THE ART OF C. W. BURWELL III
THE MILLENNIAL SERIES
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In anticipation of the coming new year, new century and new, third millennium, I was inspired to paint again in the late 90s...a return to what I had always wanted. I believed strongly, that this rite of passage...this beginning of the third millennium on earth would not go unmarked. At the tick of a clock, an invisible nothing was about to occur. Even though the concern over computer failures turned out to be a non-event, the predictions of a catastrophe gave the new year an eerie edge. I believed strongly, that something ominous could still be on the horizon. That thought translated into these invented scenes, prompted by a point in time.
METROPOLIS 30 x 40 oil on canvas - 1998
FUTURESCAPE 24 x 48 oil on panel- 1998
BEAST 18 x 24 oil on canvas - 1999- private collection
APOCALYPSE 46 x 69 oil on canvas-1998
OMEN 60 x 84 acrylic on canvas 9-2000
PORTAL 24 x 24 oil on canvas - 2000
NEW METROPOLIS 38 x 53 oil on canvas - 2003 - private collection