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 […]

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 […]