Spirit Shadows	Headlight	Passage of Light
Stair	Window on the Night	Vaison Red

Townscape Series   2007 - 2002 The Townscapes series, by incorporating the elements of time and movement, illustrates the beauty and charm of the ordinary street scenes of the hill towns and villages that surround my studio. These kinetic images give the viewer a sense of "place". They are designed to change character as you view them from different distances. Real or at least quasi real from a distance to total abstractions on closer inspection.    31 Purple Haze   30 Street Jazz   22 Butterfly   20 Matador   18 Framing the Flowers    12 Butterfly Lady     4 Rue de la Frater   1 One Red Awning     Five Series   2005 The articulated planes of the Townscape paintings are based upon compositions I developed as geometrical abstractions within a square.  I decided to do a better job of documenting the compositions for possible reuse in future paintings and this is the result. The conceptual base has six square planes cut out based on a geometrical ordering system and laid on top of one another. To visualize the composition I gave each plane a different color and a specific place in the stack. Working from the back to the front, they are black, blue, gray, yellow, white, and red. As I documented the ones I had already done, I began to see the possibilities of these compositions as paintings in their own right. This led me to consider transparency and rotation as additional elements to redefine the six original planes. I want each painting to be seen as a three dimensional kinetic description of a simple action.    12 Pick   11 Meditate   10 Reach   9 Cross   8 Filter   7 Float   6 Sing   4 Juggle   3 Rake     2 Punch   1 Sting     Fall in Provence Series   2002 Provence is slowly changing as it moves into the 21st Century.  Traditional values still are present but the influx of more people and the development that comes with people are forcing a new geometry and pattern upon the land.  The Fall in Provence paintings are my interpretation of that change. Paintings are designed to be rotated.   8 Village Green   2 Cigales also Play Chess     Twilight Series   2002 This series is a deliberate study of limits. What magic can happen in the last transition between light and dark? They are designed to be rotated. The paintings have the same meaning irregardless of the orientation. 15 Temperate Zone   13 Retraction   12 Harvest Moon

11 Thor's Hammer	10 Jaws	9 Inferno
8 Keyhole	6 Gestalt	5 Solar Powered
4 Sun Diver	3 ERV Flight School	2 Life's Fly Loft
1 Thinking Man

This series was done in the sun and with the sun in mind. "How bright can I make a painting before it overloads the senses and the result is visual chaos?"  These painting are my answers to my question.  I can get pretty bright.  Color theory is not just a phrase to throw around. Itten and Albers knew what they taught. Every now and then, all painters need to re-examine their roots and re-learn elements of design that are often taken for granted. They are designed to be rotated. The paintings have the same meaning irregardless of the orientation.

7 Watch Her Garden Grow	3 Portal to Future	2 Man Has Style
11 Next New World	9 Selection Point	8 Gateway

1 Swimming in the Sky River

The paintings of the Reflection series are just that, reflections on life, the things around me and my expectations for the future.  I deliberately kept my color palate small and created within the zone between two of the primary colors. Conceptual directions often come by setting specific limits and then abiding by them. I did not use contrast or complements to achieve my objectives and relied on more subtle ways to compose and move the eye.  They are designed to be rotated. The paintings have the same meaning irregardless of the orientation.
15 Tidal Surge	12 Sky Diver	10 Between	9 Tower of Babal

8 Race for the Yellow	7 I Remember My Journey	5 Light at the End of Rainbow	4 What is Behind the Green Door
3 Will Life Come from Sea Again	2 Not Children of My Earth

Each painting had its origins and first gesture in the shapes and colors of the Eygues River valley in the Baronnies Mountains east of Nyons. As the layers built up, meaning and content evolved and the origin receded until the imagery and content was 100% meaning. They are designed to be rotated. The paintings have the same meaning irregardless of the orientation.
7 So Many Jobs So Few Hands	6 Do not Hurt Innocents	3 Paradise by Dashboard Light

