The artist's purpose is to make people aware. This awareness could be something as ordinary as a small flower, or a basket of fruit. It really doesn't matter as long as people can appreciate what they are seeing as though for the first time. The artist doesn't represent, but re-presents to the viewer ordinairy things in an extraordinary way. John Fitzgibbbon's work accomplishes these things. He is able to paint a variety of subjects in an extraordinary way. His subjects range from people to landscapes to still lifes. John...more
