94 west

This recent painting began as an excersise to create the illusion of distance and then took on a life of it's own.The subject is a local road I frequently travel. It is done in oil approx.10x13."94 West".

Recent Work

This is a recent oil painting titled "Crossing the 30s" it is approx.12x16 oil on gatorboard panel.

This is a painting of a local ice cream shop it is approx.10x13 oil on gatorboard panel."Ritas".

Putting people in their place

"Putting people in their place"no this isn't a how-to on telling your friends off but, more of a description of where my art has led me and my current inspiration. Although I don't consider myself a people person I do find the human condition fascinating and have lately been painting what I call my "people groups".Each painting tells a story or multiple stories and allows room for the viewer to join in on the process. The subject matter for my paintings range from rolling hills to the gritty city and have lately settled in on painting people in oils. Some early inspirations of mine were the works of Edward Hopper who painted humans in a kind of observed voyueristic way just in their everyday life basically doing mundane things but I found his paintings to be anything but mundane.People that aren't posed and aware in my opinion are at their most beautiful and allow their personality and body language to engage us and reveal countless mysteries.The above image is a a dry pastel painting on archival sanded pastel paper titled "Four seated figures" it is approx. 9x12.