Thursday, May 24, 2012

I happened upon a dead bird, a satisfied cat, then made a self-portrait superimposed on the lost creature, reflecting on the senseless loss.




Here is some recent work, a series of self portraits superimposed on words inspired by kindle reading on a sunny day, with  my image superimposed. 

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Cherry Picking Banff Canada


This large acrylic painting, 48x60 inches, was made after spending the summer studying color theory. It hearkens back to cherry picking in Banff, Canada in 1961 after my brother Paul died. I was three years old and remember gorging on the cherries.

New Work



These 11x14 images were made on clayboards, with watercolor and ink. The cherries were from a 1961 camping trip to Banff, Canada at the age of three shortly after my brother Paul died. We went to an orchard to pick cherries; I remember gorging on the cherries.

The self-portrait was inspired by a rare sunny day in Seattle reading a kindle book and seeing my reflection in the glass against the written page.