then cut up and scattered about on paper, again and again. This process is the basis for these paintings.
Diversions (1 of 9)
Simple, yellow, pink.
Floating. Around big blue debris.
Daedalian.
Chiseled from stone. Softened by time.
16 in x 20 in, oil on masonite
Diversions (2 of 9)
Hard.
And yet, soft.
Geometrical. Angular.
Animals at play.
16 in x 20 in, oil on masonite
Diversions (3 of 9)
Here they lurk. Some looking at nothing.
Others looking. At one another.
16 in x 20 in, oil on masonite
Diversions (4 of 9)
It was a parade
of sorts. A mask with red lips, blue nose.
Floated above it all.
16 in x 20 in, oil on masonite
Diversions (5 of 9)
They are waiting for something.
To happen.
In the meantime, they drift.
16 in x 20 in, oil on masonite
Diversions (6 of 9)
Like the figures in Matisse's Dance Painting, they circled about.
In empty red space.
16 in x 20 in, oil on masonite
Diversions (7 of 9)
Circus performers. The ringleader. Looks at the performers. And he seems to be missing. Both his legs.
16 in x 20 in, oil on masonite
Diversions (8 of 9)
It can knock anything. Out of its way. Better watch out. It might get you.
16 in x 20 in, oil on masonite
Diversions (9 of 9)
The one with the eye.
And wearing the funny pink hat.
Believe it or not, he is.
The king.
16 in x 20 in, oil on masonite