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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Australian Christmas

In 1994 I was invited to be in a Christmas themed art show. We were asked to select a country and look up information on how that country celebrated Christmas.

First of all it is summer down there at Christmas. The beach is a popular place to be. There is "Caroling by Candlelight" on the beach. So, I focused on the candlelight tradition. Painting in an Aboriginal style, I used dots to capture the effect of light. This is a piece that sold.


acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"

Friday, November 18, 2005

Origin of the Code Series

So, here are the first eight dot pieces painted . . . dots were an afterthought . . . the triangles were just TOO HARSH! . . . look above for the smaller pieces that followed.

Thursday, November 03, 2005

The "o" Series

I evacuated to Memphis when Katrina was headed to the New Orleans area . . . these are works I completed while I was away.

ao


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

bo


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

co


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

do


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

eo


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

fo


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

go


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

ho


acrlic on canvas, 5" x 5"

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Dancing Lights

This piece is inspired by camera shots in movies when people are in focus and the background becomes dancing dots. I had to start wearing glasses for distance at age 38. Something about the dots had me fixated. This piece has moved a number of folks.


acrylic on canvas, 30" x 30"

MMII

"MMII" stands for 2002 in Roman numerals. I was using colors I was fixated with during that year.


colored pencil on paper, 17.25" x 23"

Greek Code


Alpha, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Theta, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Omicron, Pi, Rho
acrylic on canvas, 6" x 6" each

Code Purple


acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28"

Code Blue


acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28"

Code Green


acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28"

Code Lime


acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28"

Code Yellow


acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28"

Code Orange


acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28"

Code Red


acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28"

Code Pink


acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28"

Stop/Go

"Stop/Go" was inspired by the movie "The Mexican" from 2001. Brad Pitt's character is at a stop light which becomes a pivotal moment for him. It captured my indecision at the time.


colored pencil on paper, 15.25" x 24"