RADICAL CONTINUANCE

This is how the painting currently looks, albeit in the yellow glow of my studio electrical light. Remaining from the original are the two figures, now ghostly. The original story is slightly changed but still they are ascending. Perhaps the original story actually remains the same, but I only just realised what I was really saying. Originally it was about a man who died in the throes of morning (and we know what that means with most men !) so that he ascended to heaven whilst being mourned. Hence the then title, "Ascension in the Mourning", a play on words. But now the title has changed, along with my realisation of what it actually refered to. Now the title is "Ascencion to Past Feelings". The dead man, which is a metaphor I now realise for my masculinity, experiences a physical memory on the journey to heaven, itself a metaphor for self examination. For only when we truly know ourselves can we come near to knowing that thing we oft call God.

The image on the right is the same painting but seen using only daylight. Im not sure which is more true to life as it seems no matter what I do my little digital camera produces an image that my eyes do not agree with ! Anyway, you can compare the two and decide just where the truth lies. Which leads us to yet another philosophical question.

Please feel free to comment on this work as Im not sure if its finished or not at the moment. I may exhibit this in House to Home furniture store (BELGRAVE GATE, LEICESTER, UK) for its one evening art event on July 24, starting around 6pm I think. Please do come along. There will be others from DMU exhibiting there Im sure as Prakash (the Director) already has works on his walls from Melissa Theobold, Laura Corrance and Bev (sorry, forgot her last name). I will definately show my black and whites, "ONCE UPON A TIME" and "WE SHALL GO TO THE MARKET TODAY" and also "AUTUMN ABSTRACT No1"