Title: Green Man: Portrait of Ralph Vaughn Williams
Material: Oil on canvas
Size: 28×28
Year: 2016
I don’t know whether I like it, but it is what I meant. – Ralph Vaughn Williams
I was introduced to Ralph Vaughn Williams as I was walking through a meadow in Wales one day drear, when I felt his music seeping from the ground like spring water and entering my half-blind and legless body. I recalled RVW’s “Greensleeves Fantasy” and I made the connection. So here is portrayed Mother Nature’s Son, straight from England’s lush Arcadian tradition. He is the Green Man. I am the Green Man. Goo googa joob!