I am yellow

girl on a beach

there is nothing like a young girl smiling. This is one of a series I did on painting styles. This is from the school of sloothing.

by David Halliday

Wilfred Satty

Satty was part of the California art scene in the 1970s. You can see it in his work. It both reflects that time and seems a prisoner of it.

five years after the fire

and i still remembered  her perfume

by David Halliday

Nigel Tomm

When I was about 13, a friend and I found a shopping bag filled with magazines of naked women. As you can imagine this was Valhalla for teenage boys. But all the magazines had been soaked in weeks of rain. As we opened the magazines, the pages peeled off like skin. The ink from one page ran off onto the picture on the opposite page. Very bizarre pictures were created. This is what crossed my mind when I ran across Nigel Tomm’s work. And it completely blew me away. The images are crumpled, almost disposable. And they are very powerful.

Edith and her right foot…

are missing

by David Halliday

Henry Darger

Most of his work looks like book illustrations from the 30s and 40s. His work has that ‘naive’ appeal. His colours looks faded and I’m not sure if that is by design or age. An odd man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbyc3aaw8ps

dancing in the sand

A lot of classical paintings look like they were painted to rock’n’roll.

by David Halliday

barbara bezina

The combination of photography, collage, painting, make for some pretty exciting images. Lots to look at. barbara bezina

Christ is crucified in Blenheim, Ontario

It happens everyday. In every town. To everyone.

by David Halliday