Gerald Purdy, Walking the Dog, 1996, oil on panel.

“The real poet studies the world as it is: lovely, terrible, sensible, grotesque; and would ask for no other in its place. Humor is the final sign and seal of seriousness for it is a proof that reality is held in honor and in love.” -- Mark van Doren

Gerald Purdy
Walking the Dog, 1996, oil on panel.

“ I believe in representation. I believe in the emotional charge that representation evokes from the audience. I believe for every drop of rain that falls a semi slows, and a lion paws. I believe I exist with a smile in my face and irony on my heart.” --Gerald Purdy