Degrees of Separation

Abstract & Landscapes

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Seeing the clouds - 2010 - 24 x 36

Blues holes in the fabric - 22x32

Clouds I - 2010 - 16 x 24

Clouds over the plains I - 2010 - 12x28

Clouds over the plain II - 2010 - 12 x 28

The Valley - 2010 - 30x60 (Sold, Denver)

Hillside - 2010-48x48 (sold, Denver)

On a Plain - 2010 - 32x44 (sold)

Waves - 2009 - 32 x 44 (sold, Dallas)

Waves II - 2010 - 32 x 44 (sold, Detroit) They liked the first one so much they asked for another

Light and Land - 2009 - 32 x 44 (sold, Dallas)

Land and Light II - 2010 - 32x44 (sold, Detroit) They liked the first one enough to ask for a second

Sorta Flora - 2009 - 32 x 44 (sold, Dallas)

Mesas - 2009 - 32 x 44 (sold, Dallas)

Morning on a Pond - 32 x 44 each - Gone - I did these for the Dallas commision but painted over them as the customer wanted more abstract pieces with few flowers (who knew?).

People and Places

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People present the greatest stories. We encounter tens of thousands of people in our lives, know a little about hundreds, know a lot about tens, intimate with a few, but do not know everything about even one. It is the unknown portion of being that permeates my works: the inner, reflective, isolated side of lives. Names, dates, and sizes are approximate - Click to enlarge

A Stroll Among Strangers - 2010 - 28x14 (Sold)

Dreaming: Here, not here - 2010 - 18x26

Black Robe - 2010 - 14x24 (Sold)

Red Couch - 2010 - 24x14

Wondering Why We Wonder - 2008 - 26 x18

The Mystery of Light - 2008 - 16 x 12

Connecting - 2008 - 26 x 18

Time at the Gate - 2008 - 12 x 9

Some Live, Some Watch - 2006 -30 x 20

The Games - 2005 - 60 x 32 - sold
Find the artist!

Her Usual Spot - 2006 - 11 x 14

Nodding Off (Time) - 2003 - 16 x 20

Living Out Here on the Beach - 2007 - 12 x 9 each

Steps of the World - 2005 - 12 x 9 each

Red Man - 2003 - 26 x 18

One of those street-statue people

Places and People

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I am intrigued by the spaces around us and their impact upon us. Some spaces are familiar and comforting, some foreboding, some simply a convenience, all transient. Each space we pass through affects us. Behind the wall and window lie worlds we do not know. I enjoy capturing glimpses into these worlds. I am not a voyeur, rather I am an observer of fleeting transects of lives and places.

Names, dates, and sizes are approximate - Click to enlarge

Alone on a Plain - 2009 - 32 x 44

City Life - 2009 - 42 x 24

Ed Returns Home - 2008 - 28 x 20

A Place at Work - 2007 - 32 x 22

Subspace - 2008 - 12 x 16
How deep do we go?

Interior Worlds - 2005 - 36 x 18 - sold

Upwards and Onwards - 2008 - 12 x 16
Commuting epitomizes the brief transects of lives, each lost in their own thoughts

Like Cars Passing in the Night - 18 x 26 - sold

Blue Commuters - 2004 - 16 x 30 - sold

One Commuter - 2005 - 30 x 20

Entwined - 2003 - 24 x 18 - sold

Buying Local - 2008 - 30 x 50 - On loan

Wonder Bread - 2007 - 24 x 38 - sold

Giclee prints are available

A House With a Past - 2006 - 16 x 28

Morning at the Rental - 2004 - 16 x 20 - sold

The Green Porch - 2003 - 24 x 18 - sold

Last Light on Cotton Plant AR - 2004 - 32 x 18 - sold

Cotton Plant is a dying town that was selling the bricks from its remaining buildings when I drove through

Punching In - 2003 - 32 x 22 - sold

Corner Show - 2003 - 16 x 20

On the Road

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I travel often. Nothing piques my artistic senses like an epic walk in a new place, feeling new lives. The following paintings are straight forward interpretations of my experience. Many other works are inspired by the thoughts provoked by the new places. Those works are elsewhere.

Names, dates, and sizes are approximate - Click to enlarge

Morning, Merida Mexico - 2008 - 42 x 24

On the Arno - 2006 - 34 x 54 - sold

Window in Warm Light - 2007 - 24 x 32

In the Queue - 2007 - 24 x 32 - sold

Coast of Italy - 2006 - 32 x 24 - sold

Italian Coast - 2006 - 28 x 38 - sold

Steps to Home - 2005 - 18 x 24

The Servers - 2005 - 34 x 58 - sold
In this scene people are being served basic needs: food, spirit & soul, and relationships

Drifting - 2004 - 24 x 18 - sold
That is one ominous and engulfing shadow

Church in Capri - 2005 - 18 x 12 - sold

Church in Anacapri - 2005 - 18 x 12 - sold

Beach at Night - 2005 - 32 x 24 - sold

276 Pieces of Fruit - 2005 - 32 x 52

Hotels

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Hotels and their rooms are intriguing micro-worlds. As a guest you are removed from your world and immersed in an ambinece that is transient, isolating, disconnected, and often more opulent or dowdy than yours. The isolation can be appealing and unsettling as you keep company with yourself. I travel often and enjoy the institutional warmth and anonymity of hotels as well as the subtle tranformation they invoke upon the guests.

Names, dates, and sizes are approximate - Click to enlarge

Hotel Space - (unfinished) - 2008 - 26 x18

The Last Door - 2007 - 32 x 24

Watching the Light - 2006 - 30 x 20 - sold

A Cold Lot - 2005 - 20 x 16 - sold

The Edge - 2006 - 24 x 40 - sold
This is based on a series of photos of my children in the hotel pool, some clinging to the edge, some venturing into the less-lit unknown.

Room in Seattle - 2006 - 24x18

Neon Shine - 2003 - 24x18 - sold

Pool at Night - 2003 - 20 x16 - sold
I love pool-glow at night

Artist Statement

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We all have fleeting thoughts, hear short phrases and sounds, have brief encounters, transects, and see scenes and images in passing. Brevity is much of our world today. The world beneath the surface of these moments no matter how transient resonates with me invoking lingering emotions. It is the side of life we will never know, that we do not have time or capacity to learn or understand, the mystery of it all. This is expressed in my work by a sense of stillness and simplicity that allows one to slow down and see more, see deeper. There is a sense of isolation that leads to an inner focus. This is where my art always ends up no matter where it started. It is a package of aesthetics that is ingrained in me.

I am a primarily self taught artist compelled to create by moods and perceptions. I strive for a skilled, rich, beautiful, and layered surface in my paintings. I strive for a glow and an overall atmosphere. I use careful compositions to lead the viewer beyond the surface.