above: A Deep Breath of Winter Air
constructed 2016, painted 2017
2018: set in shadow box and completely repainted
22.25" x 22.25"
Acrylic paint on canvas, twine, wood, gravel.
Painting and Sculpture
above: Auspicious Clouds
constructed 2016/ painted 2017
10.75" x 9"
Acrylic paint on canvas, aluminum, steel nails, nylon string, masking tape.
Minimalist color field painting incorporating sculptors' techniques of "painting" with light and shadow.
above: Stopping by a Woods on a Snowy Evening
2016/17
20.5" x 21" x 5"
Acrylic paint on shaped canvas and wood shadow box, chicken wire, baling wire, plastic fencing, wood, electrical wire, string. (private collection)
Inspired by my surroundings at Cedar Lake and a poem by Robert Frost.
above: The Empty Lot in the City of Dreams
2019
13.25" x 10.75"
Acrylic paint over fragment of old drop cloth canvas, mounted on canvas, wood border.
(private collection)
above: Time Lapse Painting No. 2
2017
15" x 13" x 2.5"
Acrylic paint over fragment of old oil painting on burlap, mounted on canvas. String, wire, nails, masking tape,wood protrusion, Masonite frame.
above: The Nostalgic Flâneur in a Desolated Land
2017: constructed and painted
2019: completely repainted
8" x 13"
Acrylic paint on fragment of old drop cloth painting mounted on wood form, twine.
above: Non-Sequential Awareness
2017
12.5" x 12.5"
Acrylic paint over fragment of old oil painting on burlap, mounted on canvas. Wood block attachment, pipe, wire mesh, string.
above: Paul Bringing Urgency to Banality
2017
13" x 10.5"
Acrylic paint with wood bits and string on fragment of old burlap painting mounted on canvas.