Revelation 4-5

My cubist phase was rather short-lived, consisting of only one painting, shown below. It is a rendering of the backyard of the house I grew up in, three blocks from MGM Studios (now Sony). You may be able to distinguish features such as clothesline poles, garage windows, garbage can and pet cat. However, there is no central point of interest--an apt description of my life at the time.

Backyard (1959) (9" x 12")

oil on canvas board

A more recent composition is somewhat similar in its haphazard arrangement of subjects, but this one definitely has a center point.

Around the Throne (2010)

collage on canvas

The scene is the heavenly throne room described in Revelation 4-5, and the composition was inspired by Paul Klee's "Around the Fish," another painting utilizing religious symbolism.