“Evolution”

Oil Painting
6×9″ beveled panel

I started doing paintings of glass spheres and beach stones in the mid-’90s and haven’t stopped. I still find these elements completely absorbing and elusive, paying close attention to which objects to use and how to arrange them. One painting leads to the next and to the next in a continuous stream, as I spontaneously try to capture the essence, in a brushstroke or color, of these things that I love.

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“Inside”

Oil Painting
3.75×3.75″ beveled panel

Reflected inside the glass is the beach stone. This small painting is actually another version of a larger work – “Moonlit” – from a few posts ago.

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“Striped Stone and Sphere”

Silverpoint Drawing
5×7″ prepared panel

The beach stone and sphere are drawn with silver wire on prepared illustration board. Over time the silver lines gradually tarnish to a warm sepia tone, which is characteristic of this drawing medium known as silverpoint.

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“Moonlit”

Oil Painting
10×8″ bevel-edged panel

“Moonlit” is the latest in my ever-growing Meditations series of paintings and silverpoint drawings of natural elements with glass spheres. See the others here and on my website.

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“Adrift”

Oil Painting
9.5×12.5″ panel

This is a slightly larger work in my Meditations series. I’m not sure what type of elegant seedpods these are, but they worked well as tiny canoes being adrift in this strange landscape. I really like the cool dry quality of the colors.

I typically “float” these paintings on a frame that I design and build as an integral part of the work. Please email me if you are interested in purchasing this painting with custom frame.

“Three Spheres”

Silverpoint Drawing
3.5×4.5″ prepared paper

Silverpoint is a drawing rendered with a silver stylus on a prepared surface. The lines gradually oxidize (tarnish) to their characteristic sepia tone. The drawing is heightened with white ink and pastel.

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“Venturing Out”

Oil Painting
8×10″ panel

The latest painting in my Meditations series – the beauty of nature’s objects juxtaposed with an object of manufactured perfection; beach stones and glass sphere. There’s something right or comforting to me to have these pairings. The clear glass is an inside/outside presence and has come to represent an observer. Me; maybe you. I’m still smitten with the stones and the fantastic designs and textures of Nature…

See many others posted over the months here, or visit my website to see the paintings and silverpoints in this series.

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“Ellarslie Open XXVIII

Photograph

It was a mob scene at The Trenton City Museum (Trenton, NJ) last night. Ellarslie Mansion is the name of the museum building where the annual juried Ellarslie Open is held. It’s a beautiful setting amidst the grounds of Cadwalader Park. I was happy to be included in this exhibition, and the accompanying one at Artworks.

These are the two paintings on exhibit:

“Balance” at Artworks until June 1

“Curious” at Ellarslie until June 20
I hope you have a chance to check out these shows! Click on links for more info.