Deindustrialization - Surreal Landscape Painting cat but dark doesn't mean no

but dark doesn't mean no one is up and about

which I feel is one of the sustaining things of our lives

This tree has stood up to everything that it has experienced over the years and remains straight and tall

Breaking through to higher realms--how do you know when you are really ascending and when you are just kidding yourself

I knew as soon as I looked at the central black shape in this painting that it would have to do with the Underworld

Deindustrialization - Surreal Landscape Painting cat but dark doesn't mean noWhen things break down, other things step in. That's what this painting is about. For me, having seen a lot of abandoned industrial sites, one of the things that seems important powerful, in a quiet way is how nature reclaims these areas, whether they are old factories or burial sites of toxic wastes. The plants move in and take over, and by extension, I think the animals and people move in and begin the process of healing. This is something that