Month: March 2019

“Yellow Mobius Strip” 1995

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Pulp painting. 22″ x 30″. I was always fascinated by Mobius Strips and Klein Bottles because of their magic. Topology was a kind of childhood hobby.  In the 60s while teaching I would sometimes entertain my students by demonstrating a topological puzzle whereby I would put on a vest followed by a sports coat.  Then […]

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Installation: Balkin Fine Arts, Chicago IL 1982.

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Left to right: “After Matisse Bathers By A River”, “Blue, Pink, White”. This show was near the end of my pattern painting.  The large painting derives from the Matisse Bathers by A River in The Chicago Art Institute.  Merging toward this less formal kind of composition allowed me to slip quietly out of my roots […]

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Installation: Bernice Steinbaum Gallery 1991

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Left to right: “Cage With Stick” byobu screen 72″ x 144″, “Giotto Revisited” 72″ x 84″. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery (later Steinbaum/ Kraus Gallery was my first solo in NY.  It was a classic cast iron loft building on Greene Street in Soho.  This show included about six of my large paintings (and one screen) with […]

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Installation: “Red, Yellow and Black : Requiem for Roy Palmer” 1972

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Acrylic on canvas. 96″ x 288″. @ Canton Art Institute, Canton, Ohio. I’ve change the title of this painting to “Red Black & Yellow: Requiem for Roy Palmer” who happens to be standing here in this picture.  Both Bill Roseberry (my Blog Master) and I loved Roy dearly.  Standing to the left of Roy is […]

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“Standing on Ground Zero #5” 1983

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Mixed media. The sculpture was exhibited at my 2nd show at Henri Gallery on P Street, DC.  The show was titled “Standing on Ground Zero” and was writen about in 1984 by Michael Welzenbach in the Washington Post.

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