What inspired Dwayne and Galveston Tale

After a trip to the island of Galveston, painter Fabio D’Aroma and writer Audra Martin
were haunted by the expression on the face of a man waiting on the street corner,
hoping to be picked up as a day laborer to work in the gardens of the opulent vacation houses.
They created a character named Dwayne Tatum, whose fate is mapped out over two paintings:
 Dwayne and A Galveston Tale

In “Dwayne”,
D’Aroma painted an abstract background that expressed the emotional state of the character.
Building from that, Martin wrote a short story about his background directly onto the canvas.
Over this writing, D’Aroma could now paint an image of Dwayne.

In “A Galveston Tale”,
D’Aroma painted an image of where he thought the epiphany suggested in
 “Dwayne” would logically lead, leaving a section of the canvas where
Martin would write the next chapter of Dwayne’s story.
As the story suggested, he then covered part of the story with spray paint.

The paintings are about the ongoing dialogue
between painting and literature and the various stages of creative inspiration.