Art Works > Paper Kingdoms. Gerry Gleason. 2012. Selected mixed media works on paper 2009.

Paper Kingdoms, World Economic Meltdown, Sub Prime. Gerry Gleason. 2009.
Lovely Lucre.
Gerry Gleason. 2009.
Mixed media on paper
75.5x56.0cm.

No doubt there are a lot of hard working people in the Banks, financial institutions etc.But as we
know to our cost, a few rotten apples can do a lot of damage,in a linked computerized world economy, in a relatively short period of time. The city gent figure, the bowler hat,an old symbol for the City,has swallowed the people in his search for a quick buck. Oblivious to the pain it may cost, he watches his bets rise and fall on the market,a bonus won, a bonus lost. Immersed in a field of money green he is nervous but excited.