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NOTE: These pages are best viewed on a screen larger than a cell phone in order to really see the paintings. It's important to take your time looking at these paintings, to go slowly and let your eyes and brain digest them over time. I've never been interested in making paintings that reveal themselves easily or that are about one thing. I've always loved paintings that can be discovered and then rediscovered, seeing different things each time you look at them. This website is going to be here for a long time so you can take your time, which will make a huge wonderful difference in the end.
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Acrylic on Formica, plastic-coated chain link fence, cotton and canvas - 51-1/2 in. x 21 in.
Broken Canvas No. 7
Saturday 3/31/1990 - Private Collection
I'm not a fan of people warring with one another for any reason. I have many opinions based on many facts around the state of our world and how we are often at violent odds with one another. Because of the relative complexity of millions of people sharing space together on this planet's surface, I don't pretend that any of my personal opinions add up to much more than a hill of beans, as they say. But since this is my painting and my website and I'm making the effort to put it all out there for you the gentle viewer, I will say that despite all the valid reasons for wanting to kill your neighbor, the whole idea of humans killing each other is just stupid. And it always has been stupid. Not for nothing, but still stupid. And since I have gone my whole life without ever physically harming another human, I know that its possible to negotiate anything with anyone without violence if I really want to. And yes, I really want to do that. Of course there are others that don't want to do that so I won't get to have it my way on this point. But this painting, for as heavy (solid wood laminated with Formica) as it is and as random (found chain link fence) as it appears, is simply a very strange and abstract cry for ENOUGH ALREADY.
Acrylic on canvas - 18 in. x 24 in.
Thursday 4/5/1990 - Collection of the Artist
Acrylic on paper mounted on wood - 18-7/8 in. x 23 in.
Tuesday 4/10/1990 - Collection of the Artist
Acrylic on plywood - 9-3/8 in. x 9-3/8 in.
Thursday 4/26/1990 - Private Collection
Acrylic on wood panel - 16 in. x 12 in.
Tuesday 5/1/1990 - Private Collection
One of my brothers is an exceptional guitarist. He's got that thing when he plays where he makes it look effortless, and along with the quality of his note choices I am always inspired when I listen to his playing. This is a painting for him, about him, because of his playing. Like the rest of my paintings it was created because it showed up in my mind's eye and demanded to be made next. Just like the notes in a blazing guitar solo, with each note demanding your attention and your ear to set you up for the next one coming, this painting presented itself to me as if I had no say in the matter. And this kind of immediacy in rock/pop music guitar solos is one of the few transformational joys I get to have while listening to music as I paint. Talk about gratitude...
Acrylic on wood panel - 12 in. x 16 in.
Sunday 4/22/1990 - Collection of the Artist
Acrylic on canvas and plywood - 9-3/8 in. x 9-3/8 in.
Monday 5/7/1990 - Private Collection
Acrylic on canvas and plywood - 9-3/8 in. x 9-3/8 in.
Tuesday 5/8/90 - Collection of the Artist
I don't know what this painting is nor what it's about. With the other paintings on this page I was able to decipher a somewhat knowable composition and story that is evidenced within their titles. But with this painting I never really knew what it was nor what I wanted it to be. There may be some sort of king-like face and some indication perhaps of his body (her body? Can women be kings too? I say yes, but why would they want to?) Ultimately it remains a mystery to me. And this mystery gives it a degree of intrigue and noteworthiness (at least to me), yet may not matter at all to anyone else.
Acrylic on plywood - 9-3/8 in. x 9-3/8 in.
Tuesday 5/8/1990 - Collection of the Artist
Acrylic on canvas and wood - 18 in. x 24 in.
Broken Canvas No. 8
Friday 5/11/1990 - Private Collection
I decided to give myself a little break with this Broken Canvas. I decided to simplify the foundation and structure to allow for more painting and less sculpture. And so was elated to receive in return another perfect little painting. Another painting that makes me think, "Yes, of course!"
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