TURNING IT AROUND
Davis W. Morton / 1992 / oil on canvas / 20 X 30 inches

     On Sunday afternoons I used to go to the Potomac Polo Club in Poolesville, Maryland. There, rather than watching the game itself, I was watching “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” Dragoons and Cossacks, Indians and Cowboys. To me, it seemed that Polo was where the Cavalry went after it disappeared, and in my paintings I am also using the sport symbolically. Polo represents the game of life, where the ball that we are always chasing is providence or fate.
     In my mind the subject of “Turning It Around” is not the futility of this chase. It is about keeping the flexibility I will need if I want to continue playing. In this painting, the younger man on the younger horse is the first to begin his turn. Now that I find myself firmly mounted on the older horse, my biggest handicap is not my age. Becoming set in my own ways is the greatest obstacle that could keep me from the ball.

To return to this painting, please click... TURNING IT AROUND / CARD #3

©2002
Comments and Original Art by Davis W. Morton (3-126)