Saturday, June 6, 2020

AN ARTIST'S RESPONSE ( part 8)


Like most of us, I have been trying to come to terms with this plague 
that we are suffering through.
I try do do it with paint.



STUDIO VISIT

PAINTING IN PROGRESS



TURBULENCE 


Often when we visit Venice it is raining. Not just a little drizzle
but full buckets of water falling onto this floating city. With 
Vaporetti rocking and canals rolling it's difficult to know which
way is up, but it really doesn't matter because it's all such 
a wonderful swirl.


The Swirl


[detail of cloths]


In its Malthusian way sickness moves through the World's 
population. We are social animals and so interconnected that any
pathogen can and will move effortlessly through us.
That is what it does.






[detail of cloths and city]



But we will survive and continue to expand, it's what we do.
This painting has obsessed me for months, sorry for sharing
my obsession, but it's what I do.




Siena Daylilies ( in progress)
James Aponovich
oil on canvas, 30" x 28"




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