Picture Dictionary

In the beginning was the word. Funny that, because when I was young the words were chaos and the pictures were the word.

Some of my favourite things are picture dictionaries. They present single words, a description of each word using other words and a picture for each word. These three elements; word, description and image change over time. New and altered entries are required as new ideas, objects and deeds arise. I join in, adding new entries by painting.

The three elements describing the one thing in the picture dictionary, is something I try to replicate in painting. Where the medium (or how the paint got there) is tied to what the painting represents (other than itself) and that both are reflected in the title. That for me is the art, not the painting.