Greasy Rhys comes alive!

‘It would be vain to try to put into words that immeasurable sense of bliss which comes over me directly when a new idea awakens in me and begins to assume a definite form. I forget everything and behave like a madman.’

– Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky

Artists are often asked where their ideas come from. How the creative process works is difficult to describe verbally. So here is an illustration of the stream of consciousness that originated Greasy Rhys, who features on the invitation (image above) to my forthcoming exhibition Strokin’.

Let the show begin…

Silver Gull aka Seagull

Eastern Beach, Geelong

Hot chips

Sailor smoking

Norman 'Sailor Jerry' Collins (1911-1973)

Sailor Jerry tattoo flash

Tattooed sailor

Rona Green, Greasy Rhys, 2008, linocut, ink & watercolour, 38 x 28 cm, edition 13

Rona Green, Greasy Rhys, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 112 x 91.5 cm

Fin!