PALETTE PAINTINGS
These palette paintings are simple conceptual pieces in which the painting is both the landscape and the palette. These are the actual palettes used to produce the landscape. As can be seen, I generally only use about five pigments, missing the colors I need from them. Having the palette on the piece combines the painting with the process used to create it. Furthermore, the loose, abstract form of the palette provides an interesting contrast to the controlled, realistic landscape.
This series, which I worked on for a few years, began with the 1994's Palette Painting, which depicted olive trees in Spain. From there, I used this series to document some of the international travels through about 2000. In the last of the series, Palette Landscape, 2002, I had the palette bleed into the work itself.
This series, which I worked on for a few years, began with the 1994's Palette Painting, which depicted olive trees in Spain. From there, I used this series to document some of the international travels through about 2000. In the last of the series, Palette Landscape, 2002, I had the palette bleed into the work itself.
Palette Landscape, Oil on Paper, 2002
Guilin Rice Fields, Oil on Paper, 18x16, 2000
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The Great Wall, Oil on Paper, 18x16, 2000
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Yangtze River, Oil on Paper, 18x16, 2000
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Crater Lake I, Oregon, Oil on Paper, 18x16, 1999
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Oregon Beach Rock, Oil on Paper, 18x16, 2000
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Hong Kong, Oil on Paper, 16x18, 1999
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New Mexico Mesas, Oil on Paper, 18x16, 1999
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Crater Lake, II, Oil on Paper, 18x16, 1999
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New Mexico Road, Oil on Paper, 18x16, 1999
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Nude I, Oil on Paper, 16x18, 1999
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Sunset, Oregon, Oil on Paper, 18x16, 1999
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Nude II, Oil on Paper, 16x18, 1999
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Bayou, Katy, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Hay Rolls, Katy, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Bicyclist, Madras, India, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Collapsing Temples, Madras, India, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Red Sari, Madras, India,, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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North Shore, Hawaii, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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North Shore, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Farmhouse, Spain, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Olive Trees, Spain, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Farmland, Spain, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Greek Ruins, Sicily, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
Japanese Iris, Oil on Paper, 16x17, 1998
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Red Dragonfly, Oil on Paper, 16x17, 1998
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Grand Canyon, Arizona, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Totem Rock, Arizona, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Pyramid of Mycerinus, Egypt, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Pyramidal Geometry, Oil on Paper, 14x15, 1998
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Windmills, Holland, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Farmhouse, Holland, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Chinamans Hat, Hawaii, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Hanauma Bay, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Mediterranean Islands, Sicily, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Bryce Canyon II, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Bryce Canyon I, Oil on Paper, 18x15, 1998
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Monument Valley, Oil on Paper, 15x18, 1998
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Michelangelo's David, Oil on Paper, 18x15, 1997
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Michelangelo's Dying Slave, Oil on Paper, 18x15, 1997
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Palette Painting, Oil on Canvas, 16x20, 1994