He was an accomplished musician,playing saxophones, and studied for a time with Mark Simmonds,who's work is included in the soundtrack of music selected to represent some of the major influences in Paul's art. Paul was able to incorporate the principles of musical form and movement into multidimensional visual form moving beyond light and shade into time and space. Fugal forms of biomorphs evolve through refracted light and translucent shifting layers. Musical dynamics are seen in the softness of pianissimo pastels and the reverberation of Rachmaninoff's basso profundity supporting shadowy suspensions and resolving cadences.        Key changes and modulations move in primal forms with grace and delicacy of Grabowsky, the innovation and reinvention of Miles Davis, the lyric beauty of Ennio Morricone and the intoxicating rhythms of Gypsy music all inspired Paul's exploration of new techniques that work through the layers of darkness and expose the internal glowing gems of light and colour.            The humour and playfulness of Rahsaan Roland Kirk appears in Mindscapes where forms interplay with Paul's innate understanding of chordal progression. Shadows of silence in the vastness of an Australian musical landscape parade in intricate detail through a morphology of modulating chords. This music is full of memories of times and places when Paul was still with us and this is an opportunity to remember and share the work of a very talented artist and extaordinary person , so thank you Paul.                                                                                      Written by Jo Vlcek for the exhibition at the Ballarat Art Gallery.