Paintings > Lightbrights

Simply put I’m trying to distill the seasons, light and landscape down to absolute color and take them into the unknown. Usually when I paint there is the constant urge to go off the rails and abandon all that I’ve been working on. There are infinite options at all times. Part of the art is in the restraint. This series is different. It has a personal logic that is methodical that plods steadily along towards an unknown, yet inevitable resolution. It’s rooted in the language of color. I have to find a home for each stroke to form the whole. I’m looking for the colors to resonate as one body – to produce whole notes by playing many little notes.

Amish Tobacco - front view
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20 x 1.5"
2015
Amish Tobacco - left view
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20 x 1.5"
2015
Amish Tobacco - detail
oil and acrylic on wood
2015
Mid May
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20 x 1.5"
2015
Detail :  Mid May
oil and acrylic on wood
2015
Dingbat Gold - left view
acrylic on wood
15 x 20 x 1.5"
2014
Dingbat Gold - right view
acrylic on wood
15 x 20 x 1.5"
2014
Lester Bowie Lester Bowie (left view)
oil on wood panel
15x20"
2011
Lester Bowie Lester Bowie (front)
oil on wood panel
15x20"
2011
Lester Bowie Lester Bowie (right)
oil on wood panel
15 x 20 "
2011
Lester Bowie Lester Bowie - detail
oil on wood panel
15 x 20 "
2011
Detail - Dingbat Gold
acrylic on wood
15 x 20 x 1.5"
2014
The Milky Woo - left view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20 x 1.5"
2014
The Milky Woo - detail
acrylic and oil on wood
2014
The Milky Woo - front view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20 x 1.5"
2014
Jitterbug - left view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20 x 1.5"
2014
Jitterbug - detail
acrylic and oil on wood
2014
Jitterbug - front view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20 x 1.5"
2014
"Turtle Tracks" - right view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
"Turtle Tracks" - detail 1
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
"Turtle Tracks" front view
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2014
"Bus Echo" - right view
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2014
"Bus Echo"
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2014
"Bus Echo" - detail
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Backdoor Ravenna
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Backdoor Ravenna - right view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Backdoor Ravenna - detail
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Ben Day Boogie
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2013
Bubble Gum Sun
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2013
October Polka
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2013
Harvest - left view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Burning Fog - right view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Burning Fog - left view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Piggly Wiggly Goes To Town
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Strawberry Sun - front view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Strawberry Sun - left view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Strawberry Moon - right view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Strawberry Moon - left view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Pitter Patter
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Dog Days
15 x 20"
2014
Cosmic Debris No.1
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Cosmic Debris No.2
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2014
detail:  Cosmic Debris No.2
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Fire Ants
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Sylvan Carnival
oil and acrylic on wood
15 x 20"
2014
Maple Fire - right view
acrylic and oil on wood
15 x 20"
2014