Point
acrylics on canvas
53 x 26 inches
2004 circus series

Circus acrobats served as subjects in these paintings. The tension and precarious balance of their acts underlies the illusive ease with which they perform.

An element of risk seems to run undeneath the surface of many of my images. Even the journalling in the lower sections of the Riley painting is from my own journal during earlier adventurous and often risky years. That element of tension seems to just slide itself into my work sometimes.