We continue on moving forward spending time on the simple things during this COVID-19 shutdown period. I am so thrilled to unveil a slew of new paintings for you to enjoy. It's true you've seen bits and pieces of these works over the last few months. Now I have definitive final photos of these 14 pieces. They are considered complete! (As I have said many times, deciding they are definitely done is one of the hardest parts about creating this type of work.)

So enjoy the images below. Go to my website for more detailed information. Enjoy!

Iron Weeds, Paper on Paper, 2020

There is a lot of gold and metallics sneaking through in this piece called Iron Weeds. It's a great example of the content of my current work. Images of nature (a lot of leaves) growing and bursting up towards the sky. The organic growth is mirrored in the materials too. All along the left side of the piece there are papers with leaves embedded in them. The bottom left is my favorite banana leaf paper, that is featured in many of my works.

Then there is pattern, another important element in all my work. Quite a few of these samples have gold printed patterns with the most obvious being the leaves on the right side (middle right and bottom right). The cut-out of a leaf shape is reverberating throughout this piece as well, and in so many of my paintings these days.

Organic nature, growth, patterns, color and texture - all at play to create these energetic samplings portraying the beauty of our natural world. Keep it coming. It makes me want to run to the studio right now!

Blue Sanskrit in the Studio

So much of my work is about touch. I am one of those people in museums who is dying to touch the art. Some times when the guard looks the other way, I dare to dab my finger on the thing. When I was in college I worked at the University of Michigan Museum of Art. I can hardly believe my luck to have stepped in right as they started to inventory the collection. I found myself in the basement holding up Jackson Pollack pieces (with soft white gloves) and handling ancient Chinese coins too.

The good thing about being a poor student at a world class university is the many work-study jobs you get to do. I inventoried art at a museum, built sets at the Power Center for performing arts, and worked endless hours in the printmaking studio (by far the best job I ever had in my life).

The number of odd jobs I've had over the years is amazing. As an artist, one often needs a side gig to keep up a studio practice. Putting Christmas lights on palm trees, schlepping famous bands to and from their hotel, bartending of course, painting mansions, and more recently designing mental health clinics. I think my willingness to do whatever it takes to have a home and art studio has made my life very interesting. Artists always have to slip in and out of many jobs and relationships and socio-economic strata.

14 New Paintings all together and not to scale

Please click on the photo above which will lead you to a page showing just these 14 new pieces. They are not to scale in this image. For example, the first painting is called Blue Rose and it is 12"x12" inches. The second painting is Blue Sanskrit and it is 36"x48" inches. If you click through to the links, you will see examples of how they look in different environments (to scale) and also how to purchase them.

As always, email me if you have any questions or comments. I would love to hear which painting you like best.

If you are interested in purchasing one of these paintings, email me. I will be glad to answer any questions and see if there if something that would work for your place. Let me know.