Satan and his minions

Abstract painting. Acrylic on canvas. 44x44cm. Completed 24th January 2010.

As an abstract painter I can tackle what is very much current history. This work is of Satan and his cohorts who are a planning a war. They plot to kill in the name of the almighty Satan. If you believe in god then you also believe in his nemesis and to an atheist who doesn’t believe in either I can take these symbols to explain the very powerful moral beliefs I have with as much passion as I can muster to a believer. Whether you are a Christian, Hindu or Muslim – the idea of Satan (and his evil servants) is as powerful as an icon as there is. And I have used it in an completely abstract painting to communicate the horror of the violence that lurks in these men’s minds.

There names are many and they often lurk in positions of high authority. In this case three people are quite clearly eviden- George Walker Bush, Richard Bruce “Dick” Cheney, and Donald Henry Rumsfeld. The decisions they made have lead to the deaths of over two hundred thousand humans. There’s no difference between them and Satan. Abstract painting like this allows a ultra conceptual artwork to be made. It also allows me to upset a great number of people.

Noam Chomsky

Chromacolour acrylic on MDF board 36x33cm. Completed 13th October 2011. Private collection.

When I was a young man I came across an English punk band called Crass. I bought an album (Christ – the album) which came with an anarchist booklet titled ‘A series of shock slogans and mindless token tantrums‘- and I soon started to realise that the world was not as it had seemed. No longer did I think that everybody enjoyed the realtively safe and comfortable environment I existed in. There were actually an enormous number of people who weren’t getting a fair go. I started to read more about the world and a name kept coming up as a great author on many subjects. That writer is Noam Chomsky. He is an outspoken critic of war and captalism, one of the few people, for the love of humanity, raise their voice and speak out stridently, always calling out for justice and equality. He is also a harsh critic of elitism, which rings a loud crystal clear bell with this artist.