Gentleness

This gentle 1993 pen and ink drawing washed with water is done in Chloride. Tony must have been in a melancholic mood. He often was. He craved recognition as a great artist - which he is in my mind - yet never got the breakthrough other, sometimes less interesting, artists made. Doug Lyon would come and visit us in Chloride every time we were there and he would bring Jeffrey. It were good and happy times. Doug would also slip Tony some money when it was obvious we were 'impecunious and without funds'. Thanks again.

Nude Moon

To say that Tony was not one who loved the night sky would be wrong. As a kid, I always remember when my father and I would visit Tony and Annmarie in Chloride, we would always stare at the sky's and talk for hours. Somewhere deep down in my heart I sort of feel tony painted pictures by forming his own figures in the sky. I do remember him asking me what shapes I saw in the sky one night, though sadly I don't remember much else that night.
posted by Windsong. Nude Moon is a painting from 1975.