 This extraordinary image
ricochets within our minds like a loose cannon aboard
a ship. Seductive in it's simplicity, it indicates that
the pull of money rivals gravity in it's power. It suggests
that greed can fill a personal horizon, as the image
fills the painting. It hints of a lunar god of currency
as composed and sedate as any other god. (...) If
the image flickers into that of a spaceship, will it
take prisoners? To what planet will it sail?(...) Or
is it a metaphor for America, its ripe fullness to be
followed by descent into crescent silver, as our currency
and our lives are devalued. The paintings make no judgment.
Pierre Marcel's objectivity records things
as he sees them, with no need for elaboration. The
soul of the viewer, as it's irresistibly enticed
into the picture, must and does bring its own reference
points.
(Extracts
from comments by playwright Jim Tommaney, 1992; Full text see Flypaper)
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