A few days after I got my new American Bulldog puppy (Bolt) he tangled with a mean old tomcat nearly twice his size and had his eyeball lacerated in half. Bolt got a piece of the tomcat and demonstrated plenty of heart; nevertheless he required extensive surgery to avoid losing the eye. I started this painting the day after his fight.
Abstract expressionism tries to depict feelings and thoughts not literal portraits of reality. Besides channeling my feelings over Bolt's tomcat travails I also tried to channel the feelings I felt as a boy when I saw Mohammed Ali nocked down for the first time.
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