"Waking Up In My Halloween Costume" Oil on Canvas 24” X 20” $1,950 I was baffled by this title, partly because we never had such costumes or fancy dress, as we called them, in Liverpool. On the other hand I have many memories of this Hallowed Evening before All Saints’ Day because it was also Duck Apple and Mischief Night and just 5 days before Bonfire Night, another pre-Winter celebration of light and fire. Other imagery of “Waking Up” struck me as the enduring exploration of space during my life, and the explanation of matter and black holes. Orion’s Belt overlaps the three teeth of the carved pumpkin and its stars spread out. Candy is the currency of Halloween and for me that was Licorice Allsorts: a perfectly symmetrical British concoction of licorice and coconut. My horoscope proclaimed that my creativity comes from my connections between things that I make and choose!