Lucius Painting

Photo slightly darker than painting. This last year, has been horrific year for violence yet there is still so much beauty in this world. With this series the layers of red and gold build up the emotion of hope. I traveled a lot this year, mainly in Europe. I love how very little is new in Europe, and even the new does not spend a lot of time being new. Dense texture is everywhere. More veils and big black clothing filled in the voids of the crowds under the oppressive summer heat than the last time that I was there. Yet, humanity always comes back like the flowers of spring. Flowers are an expression of femininity in our culture and the flowers in this series are an inherent degradation of how feminism has eroded this last year. Women can’t and should not live under black shrouds. Right now, glitter works for me.