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I Don’t Look Cool When I Paint
I've been painting over ten years and a realization dawned on me: I am unattractive when I paint. In movies artists always appear so... beautifully artist. There is a studio full of only art items which seem sporadic but interestingly placed, as if it were the mark of...
The Highwayman
Click on image to enlarge The Highwayman Media: Acrylic Size: 15 x 30 in., gallery-wrapped canvas Painted: 2012 Price: $650 This piece is inspired by one of my favorite poems, The Highwayman (written by Noyes). In this piece he has just heard the gunshot and is...
Waiting for the Wind
Click on image to enlarge Waiting for the Wind Media: Acrylic Size: 18 x 36 in., gallery wrapped canvas Painted: 2012 Price: NA, sold When I did this painting my cat had gone missing and for some reason it felt how I imagined a windmill would feel, waiting for the...
A Part of Yeats
Click on image to enlarge A Part of Yeats Media: Japanese silver Size: 16 x 20 in., framed Painted: 2012 This piece features a quote from a Yeats poem that I have always enjoyed the sound of. "But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams...
Drifting in a Meteor Shower
Click on image to enlarge Drifting in a Meteor Shower Media: Acrylic/mixed media (read below for more details) Size: 22 x 28 in., gallery wrapped canvas Painted: 2012 Usually I limit my texture and the quantity of different techniques I use in my paintings, but for...
Separated Sky
Click on image to enlarge Separated Sky Media: Mixed Media on canvas Size: 12 x 16 in., gallery wrapped canvas Painted: 2012 This piece was a real joy to paint because of all the techniques I incorporated into the piece. The ground which the tree is on is made...
You Drank It! (Los Muertos Series)
Click on image to enlarge You Drank It! Media: Acrylic and Fabric Paint Size: 10 x 20 in., black velvet Painted: 2012 This piece is one of a new series I am creating that is inspired by Diaz de Los Muertos, or day of the dead. To quote wikipedia “Day of the...
Let’s Dance (Los Muertos Series)
Click on image to enlarge Let's Dance Media: Acrylic and Fabric Paint Size: 11 x 14 in., black velvet Painted: 2012 This piece is one of a new series I am creating that is inspired by Diaz de Los Muertos, or day of the dead. To quote wikipedia “Day of the...
Forest Rain
Click on image to enlarge Forest Train Media: Acrylic, Japanese silver Size: 8 x 10 in., in a handmade shadowbox Painted: 2012 This piece is different from the trees I painted at the beginning of this series because of the leaves on the tree. I started with trees that...
At Sea
Click on image to enlarge At Sea Media: Acrylic, Japanese silver Size: 11 x 14 in., in a handmade shadowbox Painted: 2012 This piece has a larger tree than most of my pieces, painted with Japanese silver. I find that the Japanese silver is more difficult to paint with...
Ash Reading
Click on image to enlarge Ash Reading Media: Acrylic Size: 18 x 24 in., gallery wrapped canvas Painted: 2012 A friend of mine was nice enough to pose for this painting. I am not going through a blue period, heh. This piece is a throw back to what I...
Roswell Arts Festival 2012
Click on image to enlarge This year I showed my work at the Roswell Arts Festival, which was a great experience. We could not have asked for better weather and I made some great sales. The only downside was that my booth was under a FEMALE ginko tree, which meant it...