Bouquet fro Ukraine

                      Bouquet for Ukraine      20x20"        thrown paint on paper and canvas       2022

I painted this when Russia invaded Ukraine. I believe most artists translate the world in their mediums. It's a new technique for me, incorporating  a completed "thrown" and splattered painting with an application of "thrown" and splattered paper, in the manner of a collage. I hope to sell this painting and offer the proceeds to humanitarian efforts for the people of Ukraine. If you are interested, you can contact me through email, or through the Adelman Gallery in San Diego 

PHES Gallery, Carlsbad

 

       Behind the House         36x48"         thrown and splattered paint on canvas        2018  

This painting hit just right for what it is that I want to say with my technique; it's an idea, a feeling, a movement, not a representation of a place as much as the feeling of that place. In this case, it's the tall grasses that grow in the wild fields in Southern California. This was late August, and much of the spring grasses, the wild mustards, and flowering stalks were dead and crisp like, while new wild plants were emerging at their base and in the distance. Though the scene is still, a late August afternoon, one can perceive the slightest movement in the small pollens that dance in the air.

Behind the House, is currently on display at the PHES Gallery in Carlsbad, CA. The Phes is currently exhibiting 23 works by me in an exhibit that includes the very talented artists Bruce Munter and Paul Henry. 

Thank You Gustav

 

Thank You Gustav      48x60"      thrown and splattered paint on canvas       2022

Thank you Gustav is a tribute to the artist Gustav Klimt whose work gave me the inspiration

for the color choices I used here. The technique is very different from Klimt's work. His paint 

was applied, while mine is "thrown" and splattered on using sticks and brushes. However, 

the outcome, can be similar. Klimt frequently used a dot like effect, to render his paintings, my

work has a dot like effect due to the technique. I realize Klimt is way out of my league, however

my appreciation for his work and vision, helped to lend me my own.