2 Step Into My Dream World	1 Skim Myriad Potentials of Blue

Reality Live Filter Dream	House of the Lime Kiln	Capture Dreams Memories Be

Set Rubber Wish Reloading	Break Veil Speak Mouth	Lady Dreams Rose Valleys
Sex Ignition Arrival Ejection	Man Triangle Rain Ozone	Argument Moon Cigarette Sewing
Everybody Turn Plant Spear	Blood Eye Listen Bring	Gondola Godfather Backhoe Dog
Mermaid Bra Down Rabbit	Raise Burn Lawnmower Hurdles	See Harley Clean Blow

This series explores the visual potential of a painting that hovers on the edge of becoming six paintings instead of just one. The visual tension or implied movement when you place the painting right on the line that separates one from multiples results in more kinetic and exciting compositions or at least, strong architectonic forms. Most of my paintings deliberately use either high gloss and/or non gloss surfaces. This is especially true in this series which uses both to project the squares forward and the grid to the back

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Dreams, particularly the day after, seem to be scenes from our imagination viewed from a great distance by a person almost like us. That filter becomes the window in my metaphor. Four dreams each viewed through the same window (frame and grid) became the basis for the Dream Window series.

They are designed to be rotated. This series is designed to be displayed in any orientation. Each orientation has a different portion of the four part title.

 

Snowbound in Provence	1 Dream Window	Color in Provence	Four Major Religions
Union of Man and Earth	2 Dream Window	Mother Earth	Ablative Dissonance

	Balls

Dream Series   2001 - 2000

The thread that bound this group of paintings together was their purpose. Seek and explore "THE" future direction. I was trying to identify the direction I wanted to concentrate my future upon. I explored alternatives within each direction until I felt I could see the potential of the idea. Then, IDEA, study alternatives, evaluate, IDEA, repeat again. I continued doing the Dream series until I felt that I had identified the most promising directions. I really feel like I found a lifetime's directions all worth exploring. I am still exploring some of the directions exposed in this series.
Four Nights in Provence	Jack's Unlucky Day	Smell the Coffee	Red Man Playing Piano
Exposing the Truth About Red Square	Father, Son, & the Holy Ghost	Life Line	Man with Bull Whip
The Cross We Bear	Between Heaven and Hell	The Red Lobster	You Are Part of the Composition

Did Abraham Lincoln Imagine This World?	Evolution of the Square	Of Men and Women
Red Light District	The Rooster and the Road	Burro with Heavy Load
Two Sides of the Same Coin	Penis Ring	Man With One Yellow Eye
Fall in Provence	Hang Gliding the Drome	Red Line Express

Shadow of the Moon		Tourist Visiting the Dentelles de Montmirar		Love on the Pyramids		Gorges du Verdon
A Brush for any Job		Thin Red Line Between Today and Tomorrow		Music Lover		Sheep at Divide Between France and Italy
The Ouveze River Flood			So Many Memories		Forbidden Pleasures
Communication Across the Gorge of Time			The Blue Coast		All Alone in a Crowd

Valentine's Day Massacre	Trace Remains of the Romans	Ahab and Moby Dick	Visit to a Dentist
Man With Walking Stick and Train Ticket	Penetration	Oil and Water Do Not Mix	Hurry, Read Fast

Boy Fishing	Balancing Act	Follow the Leader	They Came From the Sky

Cyber Space	Elephant at a Water Hole	Scoring the Winning Goal

Push It Which Way	Man With Red Spit	My Heart Is an Open Book	Mistral Wind

Hiding Behind a Curtain	One Up and Almost Four Across	Needle in a Hay Stack
One of Nature's Best Feeling Shapes	I Am Walking Out the Door	Eye on the Source

Dig Your Way to Freedom	Birth Canal	Six Ducks All In a Line

Life In the Fast Lane	Is Three Always a Crowd?	The Highlight of Our Camping Trip	Woman of the Night

Birth Place of the Atomic Bomb	Follow Rudolph's Red Nose	Old Woman Looking at the Brave New World
Conception	Two Men Fighting	Wet Dream

The New American Football Helmet	The Loss of One Egg		Other Side of the Fence

Self Portrait of an Artist at Work	All Men Think About	Jazz

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