The Recusant Artist

Dreamtime

2011-05-31T20:16:00.001-07:00

48x60 Oil on Canvas

What we see. And What we think we see.

2011-05-31T20:01:00.000-07:00

30x24 Oil on Canvas

These calligraphic marks seem almost instinctual and without thought. That's the way I like to paint. Just get lost. The only thing better then losing yourself in the act of painting is the thought that someday, it might happen again.

The Killer's Wife

2010-08-05T08:06:00.001-07:00

I submitted this painting to the recent 35th Annual Members Exhibition at the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland and walked away with the Lee Lawrie Award for Best in Show. WOW..Totally unexpected, but very greatful. I had previously won the 25th annual Lee Lawrie Award ten years earlier...if I'm still around, maybe I will shoot for the 45th as well.

The Garden

2010-03-29T07:17:00.000-07:00

Oil on canvas 54" x 54"

Some old stuff

2010-03-03T13:04:00.000-08:00

I put it up, I take it down.People want to see some old stuff, so here it is again. I wouldn't be the recusant artist if I did not take it down. I will put some more up later

New sketches for possible paintings

2010-02-19T14:06:00.000-08:00

A mix of form, narrative and a sense of place. Objects in a space.

Some New Landscapes

2010-02-17T11:35:00.001-08:00

I thought I would take a break from the non objective and knock out some landscapes. Many of my friends are landscape artist, and I can't help but be inspired

Caroline Farm 18 x 24

Secretary Snow 9 x 12

Main Street Gallery - Cambridge, MD

2010-02-12T08:58:00.000-08:00

Woman in Blue Oil on canvas 36 x 48

I will be showing two paintings this month in the Main Street Gallery. Opening Reception will be February 13, 7:30 - 10pm Admission is $25 Proceeds will go to a Hatian relief fund as well as benefiting the Main Street Gallery. Hope to see you. Above is one of the paintings showing. Please email me for diections

Schism

2010-02-09T10:13:00.003-08:00

Oil on canvas 46 x 32

I know I am all over the road here, but it is very hard to duplicate success. I am just reacting to the surface. This is clearly more edge defined, but it works for me.

Ayaba and Loko

2010-02-09T10:13:00.001-08:00

Oil on canvas 50 x 50

Finally I have found a painting on the canvas. Everything came together on this one. I hardly remember painting it. A very unusual palette for me, but I feel good about the outcome of this work.

Song for Okanu

2010-02-09T10:12:00.001-08:00

Oil on canvas 36 x 48

I keep pushing for shape, but not so much recognition. I still need to simplify more. I am to wrapped up in the end result of the painting. I need to let the painting paint itself. I think I should stay out of the painting process all together.

He who has 10000 horses

2010-02-09T10:11:00.001-08:00

Oil on canvas 28 x 36

June-July 09

2009-07-14T12:34:00.000-07:00

Untitled 50x50 Oil on Canvas

Working very hard to push through the gestural lines in an attempt to simplify into shape and form. This was a good exercise for me to loosen up from rigid confinement of the found object work. I hope to move back to it with a new perspective.

Untitled 5'x8' Oil on Canvas

So I had a lot on my mind. Thought I would do something totally polar opposite from where I was. You really don't think about your feelings, they just happen. I just let them happen on the canvas. No thought, no planning. Felt good to feel the process rather then the painting.