CHOCOLATE RABBITS:
Slipping out’ve the crowd I found you in a beautiful giant
brush stroke. A liquid arc (substance unknown), bold & confident,
challenging me to respond in kind. I found myself sniffing through
art shops, hunting heavyweight papers but everything is too delicate,
to ‘domestic’, in this part of town. I see scratches on walls, perfect
stains & scuffs, am continually attracted to the vibrant red dust of
rust singing in the rain like succulent beach pebbles.
In a backstreet favoured for it’s silence, two figures turned into
musical notes, dancing like crows over the cracks of empty pavements.
I stood in the middle of the road, grateful for the simplicity of
information. A black top canvas rolled out beneath me, a message that
the canvas I’ve disliked for so long doesn’t have to be stretched on
delicate frames to bounce frustratingly beneath the dance of the brush.
(I knew it, but have to be embarrassed into action).
On the walls around me I found marks exploding from the surface of
stone & wood, everything looked good & in this quiet cul-de-sac I
paused to listen with my eyes.
‘It’s time & over-due’ say the marks you leave,
‘The paper & the rust are calling you to come out to play.
Banging bottles dangled from their fingers like glass bells, grinning,
goading you to dance again & talk in pictures.
Happy Chocolate to you all, wherever you may be
(K)
Karl Hyde 
Arches & Rives. 80 – 100 lb.
I’ve been viewing your paintings, wondering how many Cynthia must have in collection. How one day they will grace my walls. Canvas…I’ve been away from it for a long time. Gessoed my own sufaces…more grab, more saturation. The pre-Gessoed are convenient. I rediscovered drawing, found could draw nearly anything I has a study of…oh well, the internet killed my ketubah business. So many wedding contracts available on line. I couldn’t do them from scratch each time without losing money.
Hi Karl,
I found you in a dark sweatshirt wearing a walkman, expressing Art like I Meditate, making my Soul Ache and filling me with the Sweetest Bliss. I really like your style. There is something in my nature that reacts strongly to your presence and your voice… I feel like I can be completely receptive and open to anything that has your conscious intentional influence on it, and I TRUST in the nourishing Power that I find consistently in your Art & Expression. I Love to Be completely immersed in The Orb of Your Influence. I want You as The Atmosphere surrounding my Home, Enjoying Living Blissful Eternal Life (& really getting off on it!). Thank you for responding.
Love, Cari