During the latter part of this year, I embarked on several new works that seemed to come out of nowhere, sigil paintings rooted in apotropaic symbolism and the Eye of Providence.
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Take Your Time, 2022. Graphite on Arches hotpress paper, mounted to Masonite; 13’ x 13”.
Take Your Time
When you’re a snail, time doesn’t really mean anything, does it? Perhaps it only matters when it’s getting that time to get under the leaves when it’s too cold. There’s a time to....
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The Strawberry Pot, Oil on gessoed paper, 12” x 16”. 2015.
The Strawberry Pot
In my 1 year partnership in selling my work with art agent, Jane Frank, I’ve learned a lot about the market of art and the specificities around selling to buyers. One thing that’s come up in our conversations is why one should refrain from ever …
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Maidenhair, 8 x 12" oil on gessoed paper. 2016. Print available.
Maidenhair
The wizened gnome in this image was added after the paintings were submitted and published in The Old Farmer’s Almanac Calendar in 2010. Initially, the calendar art called for a woodland setting showcasing Maidenhair Ferns. Ok, so then what do you do with the art?
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Pyracantha,oil on alkyd-treated museum board. Apprx. 15” x 20”.
Pyracantha
At the time, I was living in a city neighborhood and a there was a huge, glorious specimen of this shrub growing two doors up the street from me…
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Natural History, oil in gessoed paper, 17” x 18”. 1999.
Natural History
It’s a piece that has more of a formal design presentation with lots of natural light; quite different from the jumble and “messy” space of the “Shadows” painting I did a year later. To create this image, I set up a small table near a window in my studio and appointed the space with books, insect mounts, a skull…
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Garden of the Blue Dragon, oil on treated Arches, mounted to cradled hardboard; 36” x 24”. 2018.
Garden of the Blue Dragon
This image marks a turning point in my work where I’m beginning to fold my fantasy ideas into “real” botanical work. And what seemed to be a natural counterpart to the bump-out —which I’d been using for decades— is the “carve out”.
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