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Great Lakes Landscapes

Around the world's largest inland lakes, the prairie flora and seasonal atmosphere are both subtle and dramatic.
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Boston Fenway Gardens

Olmsted's Emerald Necklace,  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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Photography


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


​Why I Paint & Draw


The landscape does a dance, puts on a show and petitions to be painted. I am a passionate observer of  the motion of plants and ecosystems: the cluster of the species and the motion of the leaves and water, the sun playing with shadows, the design of the flower, foggy or parched and the reach or flight of the seeds seeking Earth.​ For people who love a place as I do, these impressions are meant to hold a fond memory.​

Woven like a visual poem, painting the kinetic signature of a scene my work explores what we focus on. I use gestural marks, fluid strokes and chimerical layers to capture the inherent motion in a place. A focal point is usually distributed as a riddle on where to rest your gaze, reflecting the transient nature of the plants between a detail observation and a defocused meditation.


Pushing carbon dust, graphite, ink and pulling oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel and pixels, I move between digital and analog. These pieces are created in the wake of an exciting thirty-year career in 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 / navigation software for Rand McNally and mobile phone strategy for Motorola. I am happy to be back with my love of fine art painting. The hierarchy of information: from my eyes through my brush and my experience in gestural research and situational observation is an evolution. How a place seems to move at a time of day, a time of year, a time of life contemplating physics and energy, history, spirituality and nature!
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Artwork
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Dancing Wu Li Lilies, 15 X 30 Oil on canvas
Dancing Wu Li Lilies (detail), 15 X 30 Oil on Canvas
Dancing Wu Li Lilies (detail), 15 X 30 Oil on Canvas
BFG Garden Walkway, 15 x 22", Oil on Paper, Not for sale
Aerie Lounge, Boston Fenway Garden, 18 x 38" Oil on paper
Two Little Robins, Ink On Paper, Mixed Media 15 x 12". >SOLD<
Marcia's Orchids, 12 x 24 x 1.5 ", Acrylic on wrapped Canvas. SOLD
Hide and Seek, 12 X 16 Oil on canvas
Hide and Seek closeup, 12 X 16 Oil on canvas
Geranium Sprout 20" X 24", 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
Lily Pond, Boston Fenway Garden, 18 x 38" Oil on paper
Planters' Dozen, 18X38 Oil on Paper
Buddha Tree, Boston Fenway Garden, 18 x 38" Oil on paper
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
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<
Lily Pond, 9 x 12" Oil on canvas
Better End of a Bad Day, 16 x 20" Oil on stretched canvas
ZigZag, 13 X 23", Acrylic on Linen, SOLD
Grace, 33 x 22" Digital Prints, Limited Edition Print
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