This gouache painting was something I did quite a few years ago when i first met my partner. I stole from his Ex- the nickname he had given to my partner, "bear", and started calling him it myself. Anyone who has met him will realise how appropriate the name is and I wanted to give him a gift that meant something. Around that time, he was encouraging me to paint a series of paintings of the 'Stations of the Cross' for my local church. The style i was experimenting with was greatly influenced by the Fauvist, Franz Marc, and also Wassily Kandinsky. I absolutely love colour and played around with a rainbow palette and black illustrative lines. The resultant image is perhaps a bit children's bookish, but I still get nostalgic when i look at it and remember being in the first flush of romance. The Stations of the Cross pictures are, rather amazingly, still in situ at my old church, St Clare's in Warren Park, Havant, Hampshire. Images in the series include a crucifixion picture of a dove nailed to a tree surrounded by a wild dogs, a weeping crocodile representing the women of Jerusalem and a representation of Christ as an elephant, carrying not only his cross with strength and pride, but also his people on top. As you will have guessed, I am also intrigued by symbolist art.
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