Narcissa

I am Narcissa. Narcissa gazes at the image in the water, a beautiful image, to her. She is in love with this image, her image.

The alligator lady offers Narcissa love, and flowers. I accept this alligator offering. I am this image. I am Narcissa.

"Heat"

The reality is the image. I am the woman. I am enveloped, immobilized, by heat. Unable to act -- even to think, I rest against dog. Dog pants, distracted and even somewhat relieved from this hot suffering by his desire to minister and to please.

The image is spontaneous, and the form it takes is simply necessary to its existence. The color is something that I feel. This is my reality.

"Gem"

"Fairy Ferry Fairie"

My paintings are an encoded diary. With unconscious symbol and metaphor my interior life comes out. What may seem glib is, to me, deeply personal. The central figure -- the alligator. the dog. the frog -- is me, involved in some intense comic/tragic , and very real event.

I am Fairie. The man pursues someone. A shark is in the water. Alone on the ferry, it is in my power to throw the ring. There is tension, and ambivalence. Will there be salvation?