A Recent Series

Stone Boat
enamel on cradled board, 19" x 24"
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I never know for sure where a painting will go.  This started out to be another stone painting, but evolved into a clunky, boat-like shape that I somehow liked and decided to develop.  For me there is something poignant and moving about a boat out of water.  This piece has led to several other works with boat forms, shown below.  Click on the images to enlarge.

Boating in Tokyo
Enamel on gesso-coated paper, 62" x 72"
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The conventional reading of space in these paintings is often subverted by various means to create a deliberately ambiguous environment.  I'm after an imaginative space, not a literal one.

The Geometry of Travel
Enamel on cradled board, 19" x 24"
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The Collection of Hours
Enamel on cradled board, 19" x 24"
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Center Pivot 1

Oil on cradled board, 27" x 29"
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These recent works are variations on aerial landscapes.  Google Earth has made astronauts of us all.  I find it endlessly fascinating to float virtually over the globe, studying the natural organic forms of the earth's surface.  The relationship of macro to micro is inescapable:  viewed from above, a twining river fans out across a vast delta in perfect replica of the network of arteries running down my arm.  I'm especially intrigued by those points of intersection where we humans leave our mark, imposing our own geometry of patterns on the land. 

Although the forms in these paintings are abstracted and color is freely invented, their underlying structure  remains true to the actual places.  In other words:  I didn't make these designs up--they already exist in the world.

Blue Fog

Acrylic on board, 49" x 54"
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I recently changed the proportions of this painting from the Stone series and did a little more work on it, so here's the current version. 

Show at Short Term Gallery

Transition 2

Acrylic on paper, 18" x 18.5"

$800, float-mounted and framed

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An exhibit of my semi-abstract paintings and mixed-media works is currently at the Short Term Gallery in Baker City, Oregon, through July. Brenda and I are dropping in Friday evening for the First Friday Art Walk, which takes place July 6th from 5:30 to 8:00. Come by if you can, I'd love to meet you--1829 Main Street.

Relation

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Oil on cradled board, 19" x 24"
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We Take the Long Way

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Oil on cradled board, 19" x 24"
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Pool

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Oil on cradled board, 29" x 27"
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Refuge

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Oil on cradled board, 29" x 27"
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Innerverse

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Oil on cradled board, 14.5" x 14.5"
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Chitter

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Monotype on Stonehenge paper
Image:  approx. 16" x 22". Sheet:  22.5" x 30"
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Colorful Language

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Monotype on Stonehenge paper
Image:  approx. 16" x 22". Sheet:  22.5" x 30"
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Food Chain

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Charcoal and pencil on paper, 14" x 16.5"
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Small Window of Time

Acrylic on board, 23" x 23", 2011
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One Thing for Sure





Acrylic on board, 23" x 23", 2011
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Holding Up The Sky

Acrylic on board, 23" x 23", 2011
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Scoria

Acrylic on paper, 15" x 22.5", 2011
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Distant Stone

Acrylic on paper, 22" x 30", 2011
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