yankee doodle painter

Surf Portrait

2012-01-19T17:47:00.001-08:00

9x12. Oil on panel

Ghost

2012-01-19T17:45:00.000-08:00

9x12. oil on panel

Flash in a Pan

2012-01-19T17:43:00.000-08:00

9x12. Oil on panel

If The Bulb Works

2012-01-19T17:42:00.000-08:00

9x12. oil on panel

Beach Scene

2012-01-19T17:36:00.000-08:00

20x24 oil on canvas.

none of them are breathing

2012-01-08T13:42:00.000-08:00

none of them are breathing, oil on panel 16 x24.

a meal

2012-01-08T13:35:00.000-08:00

a meal. oil on canvas, 18x24"

Cottage

2012-01-06T19:21:00.001-08:00

Oil on canvas. Its big, my biggest to date. 60x80". I am getting ready for my Snow Library show this February. The space is allowing me to paint bigger than i normally would. A good challenge.

Shovel Ready

2009-02-17T20:33:00.000-08:00

King Arthur decided to give it a try.

Behind the curtain

2009-02-17T20:30:00.001-08:00

My daughter has a brown pony behind a yellow table cloth in the summer

New Deal Handshake Dilemma

2009-02-06T13:41:00.000-08:00

now knowing what to do is self reflexive and momentarily unsure

swimming with fish

2009-02-06T13:39:00.000-08:00

it's an idea

jesus self portrait

2009-02-06T13:28:00.000-08:00

There is something undeniably satisfying about capturing yourself in a good light

hunting an audience

2009-02-06T13:25:00.000-08:00

There is a myth

Human lover

2009-02-06T13:13:00.000-08:00

a hug

sea monster capture

2009-02-06T13:06:00.000-08:00

they existed in the hearts and minds of world travellers everywhere now they still can

Beach scene

2009-02-06T13:00:00.000-08:00

a performance piece akin to a local theatrical production you can't miss because your little brother is the starring role

demonstration

2009-02-06T12:54:00.001-08:00

when the world was flat

drumset

2007-12-22T14:01:00.000-08:00

playing the drums. Oil on Linen 11x16.

Evi Carleton's Jack

2007-12-01T20:00:00.001-08:00

This is jack riding up front. 8x10 oil on canvas mounted on board.

street traffic

2007-11-17T21:09:00.000-08:00

I just finished this for the Clinton Hill Art Gallery, Brooklyn NY. L.B. Brown likes how I paint balloons, this being the third of a little series. Oil on panel. 11"x14".

pleasance

2007-11-16T20:28:00.000-08:00

Right around Christmas time, ah what a thing to view the American pastoral from the moon on a cold day with a warm fake fire.

pool side

2007-11-13T20:42:00.000-08:00

the pervading emptiness inside is outside forgotten with a lounge by the pools edge. 9x12 oil on paper.

undercovers

2007-11-12T20:46:00.000-08:00

It is nice to show playfulness. I tried to capture this and don't know if i was successful- there are supposed to be two people in this painting. 9x12 oil on paper.

audience

2007-11-10T21:31:00.000-08:00

performing for the surprise and upon seeing it allowing the work to disappear. 9x12 oil on paper.

snow castle

2007-11-09T18:23:00.000-08:00

upon arriving he knew the others had left long ago- luckily it had been cold. Oil on paper 12x16

holding hands

2007-11-08T20:25:00.000-08:00

in nature there is no mattress. 12x16 oil on canvas

good fences

2007-11-06T18:46:00.000-08:00

Frost's two neighbors greet each other on top of an exaggerated wall. 12x9 oil on paper.

encouragement

2007-11-05T21:13:00.000-08:00

some songs can bring about the best in you. Acrylic on paper 12x16.

high five

2007-11-04T21:43:00.000-08:00

getting around on a bike is fun and celebrating good decision making adds to the excitement. 12x16 oil on paper.

privet high

2007-10-31T22:29:00.000-07:00

celebrating the boundaries of property in a fashionable way. 12x16 oil on paper.

center piece

2007-10-30T19:09:00.000-07:00

The flowers dominate the conversation. 12x16 oil on paper.

i am listening

2007-10-29T21:00:00.000-07:00

I was very inspired by the donut. And more importantly a painting by Jules de Balincourt. An important meeting featuring a member with a drum. Oil on paper 9x12.

sand castle

2007-10-28T19:12:00.000-07:00

wouldn't it be nice to live in a sand castle with power. 12x16 0il on paper.

good match

2007-10-27T20:03:00.000-07:00

Tracy Emin's bed with a racket. It wasn't supposed to be her bed it just turned out that she had a nice bed. Or the photo someone took of it was the angle i needed to place the racket. Oil on paper 9x12.

helping hands

2007-10-26T22:27:00.000-07:00

Sometimes there are images that need a place like a fanciful line that needs a poem. I had an idea for this image and liked a few pictures i had hanging around so as to help me bring this idea to life. Many hands assisting in the lowering of a bucket to the depths of a near empty pool strikes a pleasant cord for me.

bucket brigade

2007-10-25T20:30:00.000-07:00

The wild fires in California as with any catastrophe seem to bring people to work towards a common goal. This painting says, the absurdity of how we choose to work against the power of natural disasters. It is a sketch for thought and is 12x16 oil on paper.

saying goodbye

2007-10-24T21:16:00.000-07:00

Leaving the ground has always fascinated me. Seeing a postcard in a bookstore that was very make believe led me to this painting. I think this is maybe a happy painting of the husband/father going only off to work in a 1950's sort of fantastic future reality. 12x16 oil on paper. I added an out of ground pool because it was summer when this was painted.

watering

2007-10-23T21:39:00.000-07:00

I have been interested in Privet hedges as property boundaries and privacy makers. This is also a 12x16 oil on primed paper.

boat ride

2007-10-22T22:19:00.000-07:00

Just filling space.

war drum

2007-10-22T19:29:00.000-07:00

I was thinking of adding sound to my paintings and this is how it came out.