I had always known that he had an astonishing sense of colour

But was he a gifted man ?

It was reported that when he sliced a tomato in half

He found an orchestra

But did not stay to witness the symphony

It was this dedication to his art

That set him apart from other colourists of his era

Although he worked exclusively in the representation of blue hurricanes

He had been known to paint lighter winds

The mother grey of his early works was seldom seen

But remained in the deeper recesses of his southern mind

One had only to sail to the Azores to see this

He saw pigmentation in all things except people

Who always appeared as ghosts in his works

It was not unknown for the artist to travel hundreds of miles

To study the colours of modern comedy

And immediately represent them on the walls of cathedrals

With the help of mink

He sometimes spent weeks on one humour without eating

In my company