mexico

I was painting in San Miguel Allende in mid 80's,
then for 2 years lived in San Cristobal de las Casas.
People in Chiapas averse to photography, as you would be,
when lots of tourists around; this lady knew I thought
her very beautiful. The constant excited colour
had a big influence in my works.
Dear friends live there, I want to go again..

usa

Several times I've stayed for some months in various
parts of the USA, &, way back, did a long trip all over, by bus.
These shots are New Mexico, Arizona & Colorado.
Such splendid landscapes in the southwest.

china

About 1982 I went to China, from Hong Kong:
to Guilin, Chungking
& then down the Yangtze to Shanghai.
Travelling alone was a challenge. It was always hazy,
very hot & very crowded. Loved the river.
Photos of Shanghai, now, look impossibly different.

sky lights

I've done a number of giclee limited edition prints,
(as well as images involving chandeliers, which appear in
A Recipe for Dreaming - Penguin '07)
Here is a very marvellous chandelier.

old & new

I wanted a certain sized picture for an old frame, to
go in the bathroom: that's it above: "I dreamed I could fly".
~ Love how fast that can happen on a computer ~
Middle image is the hexagram Peace, from my book,
"Images from the I Ching". (Ann Williams, Craftsman Press,
it may be available secondhand)
& the Rajasthani group is a gouache from early 80's.

from the past..

Since I've not been feltmaking lately, I'm posting some
archival stuff.
'Ages ago'= this was probably made
before you were born ~ certainly before computers.
I lived & painted for years in Dalhousie, India;
the mandala is hand-lettered with the 108 centreing exercises
from Zen Flesh Zen Bones.

I did a series of paintings on Chuang Tsu's famous butterfly dream,
(& also a book on the I Ching, 64 images of the hexagrams),
then a series about the kind of dreams typically found in certain
homeopathic remedies ~ this one was for Nux Vomica.

I don't know if I can get them to stay in the order I want.. no, well,
don't plan to use the afternoon working it out, let's just say this is
a small sample from many years, there's more in the posts
about our book Burning Questions
The image at top is 1/3 of a 5 metre long painting
for an educational facility, "endangered species".
Then there's the dream remedy, followed by one of the small
gouache on paper, of stones found at beach,
& one of the large acrylic on canvas paintings : "Beach"
The night-face mountain is gouache on paper.I'd still like to paint, yet it's not happening that way,
have mainly been using a computer for last 7 or 8 years.

inheritance

Last year I was walking at the beach most days,
often with my camera.
Somehow that has linked to thoughts of family, & what we inherit
from further back than' living memory'. I wrote out some thoughts,
added other photos from my travels. Sorry it's hard to read,
I didn't want to make it any bigger, but click to enlarge.