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painting / The Piper’s Return 2018-19

THE PIPER'S RETURN was a solo show in July 2019 of paintings, drawings and etchings at Pictorem Gallery London, stimulated by the medieval legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Themes: charisma, populism, predators, demagogues, Nazis, hysteria, abuse of power. The Nazis used Hamelin prison to torture and kill people. After the war, the British hanged 202 war criminals there. The bodies of the SS's victims were dug up for reburial. It's a hotel now, with extensive gardens for the guests.

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  • HYSTERIA etching on zinc

  • THE FIRST PIPER 3 ft X 4ft oil on canvas

  • PREDATOR etching on aluminium

  • THE PIPER'S RETURN 3ft x 4ft oil on canvas

  • MOTHER AND CHILD etching on zinc

  • GHOSTS IN TOWN 3ft x 4ft oil on canvas

  • THE PIPER'S LEGACY etching on copper

  • THE FIFTH HORSEMAN 4ft x 3ft oil on canvas

  • PIPER 29 x 22 ins mixed media on paper

  • THE RATS' NEST (aka THE REBIRTH OF FASCISM) 4ft x 3ft oil and marble dust on canvas

  • CALL TO ARMS 3 ft x 4ft lhs of dyptich acrylic on canvas

  • CALL TO ARMS 3ft x 4ft rhs of diptych acrylic on canvas

  • HISTORY OF HAMELIN 29 x 22 ins mixed media inc collage on paper

  • CALL TO ARMS dyptich 3ft x 8ft in at Pictorem

  • THE FIRST PIPER at Pictorem