Art Blog

25 Jun

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This large painting is from a photo I took of my backyard. I liked the simplicity of the composition and how all four elements are captured in the lower half - reflected sun, water, reflected sky and the ground. The far side of the pool, at the top where the colors...

08 Jun

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"A Prayer" oil on masonite. 24" x 32" This is an oil and Sharpie painting on masonite. It was a fun and challenging surface to paint on, and actually quite forgiving but also scratchable so it is behind a thick piece of plexiglass. The lower half of the painting is borrowed...

08 Jun

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"Abandoned" 20" x 16" oil on canvas This is my rendition of a beautiful photograph I saw in the New York Times by Dmitry Kokh. I painted it because I related to it, not to sell it or rip off Mr. Kokh. We inhabit our life like we inhabit a house,...

08 Jun

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This is a large oil painting about the importance of my new cat Sammy, who is an oasis of love and life in a time of turmoil. My old cat recently passed away at the age of 18. Requiescat means 'may she rest in peace.' <- back ...

08 Jun

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"Niobe's Shadow" 30 x 40, oil on canvas Niobe's Shadow This large oil painting includes a reference in the background to the Greek mythological figure Niobe, whose weeps forever over the loss of her children. Cursed by the gods because of her father's hubris, the cliff is a real place in Turkey...

08 Jun

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A small oil painting on a block of wood. A desert landscape with an escaped weather balloon that has gotten away from a lone figure in a hole in the ground clutching at her heart. Emotional symbolism, much? <- back ...