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WORK ON PAPER


About Face

Maquette Collages

Burlesque

Halo

Child's Play

Personals

To Photographs

To Paintings

HUMAN CONDITION ABSTRACTS

This series emerged from the process of drawing from the figure twice a week for four years. Fast paced warm-up gesture drawings overlapping on the same page result in interwoven lines forming organic compositions. The black portions are made quickly and instinctively with direct observation from life. The final orientation and color portions are deliberated for hours, often over days in the studio. The result is a balance of spontaneity and control. Viewers sometimes see landscapes, animals, objects, people, or other images in these paintings. These works are like Rorschach tests which reveal the viewer as much as the artist.

At a Gallop

Aviary

Aviary 2

Butterfly Effect

Celestial Navigation

Continents Away

Days by the Water

Every Waking Moment

Her Bachelors

Southern Hemisphere

 

It's Not What You Said

Mesa

Migration

Presque Isle

You Know Her Better Than I Do

The More I Learn About Her

The Bride

Vigilance

She Hasn't Realized How Beautiful She Is

Weather Vane

First Impression