The Often Invisible Obvious Painting

from: ‘The Headless Way’ Series This piece started after a relatively brief bout of anxiety and depression last year (“deer in the headlights”). As I moved through it, it became more of a meditation on our true nature of open awareness. Was also invigorated by a renewed interest in the Irish English painter Francis Bacon, and his use of chance and accident to create compelling imagery. - - - Much of my inspiration for imagery comes from life - in this one, the human with deer horns came from the original (and best) version of the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, where a reporter about to interview Augustus Gloop is standing in front of antlers on a wall. The white circle is a motif taken from a book I was reading at the time (Karl Ove Knausguard’s “My Struggle”), in which he describes his intense anxiety as “being pinned in a spotlight at all times." Signed: Yes - initials on front and full signature on back Hanging hardware attached: Yes Framed: No Certificate of Authenticity (COA) provided: Yes