Tag: writing
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Wasps and Shadow Puppets
There is a line in the kids movie Shrek whereby Shrek and Donkey are talking about being layered. Shrek maintains he is an onion and Donkey thinks he should describe himself as more like parfait, because everyone likes parfait. I am sure we are all multi layered, I’m just trying to figure out if I’m…
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Caught in the Brambles
Sometimes when I am painting I just get started, then when I feel it has concluded I assign a title. It is very intuitive, but I find that there are similar concepts and imagery that comes forth. In the case of ‘Caught in the Brambles’ I started by painting branches like language, every stroke is…
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Myths and Legends
It is important to define the difference between a myth and a legend. Myths are stories that are made up, legends are stories with some sort of historical truth to them but which cannot be verified. With all my paintings there is a fundamentally interwoven meaning which cannot be completely extracted and expressed verbally. However,…
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