Saints Jerome and Sebastian

These two small paintings are related to a collaborative project with another artist. More on that later.

Above: Saint Jerome, 2013, acrylic on board, 12" x 9".

Above: Saint Sebastian, 2013, acrylic on board, 12" x 9".

UDHR Article 5 on Human Rights book cover

I just received the final layout today from author Silvia Scarpa in Rome (thanks to Universitalia for the wonderful layout) for her new book, An Introduction to International Human Rights Standards for Law Enforcement Authorities, which features my 1991 painting of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) Article 5 on the cover. You can see my UDHR art series here.

The book can be purchased here.

Above: front cover & spine.

Above: front & back cover.

The Most Terrifying Angel of All

A reference to Rilke's Duino Elegy I. I might make a larger version of this...

The Most Terrifying Angel of All, 2013, acrylic on board, 12" x 9".

Sappho and Waiting for El Greco

These are 2 new small monochrome paintings on cardboard. It's been a while since I did some serious work, & it's a new year, so...

Sappho, 2013, acrylic on cardboard, 13" x 11".

Waiting for El Greco, 2013, acrylic on cardboard, 13" x 11".

Heads of Birds

A small sketch by my 11-year-old son, whom I expect someday soon will surpass me in the drawing department...

Heads of Birds, by James Ayton 2012.

Shadow Bay in Chronogram

Here is a photo of Donald Rothschild & myself (halfway up on right w/ red & black scarf) surrounded by other local self-published authors from the latest issue of Chronogram, the Hudson Valley arts & culture magazine. We are the ones holding up our copies of Shadow Bay, our noir visual crime novel. For a full listing of the authors & the article ("Brave New Books"), please visit the Chronogram page.

Photo by Roy Gumpel / Chronogram magazine

Poster found on the web (Ascension)

I found this on a web page...seems to be from Russia/the Ukraine (?) but I have no idea. It does work rather well...the drawing is my "Ascension" piece from 1991...nice that people are finding uses for my work, though it would be nicer to be told...

Small Sketch of a Furtive Man

From the same Finn Crisp box as the one in the posting below:

Small Sketch of a Furtive Man, 2012, ink on card, 5.25" x 3.5" approx.

Fragment of a Figure

Small fragment of card (from a Finn Crisp box) with a drawing of a figure, done with a Pilot drawing pen, mostly...

Fragment of a Figure, 2012, pencil & ink on card, 5" x 5" approx.

Head from a new sketchbook

I broke open a brand new sketchbook tonight. This is the first page:

Head from a sketchbook, 2012, Pitt artist pen on paper, 7" x 7".

UDHR Article 5

I just had a new photo taken of this painting for a book cover to be published in Italy:

UDHR Article 5, 1991, acrylic on card. I'll put info & a link to the book as & when I have that. December 10th is Human Rights Day, by the way.

Wire In The Blood

Back in 2007, my "Oedipus" drawing was licensed by an ITV (British TV network) drama series, Wire In The Blood, to appear behind the main character (a psychology lecturer who helps the police solve crimes, as far as I can tell)...at the time I was unable to get to a very clear version of the show, so I couldn't see my drawing very well, in fact it was barely visible. Tonight, I just happened to stumble upon the show on Netflix, so I got a screen grab that is a little better, but you probably wouldn't realize it was my artwork without me telling you...here is the clearest shot I could get:

It's not very clear, but you can just about make it out (image copyright Coastal Productions, I think). Here is the actual drawing, from 1992:

Oedipus, 1992, brush & ink on paper, 25" x 20". That's showbiz, I guess. Wire in the Blood starred Robson Green, who is apparently a much-loved British actor. The episode in question is "Anything You Can Do" from series 5 in 2007.

So Far Away

Another is a series of small mystical, visionary, figures in a landscape paintings.

So Far Away, 2012, acrylic on board, 12" x 9".

Time Searching the Wasteland for Vestiges of Humanity

This is a new small acrylic painting, that may be part of a series (see the previous posting), although I do want to work on a larger scale again soon...

Time Searching the Wasteland for Vestiges of Humanity, 2012, acrylic on board, 12" x 9".