Paintings > Burlaps

Snakey Krater
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2023
Snakey Krater - right view
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2023
Snakey Krater - detail
actylic on burlap and birch panel with nails
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2023
Baby Notre Dame
crylic on burlap and birch panel
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2023
White Pine Venus
acrylic on burlap and birch panel
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2023
White Pine Venus - right view
acrylic on burlap and birch panel
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2023
White Pine Venus - detail
actylic on burlap and birch
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2023
Khatchaturian Threads
acrylic on burlap and birch
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Khatchaturian Threads
acrylic on burlap and birch
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Khatchaturian Threads - detail
acrylic on burlap and birch
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Khatchaturian Threads - detail
Acrylic on burlap and birch
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Athenian Tik Tak
acrylic on burlap and birch panel
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Athenian Tik Tak - right view
acrylic on burlap and birch panel
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Athenian Tik Tak - detail
acrylic on burlap and birch panel lic
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Appalachian Krater
Acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Appalachian Krater - left view
acrylic on burlap and birch panel
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Crosseyed Pisa
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Crosseyed Pisa
Acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Crosseyed Pisa - detail
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.ylic
2020
Tuxedo Crawdad
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Fuzzy Urny
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Fuzzy Urny - Detail
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
2020
Fifi de la Mer and Fuzzy Urny
Acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
2020
Fifi De La Mer
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Protozoan Motel
acrylic on burlap and birch panel
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Protozoan Motel - detail
acrylic on burlap and birch panel
2020
Sanguine Sally
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Grasshopper Tango
Acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Telepathic Feline
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Venus of Pullcat
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Prickle
Acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Prickle
actylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Prickle - right view
Acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Neuro Frayer
acrylic on burlap and birch panel
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Neuro Frayer - detail
acrylic on burlap and birch panel
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020
Blazer
acrylic on burlap and birch panel with nails.
15 x 19 3/4" ( 38 x 50 cm)
2020


Burlap is historically a very utilitarian material. I can’t help but always think of a sack of potatoes. It’s been used as sandbags to resist rising flood waters, camouflage, landscaping, and even as the final hood on one condemned to a beheading. Nothing overly sophisticated. But for an artist this invites a freedom to stretch, unravel, cut, burn, and slice the material in ways I might not if it was an expensive Belgian linen. The fact that it is burlap influences how I feel, think, and work long before the brushes start pushing paint. When I begin one of these paintings I’m starting with something extremely crude and fragile. My goal is to methodically chip away bit by bit until something refined and unexpected appears. There is a thrill in turning something common into something elegant, soulful and fun.