People are always telling me that my work is too dark. So I've put up this sunnier story, but even it has a shadow, as its original publisher – a fine Atlantic Canadian literary magazine called the Gaspereau Review – is no longer in business. ---------------- It was a simple enough thing and that thing was simply this: Edmund Kelley was a gentleman. Of course his mom called him her 'little gentleman', as in 'Oh Edmund, you are my perfect little gentleman,' which did seem to hold to a certain logic that these type of things often follow, considering her affection for him and the fact that he was, after all, only ten years old. Still, Edmund himself was not particularly fond of the diminutive aspect of that title. Gentleman was enough; gentleman summed up the whole thing rather nicely, thank you. He was definitely a more refined version of your average child. He lived in a state of perpetual Sunday m
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This person is definately looting hearts. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteCool, love the eyes.Colors are great in all your pieces.
ReplyDeleteanother faboo. this is so prince meets the pirate within. love it.
ReplyDeleteI've just seen some of yourpictures at the co-op gallery.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the string about?
Hello Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteThe string is just a means to arbitrarily divide the picture plane. It makes me paint around something, while at the same time painting the string in. It also adds a unique three-dimensional aspect.
A lot of people see it as a window, which is interesting as well.
Thanks for asking about my work, and please come by again.
Darryl