Recent Work

As subjects evolve, my interest in the process of gathering meaning from an unfamiliar visual situation remains the content of my work. The successful paintings prompt an urge to interpret or infer “meaning” even while they may not be definitively understood at a conscious level.  The paintings become lively and interactive when one’s instinctive search for meaning clashes with the painting’s resistance to the same. 

What I hope for above all is to make a painting that one will return to as if to continue a conversation, a painting that surprises, a painting I have never seen before. 

         Below are some paintings made 2020-23:

   

“…If it seems right to me, then it has a meaning, but I can’t tell you what meaning. I can’t be more specific than that.” Joan Mitchell

“A 3 x 5 Array”, 2020. Oil, enamel, gold leaf on wood, each 8”x10”

“The Planets”, 2020. Oil, enamel, gold leaf on wood, each 8”x10”

“Those reports that are not explained by natural phenomena or exploding outhouses are known as UFOs…”  Cuthbert Soup

The Original Line, 36"x36", oil, gold leaf on canvas, 2021

An Awakening Line, 36"x36", oil, gold leaf on canvas, 2021

A Beautiful Line, 36"x36", oil, encaustic, gold leaf on canvas, 2021

The Birth of Circles, 36"x36", oil, enamel, goldleaf on canvas, 2021

The Origin of Circles, 36"x36", oil, gold leaf on canvas, 2021

Flight Path, 36"x36", oil, enamel, metal leaf on canvas, 2021

“Double Vision” 2021. Oil, enamel, gold leaf on canvas 70” x 84”

“ X-Ray” 2021. Oil, gold leaf on canvas, 62”x 80”

“Lab Result” 2021. Oil, enamel, gold leaf on canvas, 64” x 82”

Space, 74"x62", oil, enamel, gold leaf on canvas, 2022

Painting With Birds, 76" x 64", oil, enamel on canvas, 2022

Double Spades, 24"x36", oil, enamel, goldleaf on canvas, 2022

The Blue Cross, 32"x32". oil, enamel on canvas, 2022

Two Clubs, 24"x30", oil, enamel, charcoal, on canvas, 2022

Intersecting Circles on a Tilted Plane, 30"x30", oil, enamel, on canvas, 2022

Concentric Circles Above a Tilted Plane, 24"x30", oil, enamel, on canvas, 2022

Pythagoras Speaks, 18"x24", oil, enamel on canvas, 2022

Fibonacci Speaks, 24"x32", oil, enamel, gold leaf on canvas, 2022

The Questions, 24"x30", oil, encaustic, gold leaf, enamel on wood, on canvas, 2022

The Answers, 24" x 30", oil, pigment, ink, enamel, gold leaf, enamel, on panel, 2022

Locations on a Plane, 18"x 24", oil, enamel, metal leaf on panel, 2022.

A Fragment of Semiotics, 24" x 36", oil, acrylic, dry pigment, on panel, 2022.

The Memorization of Sound, 36" x 48", oil, acrylic, gold leaf, on canvas, 2022

The Organization of Ideas, 36" x 48", oil, acrylic, charcoal, on canvas, 2022.

The Recall of Vivid Dreams, 36" x 48", oil, acrylic, dry pigment, enamel on wooden balls, 2022.

Study of the Flight of Birds, 24" x 34", oil, acrylic, dry pigment, enamel on wooden balls, 2022.

The Ratio of Knowledge and Despair, 48" x 60", oil, acrylic, medium on canvas, 2022.