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Five years ago Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. I evacuated to Memphis two days before the storm. The storm came through Memphis knocking the power out at my hotel. Tree limbs littered streets. When I went to create this painting, I depicted the path (yellow-green) of the storm as it hit coast and continued its path near me in Memphis. The colors came from some the film theaters I visited.


acrylic on canvas, 5" x 5"

Shades of Gray

Since I was still trying to figure out how to continue my current series of dot paintings, I decided to experiment with drawing dots. I played with size and darkness of my dots. There is no image to find. If you do find one, well, it is unintentional.


graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Oil Spill Clippings and My Idea Books

Since the oil spill began in April, I have been collecting newspaper and magazine clippings to paste in my idea book. As you can see I ran out of room in the first book and have since filled three more books. For the moment I will put the remaining artifacts aside. After all I have other materials I want to include my fifth idea book. Normally I have done one or two books in a year. In 2005 and 2008 I did three. This year is unusual since I went more than three. And still, there are four more months left of 2010.

Hidden Circles

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Sixth of Six

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Fifth of Six

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

Fourth of Six

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"