Three figure studies made in June 2007.
Abstract Landscape No1........a traditional rural landscape acts as a safe wonderland for children to play, run, climb, sing, build, fish, cycle, etc.......a celebration of freedom.
A much busier, bigger (7x8feet oil on canvas) playground....this time for grown-ups.
This felt like a major breakthrough at the time back in July2007 (7x8feet oil on canvas) ,but my preoccupation with the rural setting and enthusiasm for landscape painting since arriving in the United States has more or less put this approach on hold.
Having said that I am going into the studio now to try and link these two approaches together......

Abstract Landscape No2........Surrealism and Storytelling.