“Welcome to Puppet Town”, Oil on Canvas 36X48 inches

We live in the anthesis of interesting times, we live in strange times.  It’s hard to say who is in control, who exactly is pulling the strings if anyone.  Hence my latest painting “Welcome to Puppet Town”.

The backdrop is again Belfast city centre, with Tesco Metro, a multinational and the rich and private Reform Club living comfortably, cheek by jowl.  A cast of characters passes by, from faceless men to ladies that lunch, controlling their own puppets.  A great hand descends from above, the hand of the Grand Puppet Master, and a helpless puppet dances to the rhythm of life.

“In Our Street”, oil on canvas 36X48 inches

This second painting “In Our Street” plays with concepts of reality.  It shows some houses which exist on the Antrim Road, Belfast at Chichester and a very beautiful table.  The table also exists and normally lives inside one of the houses, however in a parallel universe who knows.

Both paintings will be exhibited at the Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition in the Ulster Museum, Stranmillis from October 2019.