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Art has no other purpose than to brush aside… the conventional and accepted generalities, in short everything that veils reality from us, in order to bring us face to face with reality itself.
–Henri Bergson
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This is another new painting, 16″ by 20″ on canvas, that is part of the group of work going with me to Alexandria on Saturday for my Gallery Talk (begins at 1 PM!) at the Principle Gallery. I call it The Moon’s Revelation and I have spent a lot of time over the past few weeks looking at it, both taking pleasure in it and questioning what I was seeing in it.
What purpose, if any, does it hold?
The question of purpose is a big theme for me lately. My own purpose and that of my work. The purpose of truth. Of institutions and laws. I can’t say if I have found answers any of these questions. But I still believe that there are clues leading to my own purpose somewhere in this piece and others.
They just have to be revealed, in the way the moon brings the colors of the fields to light in this painting.
Time , as always, shall be the revelator.
Redtree Times 
It occurs to me that truth, like beauty, doesn’t have a ‘purpose.’ It simply is. That aside, I’m completely taken with the the side of the house that’s shimmering there in the moonlight. It’s the first time I remember seeing iridescence in one of your paintings; it looks like mother-of-pearl.
I think this photo effectively captures the effect of the textures of this painting which I believe gives you that sense of iridescence. That doesn’t always take place with my photos which is why I generally say that the work almost always looks better in person. As for truth, I think I should have said truth as it pertains to our society, how we as a group view truth. But I agree that actual truth simply is.
It’s absolutely true that paintings look better when viewed in person — even that finger-painted tree that’s hanging on my refrigerator just now!