The Maze at Ithaca

This triptych dates from what Walton’s widow Vivian calls his “Greek
black pottery period,” which fell during the years of his annual three-
week trips to Hollywood. There he would make enough money to
live on frugally for a year, selling paintings at dinner parties in the
homes of some of Hollywood’s elite, including several Academy
Award winners. His main patron was a friend met in Reno, film
composer Bernard Herrmann (Citizen Kane; Taxi Driver). Walton also
did some film production work for producer Laurence Mascott, in
whose home he created a “room to room” mural, The Iliad and the
Odyssey.