Pastorale PASTORALE 36″ x 36” November 28, 2015 This painting, Pastorale, reminds me of a Mahler song, as if heard in the farthest distance on a cold cold day. Hardly discernable, during a walk in the forest behind my home, during a winter sunrise. The slight variations on paleness, the approach toward the lightest pink. Or […]
Winter Iris WINTER IRIS 36″ x 36” November 27, 2015 (SOLD) This painting, Winter Iris, is a meditation on restraint. Capturing the chill and pale colors of an iris that bloomed in my garden in late autumn. It was then caught cold on a sudden freezing winter day. The pewter-cold blue is pale and transparent, alternating
Flamingo FLAMINGO 30″ x 30” November 27, 2015 Alternating between two iridescent colors, a pale violet, and pale turquoise. Flamingo reminds me of the flash of iridescence under birds’ wings, as they take off. Somehow, I associate this iridescence to a light at high altitudes, and the triggering of dreams. The painting feels simultaneously
Rubber Soul RUBBER SOUL 30″ x 30” November 8, 2015 The landmark Beatles album, Rubber Soul, which came out in 1966, marked my musical childhood. It created my first appreciation for the Beatles as great musical artists. Rubber Soul’s album cover featured a picture of George, John, Ringo, and Paul, looking visibly stoned, and the
Night Whisperer NIGHT WHISPERER 30″ x 30” November 7, 2015 (SOLD) This is a dark, introverted study of blue, and makes one big visual statement. Varying black, French ultramarine blue, and a brighter cerulean blue. The painting reminds me of how color is experienced in a somnambulist state. Brighter colors randomly emerge out of darkness,
