18″ x 24″ Pen, brush w India & “Rotring” inks on linen paper
an illustration for an Opera we worked on in 1993, it is an unfinished and tragic tale.
The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.
Alberto Giacometti
4′ x 5′ ink, charcoal and acrylic on canvas 1995
The previous artwork was all created before 1995. “Otto” was the last painting from those years. There was a beautiful exhibit that year. I then felt it was time to concentrate on my “Scenic artist” endeavors, lucky timing.
For years I have kept some of this artwork more private for a number of reasons, and feel in response to the ever growing drumbeat of the anti openness and anti gay movement, that has changed.
By nature I tend to keep a low profile, events of late have made it clear those days are gone. Now I think it maybe necessary to pronounce my feelings.
E.G.Roxburgh