Blue Lotus

Oil and ink on paper mounted on board and framed.

A mysterious and mystical plant revered and feared through the ages.

Preserver of life in the form of boats, and vessel for which to take the body to the next life, as casket back into the soil.

Another in the Harvest series recalling memories of nature, the inevitable cycle of growth and death, and endless toil on the land.

Large scale oil and ink painting.

One of the earliest paintings in the exhibition, in the formative stages of development of the half-man half-reptile creature which occurs and is refined later on.

The deceased figure’s physical being is going back to the earth. But will her spirit make it into heaven or be banished to the other world? And in any case, don’t they have more fun down there than those of us who live above ground?