Surface Attraction, 36h x 24w inches, Oil Painting on Linen Canvas. Permanent Collection – National Art Museum of Indonesia.
Treading purposely across the carpet of water lettuce, the egret searches for nourishment. A lilly flower provides an attraction and sense of balance to the scene. The foundation of water is hidden beneath the smothering green of the surface attraction. Surface Attraction is in the collection of The National Art Museum of Indonesia.
Colour has taken hold of me; no longer do I have to chase after it. I know that it has hold of me forever. That is the significance of this blessed moment. Colour and I are one. I am a painter – Paul Klee
Nature never did betray the heart that loved her – William Wordsworth, 1770-1850