Jill called us together and she and Bob hosted our reunion. In our twenties, and first time Manhattan residents, the core crew lived in the same apartment building on West 86th Street. My college friend Elaine was my link. She lived there. I lived more downtown. And Bob, grew up on West 79th, so of […]
Category Archives: Painting
There was a Victorian floral painting in my parents living room in the house I grew up in. It was painted on glass, both sides of the glass, with foil behind it popping through the unpainted bits. I can’t say I loved the piece but I do attribute it to my education. Throughout my art […]
When I visited my friend, Elaine, after her return from Buenos Aires, I didn’t expect to see the art she was bringing back, pieces of mine included, on the walls already. Red Aquatic had been placed down a long hallway. I’d never seen a piece of mine so far away from me, like in a […]
Jack, a childhood friend, was in town and confirmed in the morning that he’d be stopping by that afternoon. It’d been the longest time since we’d said hello in person. His life has mostly been shared to my eyes through social media. I had an urge to do a piece for him with him as […]
I needed to do a piece and used what I had in the studio. The laminate is leftover from a holiday project, and the beads were newly gifted to me. I had the large gems but never used them in a project. This was done in two days. A Christmas gift finished on Christmas Day. […]
This is a thank you and housewarming gift rolled into one. My friend Patrick commissioned me to do this gift for Dana and Kevin. Dana was NYC based for years. That’s where I met her and where she worked with Patrick. Today she and Kevin have a new home in Florida. That’s the housewarming part. […]
This piece is all about life. The green sprout rising, youth, words: “Earth Springs. We Witness. We Spring in Kind.” And more. Attached to it’s chain is an apple, which is where it is signed and dated. Most definitely a life affirming piece. Earth Springs 2002 Acrylics and mixed medium on window sash, chain with dangling […]
Painted on the reflective interior of a take-home bag from Masala Times, a favorite restaurant on my block in NYC, this piece almost didn’t happen. The bag hit me as possible canvas — it had a large clean and shiny surface when opened. From disposable to opportunity. It was either going into the garbage or becoming […]
I had the good fortune of sharing time with Linda and both her champs. This commissioned portrait of Rocky and Coco began with an initial at home on-premise photo session and then a second on-premise shoot. After that, and choosing selects, I painted the piece. It took roughly two months to complete. Timing was significant, […]
Dominic and Jorge have lived in my building since before I moved in. I had the urge to do this for them in the few days leading up to Pride Sunday in NYC this year. It’s painted on a poly sheet I’d used experimentally in a portrait I’d recently done… and thus it’s shape. Roughly […]
TREE FORM is a piece I painted on repurposed canvas – reflective foam board – that I found left over from a photo shoot one afternoon near my studio. Smooth on the reflective side, solid, and lightweight. Two came back to my studio with me. This piece is painted on one of them. TREE FORM […]
Here is she is. She Lady. Strength of being, primitive and regal, precious and raw. Earthbound. Female. A testament to life now and forward, She Lady bedazzles with luscious freshness. She is here, dimensional in her surface. Light knows she’s there. She is it’s reflection. She Lady is eternal. SHE LADY 10.5″ x 13″, […]
He is hair and fiber, floral and male, radiant and receiving. Observer in the midst, he is curious, cautious, experiencing. RADIO MAN is one of five pieces created using floral fabrics. The other four are pictured below.
THE HUG embraces connection. Life celebrating luck. It’s painted on glass, both sides. I love this technique as it’s a double shot at creation. Fragile it is, though, which is why I switched to plexi, vinyl, and acetates later on. The Hug has a pyramid, cypress, and two green life forms entwined. In it’s […]
The wide rim of this frame started the piece. To me it was a runway for text. An open blank. WHAT DO MEN NOT HAVE?, 2001, was painted the five days prior to 9/11. The frame came first in the creative process. In the culture of my heritage questions are powerful things, veritably the language of […]