Wedding Feast

Exhibitions, Figurative, Group Portrait, Party Portraits
59″ x 43″, Oil on Canvas, 1996

Here is an Oldie, but still a Goodie! I created this painting in CELEBRATION of my sister’s wedding 28 years ago! It was a 4 day extravaganza and a super special funning- it event! I used to paint only the things that made me happy- friends, family, parties, babies, dogs- because I reasoned that there were enough images of pain and ugliness in the world that I didn’t need to add to all that unhappiness…. Now I may, occasionally, make a painting or series with a “unhappy” or critical intent, but my paintings always contain humor and a “f**k IT all” attitude, because you have to laugh, otherwise you will cry and cry! Anyways, I hope to be celebrating life with friends and family and just random people again! Let’s get this Pandemic in hand already! Life is a book and everyday is a new page, so just keep reading and resist skipping ahead to find out how it all ends, you may just be surprised! Ha! :)

Oil Pastel Seascapes

Exhibitions, Seascape

Tempera paint and oil pastel mounted on wood seascapes.

Sound of the Sea, was selected for exhibition in the 2019 Del Mar Fair, 24″ x 18″, Oil Pastel Mounted on Wood Panel, 2019. $300

24″ x 18″, Oil Pastel Mounted on Wood Panel, 2019. $300

24″ x 18″, Oil Pastel Mounted on Wood Panel, 2019. $300

18″ x 24″, Oil Pastel Mounted on Wood Panel, 2019. $300

36″ x 18” Triptych , Oil Pastel Mounted on Wood Panel,2019. SOLD

Late Show

Children and Art, Exhibitions, Figurative, Portraits

Late Show was juried into the Tuxedo Show at Art on 30th. It used to be titled, “Kill Your TV,” you know, like the bumper sticker? Remember, back in the day, when sitting close and watching TV was considered a bad thing? Now sitting in front of a screen all day is a way of life! It is how we communicate with loved ones, to go school and work, attend religious services, etc….This is a 48 x 36 polyptych painted entirely in about 3 hours time, with a 3” flat brush, black and Payne’s gray acrylic paint only. I added a little white highlight afterwards – but essentially, where you see white, it’s just the canvas.

“48 x 36”, Acrylic on Canvas, 2010. $800

Garden of Earthly DEE-LITE

Exhibitions, Still Life

At Midnight, National Competition, Art Catalogue Publication, Art on 30th. 2020 $2000

This painting is a homage to the late great San Diego artist Manny Farber, but also a “Still – Life” representation/ portrait of myself and my existence … 4 panels all with objects that resonate and embody aspects of myself or my life — look from the top right, then top left, bottom left and bottom right. The painting becomes less realistically rendered and more sketchy as you progress in the order I have described… I occasionally asked if I’m going to “finish” these rudimentary areas. This painting is a self portrait and when I created it my life was different and so was my “storyline”…. the last panel is barely a sketch – with a question mark drawn with charcoal …. and so is my life still — All that I can offer is that I have one foot in the past and another in the future and I’m trying to balance in the present tense as best as I can!

Pandora’s Box

3-D, Exhibitions, Mixed Media

Juried into the Mixed Media Madness Exhibition, this sculpture features a rotating fish and the faint musical sounds of Carmen’s Polka. I had been wanting to create a 3D sculpture for awhile— but for this particular sculpture required a Musical/ Mechanical/ Kinetic Mechanism as well! It was very challenging but fun to create.

50 x 12, Mixed Media, 2020. $800