Just a quick blog post:
I wrapped up another painting in this series (Hic Sunt Leones) and I’m expanding in the scale of these works, along with starting some works on paper. I hope it will speed up the process a bit, make things less precious and provide a spring board for working out some new ideas (and perhaps keep costs down a little- damn the cost of wood!).
In this unnamed work on canvas I’m exploring some of the same themes in this series (basic elements of earth, water, mountains, sky, etc.); the sublime of natural world; and the sheer awe of observational wonder. I still consider this body to be observational, even though I’ve deviated far from the knowable “rational” world. And luminosity and light are very key. It makes me think of the (supposed) dying words uttered from James Mallord William Turner’s lips: “The sun is god!”.
In the second image you can also see some sketches on the wall of my son and wife. There are drawers full of these in the studio….
