1984 California Beach

In 1983 I was making black and white paintings on the Beach and at a Lagoon that emptied out into the Ocean.




I had a studio on the cliffs of the Pacific Ocean.






Painting and Adventure were tied together for me in those days, they still are.

The formal theme of adventure somehow related to the Illiad for me. Painting was some kind of Battle. We talked of holding our paintings on our forearms as Shields.

That was 1983.

Sunflowers on Houston Street 1993

One early Spring morning in 1993, to fight off the melancholy of a changing SoHo.

I planted Sunflowers on Houston Street.

It was Earth Day back then.

2000, Madrid Paintings, Studio

These paintings were named after the small town of Madrid, New Mexico, where they were painted.

I have always liked how there was a Madrid in the US as there is also a Sierra Nevada Mountains in Spain.

There were four or five distinct steps in making these paintings.

I tried to distill everything I'd done to that point in my work.

They were taken to NY and finished in 2003, later taken back to New Mexico, "Madrid,Western Sky #1", traveled again back to NYC, and was shown at Salander and O'Reilly Gallery in September 2004.


See Madrid Paintings Here: http://slideshowgregorybotts.blogspot.com/2007/10/2000-madrid-paintings.html

Extra Slide Show

When ever I deliver a Slide Talk I want to add some of this extra content.

I have not, as it seems to break the continuity of a formal reading. I'll add it here by itself. The link to the formal version is to the right, or here.

http://slideshowgregorybotts.blogspot.com/