My childhood chum, Kevin Eng, lived one block over from me growing up. It’s remarkable how time takes people in direction that no longer cross paths. I did this square to celebrate his family and to say thanks for sharing my younger school years with me. There are now grand-children in the family. ENG […]
This piece was done during the lull before 9/11. While I painted many paintings after the tragic event, this is only one of two I painted before that felt and feel linked to the occurrence. The anticipation, the feeling something was to change, something was coming. The other piece also began with the word WHAT. What […]
I had a surface, a woven grass placemat, and I thought, “Just do.” So I did. And this spirited man emerged. He’s detailed and unlike any piece I’ve ever done. 22″ x 16″, RADIANT MAN is made of acrylics and mixed medium on woven grass placemat.
Recent picks (8/23) below. I love the motion in this piece, the bubbles that trail the red, it’s mass. RED AQUATIC is painted on both sides of a clear canvas and has a dimensional surface, great for catching light and offering shadows. 2009 Acrylic and mixed medium on acetate 18 x 23 inches From […]
Part fireworks, part burst of sheer exuberance, this piece determined itself. It was created free-formed, unhindered by straight edges. 12″x 24″, BRILLIANCE, 2004, is painted with acrylics and mixed medium on clear acetate mounted on wood.
Mehmet’s 1st Anniversary, 2017, was painted in celebration of Victoria and Engin’s boy at the one year anniversary of his birth. It is painted on clear canvas acetate using acrylics and mixed medium. I painted the crown, sun and olive branch, the red dot, the underline. They are the details that I drew on first impulse […]
I love the miniature nature of the vessel. I was curious what could be done so small. I painted five. These are them, below. My mother had collected buckles in an old tin box and asked me if I could make use of any. When I finally looked through the container I saw a few […]
I made this for a friend who just moved into a new place. Rather than bring her flowers I painted a housewarming bouquet instead. Floral Susan has red, white, and blue main flowers which reference her father who was a United States Congressman for many years (serving from the Great State of New York) and who recently died. It’s a versatile piece painted on clear canvas, […]
This was painted on both sides of a clear canvas. Black and White and Hairy All Over 2006 Acrylics and mixed medium on acetate. 80 x 20 inches I used myself as the template for the figure, tracing myself head to toe. It’s painted on a clear canvas and is weighted by five mirrored ovals at it’s bottom. Look […]
Here a needle rises. Through it’s eye five ribbons thread intertwining into a single pointed nib. A young man holds aloft a scroll upon which the nib has scribed. A red dot, symbolic of the blood spot of creation, is evident and although small, prominent. Tip The Universe 2009 Acrylic and mixed medium on acetate 18 x […]
Fireworks, once it was hung, exhibited aspects of it’s natural properties…reflectiveness. Four images here demonstrate the effect of direct sun on it’s mirrored surface. Fireworks 2005 Acrylic and mixed medium on mirrored polymer disc 36″ diameter, round The disc itself has a legacy. Prior to it being painted by me it lined the face […]
This piece done in 2000 has earth and universe and man in relation to each other. Galactic Guy 2000 Acrylic and mixed medium on canvas Approx: 24 x 40 Gazing galactic style. The contemplative type, he is. Naked he is too.
Details, details, oh the pleasure of details. Like much of my work the dimensionality of the surface is lush. To help you see it… it’s a man leaning on his forearm against the branch of a tree.
WORDS ON FRAME: Life, Birth, Flesh, Bone, Soul, Point of View, Cast. It’s a toss of the coins. This is one of the first pieces where I wrote on the frame, painted on the glass, and affixed the two so as to make the frame and image inseparable.
This large piece has a determined surface. It’s canvas is picnic cloth from Kmart. It’s a fabric I’ve used in three pieces now. Here it’s an American man steeped in dynamic adornment.