Magic Carpet

2025

91cm x 61cm

oil on canvas

The child's eye and hand are completely in flow as he guides the train along the track.

The picture is part lie, the child did not build the track it was ordered by a more developed mind that wanted to fill every inch of that carpet, right to the perimeter of purchased land.

No wastage here, full developmental rights to be exploited. 

The building of the train tracks on the swirling carpet is a metaphor for man’s continuous construction across areas intended for flooding. The swirling pattern of the carpet is painted freely, the tracks are hard work, they had to be constructed in paint. 

There is very little but wonder and hunger between a 3 year old’s eye and hand. He continuously has experiences, immediate and felt, and this is no doubt one of them. The carpet has become a flying carpet and is soaring above the city below.