“Round Pile” 1999

Sumi ink on paper, 24” x 30”. Unknown location. One of many treepiles.  I began doing these when I moved from DC (near Chinatown) to Berryville about 3/4 hrs outside of Washington.  At that time our little town was too far away to serve as a commuter village because of the distance.  They had begun […]

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“Retablo, Single Stick” 1993

Oil on copper plate, 6” x 14”. One of many “retablo paintings” inspired by Mexican retablos, ex-votos, and Frida Khalo.  This stick image was first used in my sculpture “Monument to A  World War”.  It may be inspired by ‘The big stick’ in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and the Big Bomb of Doctor Strangelove & Slim […]

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“Retablo, Pear” 1993”

Oil on copper, 6” x 8”. Unknown location. My dear friend Bill Roseberry painted a number of pears and other fruits back in the 80s.  For sure I had one of his images lingering in my mind when I painted this on a  little piece of roofing copper.  “By your students you are taught”.   […]

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“Prairie Cyclops” 1992

Mixed media, 18” x 10” x 8”. Artist’s collection. In Iowa I would occasionally visit someone’s farm buildings. They always gave me the creeps.  Something sinister about all the things hidden in a hay loft.  Ropes, chains, hooks, pitch forks lurking in the darkness.  I always imagined a lynching ….. or being trampled by a […]

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“Monument to Sarajevo” 1993

Mixed media, 32” x 35”. Artist’s collection The pictures of the siege of Sarajevo looked like Dresden.  I used newspaper to collage up a sanctuary likeness.  To me it felt like silence.

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