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Patrick Todd: Lost at Sea

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Patrick Todd, Lost at Sea, 2022, 11” x 14”, Oil on canvas

Value: $400

Floating after days or weeks, abandoned and alone. The only thing that remains constant is nature. The rhythm of the waves being the forerunner to the tempestuous weather that, by turns, remains calm, or, bellows forth blustery winds, thunderous rain, and 50 foot walls of water. Our hero is constantly scanning the horizon for land, but after so many days beaten down by brutal sunlight, and bandied about by powerful sea waves, only mirages are visible. Or are they only mirages?

Patrick Todd has traveled far and wide, from East to West, North to South, State to State, Continent to Continent, and the main lesson has been to accept the calm within oneself while the storm rages without. Marcel Proust once wrote, ” If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less, but to dream more, to dream all the time.” It is Patrick’s biggest hope to make the dream state contagious. When we share our dreams, they become our realities.