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The Stories Behind

-when, where, why and sometimes what...

Carousel

2003-2004

Chicago winter. Ethiopian music. Colors swirling, 

Bomarzo Morning

2007

Spring. Bomarzo Italy, Painted in an olive grove,Dreamy.

The Dance

2014

Sometimes creating a painting feels like a dance between two people. This one felt like a tango.

A Light Like Diamond

2017-2010

F.Scott Fitzgerald's 'A diamond as big as the Ritz”.Second painting with this title. First painting was 20 years earlier. Same feeling in both pieces-something divine, a heavenly light.

Dawn

2017

"This was not Judgement Day-only morning.
Morning: excellent and fair."

William Styron, Sophie's Choice

  

The day that was before is another day gone. 

However muddy t'was or gloom 

this new dawn breaks with it plenty to bloom.

-me


-when, where, why and sometimes what...

Carousel

2003-2004

My first commission. Stark Chicago Winter. Ethiopian music. Colors swirling, instruments swirling, people blissfully alive....a worldwide of unity, sounds of joy, happiness and smiles.

Bomarzo Morning

2007

Made with love while in love in Bomarzo Italy, en plain air, in an olive grove. The soft, serene, surrounding colors fell into this painting like morning dew. 

Close Up

2021

The Dance

2014

.....of duality is quintessential in my work. I was only made aware of this in 2004 while preparing for my first solo show in Chicago. Painting to Stravinsky' s Fire Bird, my own dance became clear. A Life-long battle on and off the canvas, a steadfast dedication to the ultimate finale of any painting or earthy affair-the victory of good over evil!

A Light Like Diamond

2017-2010

F.Scott Fitzgerald's 'A diamond as big as the Rizt'. Second painting with this title. First painting was 20 years ago. Same feeling in both pieces-something divine, a heavenly light.

epiphany

2020

I am cautious around this feeling and resist the impulse to call moments like this epiphanies but This, this was an epiphany. Spiritual awakening. My first large piece completed at this time.

In Dreams

2020

When being awake felt unbearable I daydreamed of night dreaming about a peaceful place. 

untitled

2021

"This was not Judgement day-only morning. Morning: excellent and fair."

William Styron, Sophie's Choice

  

The day that was before is another day gone. 

However muddy t'was or gloom 

this new dawn breaks with it plenty to bloom.....

Dawn

2021

The Grecian  Rocks in Key Largo, Bridal Cave Springfield Missouri. Submergion. 

La Belle Epoque

2021

words, words, words........

The weight/wait of the moon

2007-2009

The unbearable lightness of being......the weightless of the moon.... the hopeful wait of the moon.  Celestial interception. Divine intervention. 

The Tempest

2016-2017

Universal law and Order.  The laws of thermodynamics. Karma. Surrendering to the Tempest - Mercy.

Shrine

2016-2017

The inner Shrine we all have inside. 


words, words, words........

The weight/wait of the moon

2007-2009

The unbearable lightness of being......the weightless of the moon.... the hopeful wait of the moon.  Celestial interception. Divine intervention. 


Overture

2017

The last in 'The Tempest' series. I had a lot of fun preparing for this show and tested out a new technique - adhering the upstretched canvas directly to the wall or floor.  To my delight I found the paint flowing more gracefully like this and have adopted this method ever since for my large scale pieces. Overture was completed just in time for the show and because this series felt more like a symphony than others I found this word befitting.

Liberty Leading

2015

Inspired directly both in sentiment and by title by Dleacroix's... 

Mine was painted in Paris during  the aftermath  of theCharlie Hebdo attacks. France's  history of collective manifesting has always resonated with me and being apart of this time was powerful.

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