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Monday, April 2, 2012

Muddying the Waters

This is a series of 8 paintings that I intend on extending to 16 or more. The series is entitled "Byzantium"; it's ironically (?) based on the poetry of W B Yeats. The overarching theme is the confrontation between a search for ideal form and the realty of the human condition. It's a debate that rarely ends in anything but skepticism and nihilism. Doubt is our dilemma and our destiny yet we live in a world that relishes aggressive certainty.... The muddying has to do with the range of styles that are incorporated; at least that's how I believe many will view it.


Mark Warren "Yeats" 24" X 30" oil on linen


Mark Warren "Science" 24" X 30" oil on linen

Mark Warren "13 Attributes"24" X 30" oil on linen
Mark Warren "Toward a Portrait of Primo Levi" 24" X 30" oil on linen
Mark Warren "Gyre" 24" X 30" oil on linen
Mark Warren "Heart of the Sea" 24" X 30" oil on linen
Mark Warren "Icarus (for John Walker" 24" X 30" oil on linen
Mark Warren "Susanna" 24" X 30" oil on linen