These are landscape paintings I created over the years that are not associated with any show. They are shown in roughly reverse chronological order.
Original painting $100 (each)
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.
Floral available for purchase on the Archway Gallery store:
Floral,
Monument Valley, and
Seabird.
Original painting $100 (each)
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.
Floral available for purchase on the Archway Gallery store:
Tennessee Landscape 1 and
Tennessee Landscape 2.
Original painting $750
Available for purchase on the Archway Gallery store.
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A piece showing how I work: I painted the source photo into the landscape.
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For this variation in my usual photo-taped-to-a-background, I used a smart-phone panoramic shot.
Note the water stain under the waterfall.
Original painting $1,150
Available for purchase on the Archway Gallery store.
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!
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A subject I have painted before (see below).
For this version, I chose to paint the photo montage with tape and all.
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I shot this striking photograph many years ago and have painted this image in the past.
For this version, I chose to paint the photo montage with tape and all.
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These small experimental pieces used the smart phone paroramic option to try to capture the vast open spaces
of West Texas.
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The tape and shadowing have a striking three dimensional effect in this
six foot painting. The landscape is based on photographs I shot in West
Houston over 20 years ago - an area of town that has changed significantly. I painted the same landscape as seen today in the
billboard to the right of center, using a photo shot with a smartphone
in panoramic mode, emphasizing the technological change along with the
physical change.
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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
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Honorable Mention, Visual Arts Alliance Show, Houston, TX, October, 2006
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Accepted into the Visual Arts Alliance Show, Houston, TX, May, 2006
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In this one, the drips have some meaning. This is inspired by a visit to the battlefield of Waterloo, which is chock full of momuments 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.
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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.
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Optimism and Pessimism is a diptych
on the two views of life: one where blue skies are envisioned when
all is cloudy and one where dark skies are seen when all is clear.
In these pieces, the artist's canvas becomes a metaphor for
perception. What the artist paints is a reflection of how he sees
the world.
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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?
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