Jump in The Crowd
Jump The music beats, your body swings, your heart begins to thump to the rhythm. You are now part of the way of dancing bodies. Undistinguished from the rest in a group that leaps up and down. Not all up,…
Chris
I am a middle-aged painter, presently live in Toronto, Canada. Have come back to painting after many years away, so have little to show professionally. My work featured in blogs, online magazines and galleries.
Blouse No Blood Cockfight
Cockfight Spectators of the bloody standing by the side, sitting well protected from the blood on white blouse. The splatter of blood is far enough away, you are separated from the event. Emotions now insensitive and appropriately separate from the…
Blue Horse for Kandinsky
Blue Horse This is painting result after seeing modern masterpieces at the AGO on loan from the Guggenheim, Collection 1910-1918. The most striking was The Blue Rider by Wassily Kandinsky. After seeing this painting of the following results can…
The Couple Head Resting
Couple Party is in full swing. Time for a rest to recoup, reconnect before reentering. The festivities rekindled the desire between you two. Recognizing that this time spent quietly together is as valuable as with a group. A moment for…
Painted Toes Conversation
Painted Toes The smell of being a woman, not quite as intoxicating as the cleaner. Still, the combination of the lingering odour with the new clean polish. Brings a triumphant joy to one’s heart. No one will be able to…
Francis Bacon Painter
Francis Bacon First saw their work in the Guggenheim. Remember one painting, it was a painting of a Sides of Beef, midway up the ramp. Its impression of colour made me feel cold. It still remained of that dray pink…
Leapfrog Over the Next
Leapfrog One assumes lily pads, the other jumps like a frog. Then becoming the lily pad themselves. Across great distances they will cross, one resting, now jumping. Till finally all fall to the ground laughing. At the absurdity of it…
Stand by Your Man
The Townley Diskobolos Produced by Marilyn Monroe Roman 460BC-420BC, Featuring Marilyn Monroe hugging it. Stand by Your Man This old but still prominent concept supports the one you love. Not an equal event in this. It is the woman’s…
Shhh Finger to Lips
Lips They will kiss your face, kiss, and mouth. Speak to you lovingly, tell you it’s their most tender secret. Show their anger not from their color red, but from the words they speak. With one finger against them,…
Hidden Peek A Bo
Peek A Bo Hard to imagine a reality in which things can vanish as soon as they are outside our visual world. The maintenance of consistency seems to hold us to what we know. The sense of permanence has become a…