Shape. Color. Motion.
Sometimes meaning comes from the process of making rather than thinking. Sometimes it is the way colors interact. Or the tension between shapes, repetition, form and line. Sometimes the meaning is a feeling.
Narrative
I Just Like the Shape
This painting started with the flamingos. Then their features found their way into the other figures.
I Just Like the Shape, Oil on Panel, 24” x 36”
White Gloves & Cat TV
This is an interpretation of memories of watching my older sisters dress up for formal high school dances. Sources included old photographs and drawings. Long white gloves and cats have made their way into more than one painting.
White Gloves & Cat TV, Oil on Canvas, 36” x 48”
Inspired by a Drive
“The Talkin’ Part of the Song” takes its name from old country songs on the only radio station between Bend and Burns, Oregon.
At the Brothers, Oregon, rest stop there is a “Horse Exercise Area” sign that is strangely not out of place, so it became part of this painting.
The Talkin’ Part of the Song, 29.25” x 23.75”, Oil on panel
This Thing Called Love
This grew out of the motion of the bicycle, the wobbly nature of the pin, and the rush of that woman wearing the blue shoe. Everything’s in motion.
This Thing Called Love, 36” x 48”, Oil on canvas
Time
“It’s About Time” explores flights of fancy, ideals, fantasies, reality and acceptance. With time, clothes and technology always change while patterns repeat and remain.
It’s About Time, 24” x 20”, Oil on canvas