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Great Lakes Landscapes

Around the world's largest inland lakes, the mixed wood forests and prairie flora span subtle delight to awe inspiring.
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Boston Fenway Gardens

Olmsted's "Emerald Necklace" of green space around Boston blooms in 500 unique gardens. Lounging is encouraged.
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Gardens and Plants

"I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing, that the light is everything,  that it is more than the sum of each
​flawed blossom rising and falling.
​And I do.” ~ Aldo Leopold

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Events and Shows
Events and Shows
​Events & Shows


Artwork
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Dancing Wu Li Lilies (detail), 15 X 30 Oil on Canvas
Dancing Wu Li Lilies (detail), 15 X 30 Oil on Canvas
BFG Makeshift, 15 x 22", Oil on Paper, Not for sale
BFG Garden Walkway, 15 x 22", Oil on Paper, Not for sale
Aerie Lounge, Boston Fenway Garden, 18 x 38" Oil on paper
Lily Pond, Boston Fenway Garden, 18 x 38" Oil on paper
Buddha Tree, Boston Fenway Garden, 18 x 38" Oil on paper
Two Little Robins, Ink On Paper, Mixed Media 15 x 12". >SOLD<
Planters' Dozen, 18X38 Oil on Paper
Geranium Sprout 20" X 24", Oil on Canvas
Hide and Seek, 12 X 16 Oil on canvas
Hide and Seek closeup, 12 X 16 Oil on canvas
Minuet in Willow, 15X22" Carbon dust, water soluble graphite and mixed water media on paper
Minuet in Willow (close-up), Carbon & Water Media on Paper
Minuet in Willow (close-up), Carbon & Water Media on Paper
Minuet in Willow (close-up), Carbon & Water Media on Paper
Minuet in Willow (close-up), Carbon & Water Media on Paper
Minuet in Willow (close-up), Carbon & Water Media on Paper
Flying Horse of Gansu 14 X 18", Carbon on paper
Flying Horse of Gansu 2, 14 X 18", Carbon on paper
Flying Horse of Gansu 3, 14 X 18", Oil on linen
Sowle Ranch Crossing, 14 X 18" Acrylic on canvas
Stepping Stones, 10 X 20", Acrylic on canvas
Green River, 17 x 11 ". Acrylic on Canvas SOLD
Marcia's Orchids, 12 x 24 x 1.5 ", Acrylic on wrapped Canvas. SOLD
Brian's Orioles, 8x8" Watercolor on Aquabord, COMMISSION SOLD
Bluebirds for Angie, 8x8" Watercolor on Aquabord, COMMISSION SOLD
Phaedra's Clan, 15 x 30" Oil on Canvas >SOLD<
ZigZag, 13 X 23", Acrylic on Linen, SOLD
Lily Pond, 9 x 12" Oil on canvas
Better End of a Bad Day, 16 x 20" Oil on stretched canvas
Grace, 33 x 22" Digital Prints, Limited Edition Print
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​Why Art

The landscape does a dance, puts on a show and begs to be painted. I've got my eye on the motion of plants and ecosystems – the cluster of the species and the motion of the leaves and water, the design of the flowers and foliage... the  sun playing with shadows, foggy or parched... the flight of the seeds seeking home.​ For people who love a place as I do, my impressions are meant to share a favorite place.​
I use gestural marks, fluid strokes and chimerical layers to capture the inherent motion in a place. A focal point is usually distributed like the riddle on where to rest your gaze, like the transient nature of the plants. This art lives in a place between observation and meditation. Pushing carbon dust, graphite, and ink and pulling oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel and pixels, I move between digital and analog. The interpretation of a place through my brush is about how a place seems to move at a time of day, a time of year, a time of life. 

​​These artworks are created in the wake of an exciting thirty-year career spanning network TV, corporate audio visual animation, design and art direction of interactive CD ROM and DVD productions, film, video, interface design and planning of travel and navigation software for Rand McNally and mobile strategy for Motorola. I am happy to be back to painting.



Photographic Inspiration

The form of a city changes faster, alas, than the human heart. ~ Charles Baudelaire
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