I will work from the photograph which appeared in the Duncan Falls paper. It shows me standing by myself in the middle of the cavernous space where my work will be exhibited. It is not the best picture of me but I am accustomed to tearing photos from newspapers and tacking them beside the canvas while I work. The paintings are of course not copies of the photos. The photos are a kind of reference point to which I return when the figures on the canvas get out of hand -- by which I mean when they are overwhelmed by the seductive layers of paint, and I need to remind myself what the painting is about.

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