Fires on the moors. Another of Gerald's canvases, in browns and blacks, has the same smoky, industrial motif. I ask him if this is about global emissions as well. Maybe he has a series going. They're working like slaves just to get along.
People die every day.
But that's the future. An inevitable consequence when money can pass easily over borders but people can't. Gerald's abstracts seem rooted in geo-political passions. They have a palpable substance to them, something I don't much see on the island. I ask him if there are any up-beat canvases.