...And the Patches Make the Goodbyes Harder Still...

Once I dreamed I was a butterfly, and now I no longer know whether I am Chuang Tzu, who dreamed I was a butterfly, or whether I am a butterfly dreaming that I am Chuang Tzu." -Chuang Tzu

"...AND THE PATCHES MAKE THE GOODBYES HARDER STILL" 2005

detail of 20" x 48" diptych

acrylic on canvas

SOLD

private collector, Marinal Del Rey, CA

This was a really neat painting... a large abstract diptych with realistic looking painted denim covered in both painted and real patches... a tribute to my favorite bluejeans from the '60's.

Oh very young

What will you leave us this time

You're only dancing on this earth for a short while

And though your dreams may toss and turn you now

They will vanish away, like your daddy's best jeans

Denim blue, fading up to the sky

And though you want them to last forever

You know they never will

You know they never will

And the patches make the goodbye harder still-

CAT STEVENS