Group Show

I am pleased to announce that I will be part of a group show at the Gallery on the Green, in Pawling, New York. Some of the work has been posted here before, but I have continued working on them, and they are finally resolved. This will be the first time that "Night Attack in Emerald Valley" has been shown. Those of you in the area should make the trip to support this new, great gallery and the other artists. The show runs from 11/25/06 to 1/7/07. Here are some updated images of the work in the show...



Night Attack in Emerald Valley. oil on canvas SOLD




Fertile Shore. oil on canvas















Grove. oil on wood













Incident at Donut Junction. oil on canvas

Katamari!

"Katamari Landscape" was previously posted, but I continued to work on it and wanted to re-post it, along with some drawings that preceded it. I got the idea from a bizarre video game called "Katamari Damacy". "Katamari" is a japanese word meaning "clod" or "clump", and "damacy" loosely means "spirit" or "soul". The painting was made by continuously rotating the painting 90 degrees in order to compress the gravity of landscape towards the center. The result is a ball of my landscape elements. Katamari!



Katamari Landscape. oil on canvas















Untitled. ink on paper















Untitled. ink on paper

Work on Exhibit

Some of the following paintings and drawings will be on display at "On the Edge" at the Kirkland Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland, WA. "On the Edge" is a show of four KAC faculty members including myself and Jason Huff, Lauren Laughlin, and Michael Ottersen. It is curated by Victor Sandbloom. The show runs from August 11 to September 9, 2006. Opening Reception is August 10th, 6-9pm. I will also take part in a slide talk about the work at the Kirkland Library, August 16th at 7pm.





















Migration. oil on canvas

Congregation. oil on canvas

Fulcrum. oil on canvas

Uphill. oil on wood

Neighborhood. oil on wood

Interior/Exterior. oil on wood

Disputable. gouache and graphite on paper

Tangle. gouache on paper.

New Drawings

Here are some new drawings of various variables. Thanks for visitng my blog.

Deliberation. gouache and ink on paper

Going for a Walk. gouache and gesso on paper

The Accident. ink, gouache, gesso on paper

Philip's Stools. graphite, ink, gesso on paper

Cans I. graphite and gesso on paper

Cans II. graphite and gesso on paper

Atomic Bomb Drawings

Most of these drawings were done while I was at graduate school at the University of Washington. I have always been both fascinated and horrified by nuclear bombs. These drawings are all graphite on paper, and they certainly contrast with the previous work that I've posted. I feel like I just did them for myself, and didn't quite know what to do with them. I came upon them recently, and decided to post them. The contrast between how beautiful some of these images are, and the horrible reality of what they depict is rather unsettling. Since 1945, The United States has tested over 1,000 atomic bombs on our soil. We have also been so kind as to let the United Kingdom test 24 atomic bombs here.


Trinity 1945 (first test by the U.S.)

Hiroshima 1945: 80,000-140,000 killed instantly. More than 100,000 severely injured.

Nagasaki 1945: 74,000 killed, 75,000 severely injured.

Mike (first thermonuclear test) 1952

Grable (shot from cannon) 1953

Yeso 1962

New Painting

Actually, this painting is far from new, as I've been working on in for many months... But It's finished. For now. This painting began like the smaller paintings I previously posted, but I pushed the space and form development further. This one is 30" square. Thanks for visiting my BLog.


Fertile Space. oil on canvas SOLD

Illustrated Story

This is a collection of recent drawings, on paper, of ink and gesso, about 8"x11". They illustrate a novel of complex assortments. Each drawing is the sole illustration and title of a chapter within the unpublished story of triumph over trajectory. I had previously posted the entire collection, but I have deleted some in the interest of space and which ones are my favorites. If you would like to see the entire story in order, I would be more than happy to email them to you. Thank you for visiting my BLog.


The Recover. ink and gesso on paper

The Confrontation. ink on paper





The Edge of Town. ink and gesso on paper

The Fortress. ink and gesso on paper

The Covered Path. ink and gesso on paper

The Meeting. ink and gesso on paper

Winter II. oil on wood

Winter III. oil on wood SOLD

I have a blog!

Who needs a website, when you can have a blog? Well, until the day I have my own personal website, this blog should do the trick. The main thing here is to have a place on the web to post some of my recent artwork. I really have no idea how this blog this works, so this will really be a work in progress. First, maybe I'll try and get some images up. BLOG!!!