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This is a painting of our first child "Finn" when she was four years old. Her room was the front 8'x5' bedroom of our very old trailer - I depicted it as a townhouse bedroom in London with a starry scape and Saturn in the backround. My brother Mark posed for Peter Pan. The teddy bear, my daughter and her nightgown were actually as depicted in the painting. Prints are available but this painting is not for sale.

Konar's work is both light and dark in subject, approaching at every turn both the whimsical and the mischievous. He uses the canvas as a stage to capture moments of love and heroism, as well as times of human folly. His characters come from real life, from songs, from poems and from stories. All the stories take place under a starry sky with the drama of the constellations. Unexpected details are presented through the book on a shelf, the image in a mirror, the wallpaper pattern, an individual leaf, and many other visual gestures waiting to be unlocked by the viewer. His technique of using glaze upon glaze creates colors that are deep, rich and vibrant. There is a profound sense of mystery, nuance, symbolism and timelessness in the...