These series began in 1985 and is still in progress
A Moment in the Showa Era version 3
oil and acrylic stain on canvas 84 x 72”
Text on the book has been painted over with white washes so that it appears to have faded with time.The text reads: Heat. Today a man was shot to death, shot to pieces so badly that no one was allowed to see his body except for strangers.
A Moment in the Showa Era version 4
oil and acrylic stain on canvas 84 x 64”
A Moment in the Showa Era version 5
oil and acrylic stain on canvas 86 x 76”
A Moment in the Showa Era version 2
acrylic on canvas 76 x 74”
Text on the book has been painted over with white washes so that it appears to have faded with time. The text reads: I am thinking now of the heat, the narcotic effect of the heat in another place, in another time. Heat in which colors were washed or gone completely...
A Moment in the Showa Era version 6
oil and acrylic stain on canvas 80 x 68”
A Moment in the Heisei Era version 3
oil on canvas 66 x 62”
A Moment in the Showa Era version 15
oil on canvas 13 x 13”
A Moment in the Showa Era version 18
oil and acrylic stain on canvas 19 x 15”
A Moment in the Heisei Era version 4
oil on canvas 19 x 13”
A Moment in the Showa Era version 9
oil on canvas 18 x 18”
Private Collection, Denver
Eight paintings from the series A MOMENT IN THE SHOWA ERA and two paintings from the series a A MOMENT IN THE HEISEI ERA
© Paintings copyright Wayne Miller
