mind places

Back in 1988, I worked on some paintings depicting rocks and water. Four years later I was showing slides of them to some folks when I was asked “Are Those Potatoes?” I decided I’d name a painting with that title.


watercolor on paper, 26.25" x 41.75"

acrylic on canvas, 11" x 14"

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

This piece was painted around the time of the Hale-Bop Comet passed us in the 90s . Members of a cult killed themselves in the belief that they would catch a ride on a spaceship traveling with the comet.



acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

This is one of several experimental technique paintings I made back in the 90s.
I started them during a presentation I made to the West Bank Art Guild in 1995.
The paintings were exhibited in group show in 1997. This is one of my favorite
pieces from the group of paintings.


acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

In this paintings I built up my neutrals by glazing basic colors, one on top of the other. I wanted to see how far I could push the process.


acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

This is the sister painting of "Plane Color."


acrylic on canvas, 15" x 30"

In critiques from one professor, I was instructed not to bring all areas of a piece up to the same level of finish. In this painting and a sister one I took that idea to an extreme. I left one side of each painting less finished.

This painting is a good example of layered glazes of acrylic. You can see one color through another. I started working this way following my college watercolor experiences.


acrylic on canvas, 15" x 30"

This is the sister painting to "Garden Color."


acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

In college, my professors fussed about us using “tube color” – colors straight out of the tube. We were encouraged to neutralize our colors. When I created paintings after college I tried to continue to mix colors that way. But then fans of my work complained that they missed my bright colors. This is one of several paintings I made in response to that complaint. I still make a point of using brighter colors.


acrylic on canvas, 18" x 36"

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 48"

acrylic on canvas, 24"x 50"