LANDSCAPES
These are landscape paintings I created over the years that are not associated with any show. They are shown in roughly reverse chronological order.
Horizon 1 through 4, Oil on Canvas, 8x48, 2021
I did these panoramic landscapes to try to capture the feel of the vast spaces of West Texas.
I started this series with these pieces which were made from wood scraps:
I started this series with these pieces which were made from wood scraps:
Fovea Image: Floral, Monument Valley and Seabird, Oil on Wood, 6.5x10, 2020
The Fovea Image series is meant to mimic the way in which the eye sees: there is a focus on a portion of the field of view as seen by a small area of the retina known as the fovea. The remainder of the image captured by the rest of the retina appears in the brain as a blur.
Tennessee Landscape and 1 and 2, Oil on Wood, 6.5x10, 2020
A result of impressions felt on a trip to Tennessee a few years ago. In the background is visible the remnants of a Confederate flag.
This trompe l'oeil was inspired by my walks through the 'art' section of a certain famous Swedish furniture store. I used a photo from a trip to Dubrovnik in 2019. It's new!
iLandscape No. 1 thru 4, Oil on Paper, 3X12, 2015
Palo Duro 1 through 3, Oil on Paper, 7x5, 2008
These works were inspired when I fed the photo paper the wrong way into my printer. It created a blurry, impressionistic image, which I then painted.
Water Damage is based on a photo I shot in Oregon some years ago. I always wanted to do something with this but never knew what. Then one day I spilled water on a photo printout and saw how the colors ran. This gave me the idea for Water Damage. I actually printed a copy of the photo and then soaked the lower right corner in water and painted the effect.
Accepted into the Visual Arts Alliance Show, Houston, TX, May, 2006
Accepted into the Visual Arts Alliance Show, Houston, TX, May, 2006
Honorable Mention, Visual Arts Alliance Show, Houston, TX, October, 2006
In this one, the drips have some meaning. This is inspired by a visit to the battlefield of Waterloo, which is chock full of monuments to the many men that died there. The red is the blood of the dead, the orange is the flash of gunpowder, and the black is the smoke of the battlefield. Each drip is applied to an area of its complementary color.
Unseen is a homage to the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The twin boys symbolize the twin towers: happy, innocent and vulnerable to the unseen storm approaching behind them. Arising from the storm are the contrails of two planes - one already turning towards them. In the upper right is a crescent moon symbolizing Islam. On the opposite side of the painting are telephone poles that form crucifixes symbolizing Christianity. The piece is signed 911.
Sunset Study 1 through 6, Oil on Paper, 14x16, 2003
The Human Condition is a variation on paintings by Rene Magritte of the same title. Magritte's point was to exemplify the notion of perception - that a landscape exists outside of self, the perception of it, the painting, exists within the self. Here a canvas is shown in a field containing an exact duplicate of the surrounding landscape. Yet, upon close examination, the canvas is seen to be skewed. Perception is flawed. Can we ever see the world as it really is?