THE PAINTINGS ARE NOT PRETTY, NOR ARE THEY MEANT TO BE. THEIR PURPOSE IS TO CONVEY A MESSAGE. I AM TOLD THAT WHILE THEY ARE POWERFUL, THEY ARE AT THE SAME TIME SOME WHAT BIZARRE. I WILL LEAVE THAT TO YOU, THE VIEWER, TO JUDGE. IF WHILE VIEWING THEM YOU FEEL SOMETHING, BE IT GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT, THEN I GUESS THAT I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN WHAT I WAS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
THE ALIENS ARE AWARE OF THE PAINTINGS. I SHOULD MENTION THAT I WAS ABDUCTED AT AGE 12 AND 16 AND GOD KNOWS HOW MANY MORE TIMES. HOWEVER, WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF PAINTING THE SERIES, THEY AGAIN MADE THEIR PRESENCE KNOWN. THIS WAS MANY YEARS LATER. IT WAS ONE EVENING ABOUT 8 PM, WHILE PAINTING THE ALIEN'S FACE IN PAINTING NUMBER TWO, ALL THE LIGHTS MYSTERIOUSLY WENT OUT. AT THAT SAME MOMENT, I WAS PARALYZED AND FOUND THAT I COULD ONLY MOVE MY EYES. I FELT A PRESENCE SOMEWHERE IN THE ROOM BEHIND ME BUT WAS UNABLE TO TURN AND LOOK, I HEARD NO VOICES AND NO SOUNDS. WHEN I STARTED THINKING HOW LONG I WOULD REMAIN PARALYZED AND WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT, THE LIGHTS SUDDENLY CAME BACK ON AND I COULD ONCE AGAIN MOVE. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED AROUND, BUT NO ONE WAS THERE.
AFTER COLLECTING MY THOUGHTS, I CONTINUED PAINTING. ONE HOUR LATER, WHILE PAINTING THE ALIEN'S EYES, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND I WAS IMMEDIATELY PARALYSED. THIS TIME I WAS AWARE OF A VERY SLIGHT, VERY PLEASANT TINGLING SENSATION COURSING THROUGH MY BODY. AGAIN, WHEN I STARTED WONDERING HOW LONG THIS WOULD LAST, THE LIGHTS MYSTERIOUSLY CAME ON AND I COULD ONCE AGAIN MOVE. NO ONE WAS THERE WHEN I TURNED AROUND, AND THE ALIEN'S FACE AND EYES WERE FINISHED.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PAINTINGS BUT WHAT WERE THEY TRYING TO TELL ME? I HAVE NO IDEA. DOES ANYONE KNOW? DROP ME A LINE IF YOU ENJOY MY WORK. I WILL POST THE REST OF THE SERIES SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
DON SLOAN
ARTIST