Paintings 1

 
Introduction Painting is my secret vice. It happens down the basement when nobody’s looking. And here, from my collection, is a series of my painted visions. The early shapes are very traditional. Later paintings are slightly different. Here, my clocks are space ships bearing conceits and illusion from another world to this one. They flow over waterfalls, bending time and folding space as they tumble into the planetary depths of our washing-machine world. What do we need to make this happen? Love, determination, enough money to buy paper, brushes, and paints, and an unsnubbability that allows us to say: “Paint on! And fill that space. (to be continued ... )