Spring Bloom Acrylic on Canvas | 18" x 31"
Landscapes and Mindscapes
October 24, 2018 - November 10, 2018
This show contains an assortment of realistic landscapes, abstract landscapes and non-objective paintings. The borders between such designations are sometimes hard to find. The most realistic painting is an abstract, it is not the thing but a representation of whatever it is representing. Even the most abstract paintings have a way of becoming landscapes of the imagination, populated by accidental/deliberate beings, found in the mind of the viewer with hints from the painter. Some of those same beings can be found populating even the most realistic of painting. Enjoy your exploration of these paintings, reading into them what your eye, experience and imagination find.
Spring Bloom Acrylic on Canvas | 18" x 31"
Once Upon a Time Acrylic on canvas | 18" x 54"
Sitting on Top of the World Acrylic on Masonite | 12" x 8"
Snow Tree Acrylic on Masonite | 20" x 16"
Ongoing Story Acrylic on Masonite | 10" x 20" Pareidolea - windows/doors/portals/story board
Over See's Acrylic on Masonite | 16" x 11" Reflections and refractions from paint and water, movement and pressure, both moving the painting and the land and the sea and, with a little attention, one's imagination. Where is the foreground, the background, what is sea or sky, clouds or rocks? Let your eyes and mind play through/with/about/over, even under layers of paint depicting what you will find. The viewer is right in what he/she finds, bringing the artwork to life with the knowledge gained from life’s experience.
Morning, Morro Rock Acrylic on canvas | 30" x 48"
Thinking In & Outside the Frame Acrylic on Masonite | 16" x 16" Pareidolea - windows/doors/portals/story board
Pinky in Memoriam Acrylic on Masonite Flamingos stomp their feet to bring delicious critters to the water's surface. But when Pinky did it, people were entertained. She was one of Busch Garden's animal ambassadors, danced the flamenco on TV and delighted delegates at the 2012 Republican National Convention. Pinky the flamingo died Tuesday, police said, after she was attacked by a park patron. Tampa police said the suspect grabbed her pink-feathered body and violently slammed Pinky to the ground about 6:44PM. Tuesday—in front of his own mother and three children. Pinky was badly injured, police said, one of her feet nearly severed. Busch Gardens veterinarians had to euthanize her late Tuesday. The Chilean flamingo was 19, about to turn 20 next month.
Morro Rock from the Elfin Forest Acrylic on canvas | 12" x 48" Morro rock seen from the Elfin Forest in Los Osos
Returning Home Acrylic on Masonite | 24" x 40" A sailboat retuning to its berth in the Ventura Harbor
Forward Acrylic on Masonite | 24" x 18"
Day Change thermal set paint on canvas | 12" x 16"
True Faux Acrylic on Masonite | 21" x 23"
Pregnant Moment Acrylic on Masonite | 9" x 12" The hills are alive, moving in, from a human perspective, so slowly as to appear eternal but in the words of Robert Green Ingersoll, "In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds." Stand on the crest of the massif, what will you see? What will you hear? Do you open your eyes and ears to feast in the line of sight and mingle with the flora and fauna and the beyond? Do you open your mind and see the ever-changing hills and seas and skies?
Music in the Park Acrylic on canvas | 54" x 36" Glendessary Jam playing old time music in Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens
Imminent Acrylic on Masonite | 12" x 18"
Odyssey Acrylic on Masonite | 18" x 18"
Inner Workings Acrylic on Masonite | 12" x 12"
Pareidolea - Every Which Way Acrylic on Masonite | 24" x 20"
Bordenloss Acrylic on Masonite | 24" x 18"
Fog Bound Acrylic on Masonite | 30" x 60" Looking over the bird sanctuary in Santa Barbara as an evening fog rolls in.