I am thankful for all the words of encouragement over the years which helped to keep me awake, aware, alive to the possibilities. In a world where anything can happen, it does. I’m just thrilled to get to participate. For that, I intend to stay conscious. In March of 2019 I painted the first of […]
Some of what happens within the process of expression is not about expenditure, but conservation of energy. Sometimes the artist painstakingly stores that energy, which often seems a dark or strange venture. But in truth, it is a learned management skill. One that in some instances can bring light and understanding. “Illuminations” is a 36″h […]
Visions # 5 is the fifth large oil painting I have finished since my wife’s surgery. It may be evident by now, even to the casual viewer, that my thoughts have been occupied by the topics of life, death, and what comes after. Although this painting was started with large expressive gestures in black paint […]
Oils on Canvas. 48″h x 60″w Quiet desperation is another of the new large paintings with what seems like a whole novel full of characters inhabiting it. All are just slightly out of focus. Still, as if from a bizarre mixed up dream cast, dozens of odd visages emerge under various lighting to tip their […]
The setting of the sun is metaphorically the dying of the light. Yet, even as it takes its leave each day, it bows in a promise of its return. This is not the end. There will be another day, another chance to walk in its light. Recently as I pondered the departure of a […]