Valentines Day VALENTINES DAY 36″ x 36” February 17, 2016 The holiday, Valentines Day, risks being a commercial cliché where (so-called) lovers–old and new–re-affirm their love and affection. Through an exchange of notes, gifts, flowers, chocolates, and what have you. While painting this, of course, I imagined a deluge of flowers and chocolates and their wrappings. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that […]
Canal Verdigris CANAL VERDIGRIS 36″ x 36” February 13, 2016 Often in Paris, I walk along the Seine, finding my way to its tributary canals. There, are old copper lampposts that mark the corners of ancient stone bridges. This painting, Canal Verdigris, is a sunny take on what is usually a grey and overcast Paris. Where
Dawn, Dusk DAWN, DUSK 36″ x 36” February 10, 2016 Again, I return to my fascination with the passage of time, of the movement of the sun, in this painting. Dawn, Dusk—here is something reminiscent of sunlight coming through a screen of trees at different times of day. I riddle the white and grey pigment with a recurrent use of
