Picking up the brush again
I have started painting again, after several months of inaction and the truly awful loss of my dear stepson and painting collaborator, Dan. I keep looking at what I'm doing through his eyes; not easy, as those of you who paint know, there is no substitute for a constructive critic with a good eye and good taste. I'm working on a series inspired by reading Norman Davies' book Vanished Kingdoms , which has a lot of metaphorical resonance as well as historical interest. The idea of every-shifting boundaries, the shifting of power and hegemony and styles through the ages, really puts the minutiae of every day life in context. I go between more traditional interpretations of Chinese landscapes and fanciful constrctions.