The
Eighties saw him campaigning on behalf of animals, the hungry
and the environment. Towards the end of that decade he set up
Animaline for Linda McCartney, Rita Tushingham and Carla Lane.
He ran the organisation for nearly 4 years until the daily exposure
to humanity's inhumanity took its toll. Aged forty, he started
to paint full time, still dealing with the subjects he cares
about passionately, celebrating and questioning our relationship
to animals and the planet.
This
led to some very dark places before finally finding the light
and serenity which are expressed through the pictures. His work
is suffused with feeling which is, possibly, why
it has found a place in homes of a number of well known people
in the world of music, film, theatre, TV and ballet.
He is a published lyricist, author and editor.
He has recently finished a film script about a boyhood hero,
footballer Stanley Matthews, and is currently in the midst of
creating a stage musical set in the Sixties
Geoff describes his work thus: "At the core of my art is
"inevitable chance", the reconciliation that comes
sometimes in meditation that what is; is also what is meant
to be. The images you see are translations of those I find when
I close my eyes. At the centre of most there is a "found"
image, which for me represents Buddha Nature, something which
is ubiquitous and available to all beings
but, all too briefly experienced.
Many
people tell me they find a sense of age and serenity there.
I believe in the healing effects of colour and sound and nature.
By combining these elements in the films I make, I have tried
to help others touch something of the peace we all naturally
seek, but rarely find.
