Gallery: Santa Fe Series 1999 - 1985
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| ● Fall at the Palace 153x93 1998 | ● 1917 122X92 1992 |
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Blue Monday 153x93 1993
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Circa 1200 92x61 1993
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● Electric Window 92x61 1996 | ● Victorian Meets Adobe 1992 |
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Iapp 92x61 1993
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Reflections 122x122 1994
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● Beach at Seven Thousand Feet 61x122 1992 |
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Urban Horns 1993
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● Serenity 51x41 1993 | ● Two & One Half 1993 | ● Ancient Dreams 1997 |
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Light My Fire 1997
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● Keyboard in Yellow 1999 | ● Window to the Soul 1999 | ● Indian Fry Bread 30x20 1999 |
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Santa Fe Series My life and therefore, my work, has been divided into a series of seven year cycles based upon my association with academia. Looking back, you can see that pattern in the timing of major directional change in my work. Most of the changes were evolutionary in nature. I spent one half of 1992 living and studying the unique regional architecture and art found in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico that grew as a result of the mix between Native Americans, Spanish explorers and the artists attracted to the area. Strong relationships between wall, sky, and earth dictated a representational approach to capture the essence of this environment. I have always used layering or perspective to create the illusion of depth in my work. The evolution from Mondrian like geometrical based abstractions to hard edged realism with more and more glimpses of buildings and streets as abstractions of reality eventually led to a focus on architectural elements that reflected or diffused reality. I was intrigued by the stark quality of openings in massive simple walls. All of the interest and detail was in the window and way the sun played across the window elements in combination with the transparent and reflective qualities of glass. Photo realism of sorts? back to INDEX of Paintings by Series Ι PATMOS |