Monday, December 17, 2018

December 15, 2018

Italian coast - 9x7 in

boat dock - 7x7 in

the little bridge - 7x7 in

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Local Fruit


Early peaches - 7x7 in
Peach and plum - 7x7 in

Peach in swaddling clothes - 7x7 in

A basket of Reine Claude plums - 7x7 in

Reine Claude plum - 7x7 in


Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Fruit of the day - August 8, 2018


Peach and figs on red table cloth - 6x6  in
Peach and figs on linen - 6x6 in

Monday, April 2, 2018

April Fool's Daffodil

'April Fool's Daffodil'
watercolor - 7x7 in
'There are many ways to prepare'
watercolor - 11x15 in


'denote their difference'
watercolor -11x15 in

Friday, March 30, 2018

“Mechanics of the Mind”
Art Show Statement at the Unitarian Universalist Church, Charlottesville, VA
April, 2018


Every age has a set of metaphors which people use to describe how they feel and think.  In this time, we characterize our minds as ‘computers’ which have a natural split of the ‘hardware’ of the brain and the ‘software’ of ideas and thoughts.  In these metaphors, it is often the physical that serves to better anchor the concepts of ephemeral emotion rather than other more abstract analogies:  the heat of passion, the tug of feeling, the leaning of sympathy, the slap of reality.  Pursuing this, I have visually interpreted various states of mind through the lens of mechanical components.  Use of such devices  is a repeating theme of mine and their appeal springs from their embodiment of clever design: black and white drawings of frozen imagination.  In order to promote some reflection of these ideas, in several of the images, I have added verbal hints of the emotional states. 
Below are some of the 28 watercolors from the show. These are all 11x15 inches.













Monday, March 19, 2018

Adjusting what you say

daffodils - w/c 7x7 in

We just disagree - w/c 7x7 in 

Adjusting what you say - watercolor 11x15 in