20 January 2023
Witches of Macbeth
I made these three gloomy-looking things the other night which are obviously quite particular. Generally, I no longer go out under such skies any more because I’ve done way too many dark pictures in my life. These days I’m looking for light, so whenever I do find myself under an overcast sky, I’ll muster it up and pry out as much of it as I can.
Actually, I used to relish such weather when I was younger and when I had an abundance of gloomy dark time in my life. But lately has come a strong desire for light, not darkness, which after all, will show up one day at my front door when I least expect it.
But anyway, here are three gloomy witches that paid me a visit the the other evening on the deserted beach. What can I say about them, I’m not sure, because the last two are so unlike anything I done before in this series. It wouldn’t be hard for me to imagine them as my own Three Witches in Macbeth.
They are presented in the order they were painted. But seeing so much lugubrious strife together is almost re-assuring somehow. It means that I still have a taste for dark and the strange, despite my new preference for bright and colourful images.
What I do like in these paintings is that I’m still obliged to front up to whatever strange surprise comes up during a session like I have neither choice nor mood in this matter.
I hope I’ll do the same for the Grim Reaper when he (or she) turns up. Though frankly, I really envision a kind of young grey witch with flowers in her hair, svelte, and with a soft crooked smile on her face.
Evening Prayer Brunswick Heads, 16 January, 2023, oil on canvas board, 30 X 25 cm
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