Coming to the painting of the household bins. Who paints bins? Well, I did. I painted them one year when the bins were overly prominent in island life. Because for some reason, they were just not being collected……All grand now, happily.

And what’s that one of the boat approaching an island? I expect it has a cargo of tourists. I was imaging the idea of balance and wondering will this be the one that tips the island over into the sea? The man dancing – well – its not going to be a prize-winning painting, but it captures a spirit of passionate indifference (and I like how the cups turned out).

I have also included an image that is more of a sketch than a developed painting – of a young woman on an Athens street waiting, presumably to be collected by a lover, a friend, a family. I liked the translucence. It suggested…….. actually, I’ll stop here, as I am tipping over into talking nonsense, an occupational hazard. I just liked the image and found it kindled my mind.

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