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 Thank
you for visiting my online gallery. All the work was done within
the last few years and many may be purchased.
All pieces are very reasonably priced. For specific prices
please contact
me. Also, please go to the Prices
and Ordering page for more information.
Please Note: If you would like to
be notified when new pieces become available, please send
me an email and I will contact you at that time.
New Work
Newest
WorK > Feb 09 Paintings
March 2: I have around
20 new small pieces on view at GTI Properties at 530 Harrison
Avenue in the South End of Boston through the month of
March and into April. They have a small gallery that can
be visited.
Phone to check on hours: 617-350-8870
Read
a review of 6/07 solo show at Nahcotta gallery
in Portsmouth, NH >
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Painting
Technique
 All
paintings are acrylic on canvas. The surfaces are highly
worked and have a weathered appearance. This results from
a rather labor-intensive work process involving an electric
sander, gel medium, Ajax, water, rubbing, and applying
and removing many, many layers of paint. At the end of
which a coat of gloss, acrylic polyurethane is applied.
End result is a very flat surface that resembles and feels
somewhat like a glossy encaustic with considerable apparent
depth.
I would also mention that these photos
do not do the pieces justice. They really shimmer and
have a depth and color that does not translate to these
pages. If you are within my locale and would like to see
them, please contact me amd
I can arrange to meet with you.
All pieces are very reasonably priced.
 Please
Note: If you would like to be notified when new
pieces become available, please send
me an email and I will contact you at that time.
Available works and ones in the show
are noted below title. Regardless of status, if there
are particular works you are interested in please contact
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Statement
What I am trying to convey in my work is a sense of mystery,
loss, beauty, a general sense of incomprehension and a feeling
of presence. I try to do this from a non-sentimental perspective
and within a framework that is for the most part neither entirely
abstraction nor figuration.
Influences/inspirations
I feel engaged within the history of art ranging from prehistoric
to contemporary.
Some of the influences and inspirations I particularly feel
an immediacy to are Sally
Mann, Roger
Ballen, Denis
Johnson, Caravaggio,
Joseph
Bueys, bad
art, outsider
art, Constable,
Ornette
Coleman, Moroccan
art/design , Andy
Kauffman, Tokyo
street fashion, Cedell
Davis, Titian,
Matthew
Barney, Bruce
Nauman, J.M.W.
Turner, Atget,
Renaissance
art, imagery derived from Catholicism, Mozart, Arvo
Part, Cormac
McCarthy, Flannery
O'Connor, The Children's Crusade,
Giotto,
Neo Rauch
and more.
Please note...
 Sculpture
I used to do a lot of sculpture 10 years or so ago. I didn't
paint at all at that time. I was asked for some examples recently
so I put two pages together of
examples.
- The Children's Crusade
The Children's Crusade is a mysterious event that took place
around 1212, when, according to scattered comments in chronicles,
thousands of children undertook to free the Holy Land.
Full account
- Commissioned Pieces
If you would like a piece that would be specific to your living
or business environment, please contact
me as we could arrange a commissioned piece I could create
for you.
- "The
Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western
Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance"
by Dr. John Boswell.
The rates of abandonment are astounding. For example, the
overall rate of child abandonment in the 1st - 3rd centuries
is seen as being in the area of 20-40 percent of all live
births resulted in the child being abandoned. And these rates
are typical for the timeframe discussed in the book.
Review and excerpts of book on
this site
- Jamie Wilson
Personal website of a remarkable man
with Cerebral Palsy who is a friend. Includes his journal.
Take a look.
- Portfolio site of other media
I have a portfolio
site that shows past work and work in other media. This
would include a project
I did for the PBS station in Seattle that focused on my
parents.
- Note: I'm currently seeking gallery representation. If
interested please contact me.
Comments/questions: I'm interested
in hearing from you. Feel free to send
me an email.
 Please
note: I'm a web designer. I built this portfolio site. If you
are interested in having one of your own, head to my
web design site, FocusDesign,
for more information.
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