Fortunate Aisles, 2022. 28h

Beyond the corridors of the passage subaquatic lie the Fortunate Isles, the sunlit misty spires of rock that jut from the abyssal floor. Near the top of each pillar the mist clears.

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This one came at a time of transition for my art, when I was trying to paint more natural scenes, more daylight, more human characters, more perspectives. At the same time I was aware that my paintings were taking more and more time to do, and this one was a conscious effort to keep the composition more simple.

Finally, the man in the window was a good friend of mine, and a good Friend in general. Tom Fox, Foxy Tommy. He went to Iraq with the Peace Corps and never came back, and not a week goes by I don't think about him.

The Hylozoist is a long-form digital project I began in February 2020. Each painting tells a story, and each painting tells another story when viewed in context. Also, each painting can be followed to the next painting in the series if you follow the most interesting thing in the scene.

To see more paintings from the project, click here.