Category: Objects

“Cage/Box II” 1998

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Oil on wood box, 18” x 24”. Unknown location. These painted boxes (I did between 5 & 10) were done on paintboxes discarded by my students at The Catholic University of America.  The sizes varied a bit but were generally about 18 inches tall.  Some are cut like a woodblock print and then painted.  The […]

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“Vortex Box” 1982

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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 […]

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“Monument To A World War” 1988

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Mixed media. 20″ x 24″. Collection of the artist. As a child I built a lot of model airplanes using balsa and tissue paper.  This is built mainly of pine and rice paper.  It derives from the great fresco paintings by Giotto in the Arena Chapel in Padua.  There are two beautiful paintings there The […]

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“Wigwam Chair” 2004.

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Assemblage with mixed media. Unknown collection.  I did this for a charity auction for The Washingtion Project for The Arts (WPA).  I believe it was called The Chair Show and all submitted work had to include either an actual chair or an image of a chair.

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“Blue Cyclops” 1990

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Pulp painting. 22″ x 30″. Unknown collection. One of many hand made and pulp painted pieces done at Pyramid Atlantic Center for Paper, Print and The Book in Tacoma Park MD.   It is a collaboration with mast printer/master paper artist Helen Frederick.  For about a year and a half I was an artist in residence […]

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“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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“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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