In Griffone, (48"x96" mixed media on canvas,2013) several suggestions are made in terms of which direction the viewer may take in analyzing the piece.  The viewer's conclusions will largely depend on which
direction the viewer is coming from in terms of his/her own "head space".  It can be interpreted as autumn colour under a fresh blanket of early snow.  It can be seen as a chaos with hints of underlying order, or maybe as torn wire systems in some kind of fire resistant white insulation.  It can be seen as any number of things.  It has to be seen to be believed.
   What about the title?  Griffone?? Well, that changes everything, doesn't it ? It is, in English, Gryphon, or Griffin.  By giving it a title, you may believe that I'm allowing you to jump my train.  That's fine. Go ahead.  Maybe I just felt like calling it Griffone.  What if it is just a random, cool title?  The obvious influences are there:  Pollock, Riopelle, Les Automatistes......but it's all of those and something else.
 Your Reaction:  Can't put my finger on it.  Maybe it's in the texture!  Maybe there's a deep, personal significance in the term Gryphon, after all, it is a mythological creature with the head of an eagle and body of a lion-but where's the drawing or picture-I can't make it out-it's not familiar- I can't see it...I can't see it...I don't see it... I won't see it.
I can tell you what it is for sure: a painting.  See it at Art Toronto, 2013, Hazelton Galleries.