Washes, impasto, oil and wax, undulating patterns and spirals, metamorphosis and change describe a world in flux. Emerging and dissolving energies suggest processes in nature. Early neutral ranges of all colors give way to radiant fields, webs of color and sound.

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In Flower, 60"x54", oil, 1995

Music in the Stone, oil, 60"x54", 1995

Mango, oil, 42"x38", 1996

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Oread, 75"x60", oil, 1995

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Uncharted Territory, oil 44"x40", 1996

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Noon, oil on canvas, 42"x38", 1997

In the Beginning (Praise), oil, 24"x18", 1999

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Day, oil, 42"x38", 1997

Harmonic, oil, 44"x40", 1994

Tempest, oil on canvas, 64"x56" 1990

Tempest, oil on canvas, 64"x56" 1990

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Necessary Motion, oil, 44"x36", 1993

Spiral Tree III, oil, 56"x64", 1990

Spiral Tree III, oil, 56"x64", 1990

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Alchemic, 72"x54", oil, 1992

Blue Web, 44x38, 1994

Blue Web, oil, 44"x38", 1994

 

Time and Timelessness, unstretched linen  2010-13

Large overlapping marks simulate natural color. Issues of scale, transparency, movement, form vs. non-form evoke a physical presence connected to nature, a sense both vast and immediate.

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Time and Timelessness #3, Acrylic on Linen Canvas, 42"x34",  2010

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Time and Timelessness #14, 21"x17", Acrylic on Linen 2010

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Time and Timelessness #19, acrylic on linen, 42"x33" 2012

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Time and Timelessness #32, Acrylic on Linen, 42"x33"2012