Weatherman, 1989
Oil on canvas (frame not depicted)
54 x 29 3/4 in (137 x 75 1/2 cm)
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”
The title draws from Bob Dylan’s song, Subterranean Homesick Blues, which conveyed the zeitgeist of an entire generation during the 1960s.
Painted with the same color scheme of Ed Ruscha’s News, the orange skies and plumes of smoke hint to a fire, indicative of the wild fires in California and as a representation of Civil Rights protestors who were violently met with high pressure firehose. There is an element of growing conflict and perhaps confusion on which direction to take given the social and environmental turmoils.
All images copyright Bruce Richards 1973 - 2025
Oil on canvas (frame not depicted)
54 x 29 3/4 in (137 x 75 1/2 cm)
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”
The title draws from Bob Dylan’s song, Subterranean Homesick Blues, which conveyed the zeitgeist of an entire generation during the 1960s.
Painted with the same color scheme of Ed Ruscha’s News, the orange skies and plumes of smoke hint to a fire, indicative of the wild fires in California and as a representation of Civil Rights protestors who were violently met with high pressure firehose. There is an element of growing conflict and perhaps confusion on which direction to take given the social and environmental turmoils.
All images copyright Bruce Richards 1973 - 2025