This work was done a year or so after I quit art school.
Spending a couple of years being forced to paint subjects I had no
interest in had nearly destroyed the simple joy of artistic creation
for me. After several months of feeling pent-up, I realized that I
once had actually relaxed by painting, and I decided to try tackling
a subject just for fun. In my early years, I had often tackled science
fiction themes (example: Karn Evil 9
(First Impression)), so I returned to some imagined land and
populated it with the explorers I wished I could be. Some of the
imagery came from the Yes song "South Side of the Sky:"
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a river a mountain to be crossed the sunshine in mountains sometimes lost around the south side so cold that we cried were we ever colder on that day a million miles away it seemed from all of eternity... ...the sunshine in mountains sometimes lost the river can disregard the cost and melt in the sky warmth when you die were we ever warmer on that day a million miles away we seemed from all of eternity. Lyrics by Jon Anderson & Chris Squire © 1972 Cotillion Music, Inc. |
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