“Bather and Fish” 1988
Graphite on paper, 40” x 30”. Unknown location. I’m not sure but this my be in The Yamanashi Museum of Art in Koch Japan. This was one of the many “scribble” drawings I did for my solo show there in 1988.
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“Ah So Can U C” 1976
Acrylic on raw canvas, 96” x 72”. Collection of Bob & Colleen Anderson Done in 1976 Ah So Can U C was a pun on the bicentennial year. It used 4 colors – red, white, blue & yellow (for the race). The image was influenced by my study of Kanji (Chinese characters used for writing […]
Read More“Vortex Box” 1982
16 1/2” x 24”. Unknown location. one of my many painting boxes. The figure and the horse is a collage of an image taken from a beautiful screen in The Cleveland Museum of Art titled “Horses & Their Grooms”. The Vortex is taken from DuChamp and I use it for its intrinsic feeling of a […]
Read More“Ritual” 1984
Mixed media on canvas, 80” x 80”. Collection of Kenneth Minton. My mother was a CanDian and an Irish Catholic on her mom”s side. So Like it or not I was destined to be an alter boy. As it happened, I studied the Latin in Buffalo but moved to Iowa mid semester. As a […]
Read More“Red Yellow and Blue” 1972
Acrylic on raw canvas, 96” x 120’. Artist’s collection
Read More“Merton Boyd Gallery Poster” 1971
Silkscreen, 32” x 24”. Artist’s collection.
Read More“Drawing for Canton Triptych” 1972
Mixed media on paper, 18” x 24”. Artist’s collection.
Read More“Coal Dust” 1974
Coal dust, charcoal, and magna acrylic medium on canvas, 60” x 72”. Unknown location.
Read More“V and Flipped V Diptych” 1973
Acrylic and Magna on canvas. Collection of
Read More“Three Bathers Triptych – After Matisse” 1982
Oil on canvas, 84” x 144”. Artist’s collection.
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