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Title artwork
"DEMISSION", 1997. (oil on canvas ,85cmHx76cmW)
"The
above image came to me a few years ago in relation to
what I see as the rudderless experience of many young
males. The essential negativity of these feelings became
the positive catalyst for the series.
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Approaching life's
final productive years, and looking back over my
long life, I sense how the social philosophy of
this world has changed. It is very different from
what I experienced in the 1930s and 1940s when I
was a boy.
I have
noticed the decline of the 'masculine' male of
the past. Young males now find themselves without
strong guidance and masculine mentor-ship. Their
natural energy is being dissipated in a world
where role and future, as men, is undefined,
nebulous and unchartered.
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Their
intense energy is not channelled in a way that provides
them with the essential sense of achievement and purpose
they require. Thus they are weakened and become lessened
in their own self-image through drug use, crime and
destruction of self and others. (Click on DISSONANCY )
I see this
clearly and I am deeply disturbed by this loss of
potential, this loss of our future.
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As
an artist my language is image and colour. Through this
medium I seek to show alternatives for young males,
possibilities for the succinct focusing of their
remarkable energies. Thus "Why the Boys Are"
emerges.
In my own time
as a young male there were masculine guides and signposts
which enabled me to achieve an enriched, empowered life.
My hope is that today's young males, so essential to this
world, will find such guides for the years ahead, long
after I have moved beyond this world."
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series is now complete and available to whoever
private or public organisation with a concern for
the development of young males of today and have
an initiative to assist in providing better
relations for these young lives , as most
valuable members of society . For
any enquiries E-MAIL
me.
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