The Deserters

This is from a forthcoming exhibition , mentioned before in this journal - The Deserters .

Worker

This study is from several years ago . I attempted to reflect the strain of the industrial worker , in a realm that frequently denied him emotions. At the time , a large portion of the population in the section of town where I had just moved , toiled and made their livings in the furnaces , factories , and docklands . It was a river many thought would never run dry .

Open Sky

The morning spent on time - draining technical matters , I was pushing to return to some panels and canvas paper that has beckoned for several days . A quiet house , steady rain , the hint of autumn , and the arrival of new ideas combine for more than enough inspiration to get cracking . , . This sketch is for a painting in a series I have provisionally titled "The Deserters " . They are sojourners . Perhaps castaways , rejected yet seeking and searching . Some have taken a solitary path and others conspire . . .

Cleaning House

A few years ago I had my room burgled in Glasgow . I had two large sketch books taken , along with my passport . I suppose the thief had no interest beyond the sketchbooks , since he left this acrylic study behind .

September again . . .

stepping lightly into this realm . . . for the time being , a format for posting completed and unfolding work and ideas . . .