These joyous paintings have been the mainstay of my work for the past fifteen years, work I usually say is my serious play! I have grown up in art museums, and my mentors come right out of art history. People often say my work is an amalgamation of artists such as Matisse, Van Gogh, Dufy, Bonnard, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Dubuffet. Among living painters, my favorite is David Hockney. These paintings reflect my home environments, my travels, and my memories of place. I love to capture the actual composition of a place, on land or sea. But then I like to interpret it, making up the colors, patterns, complex details, and giving the place unexpected multiple perspectives. Most of these works began outdoors with sketches, but were then painted indoors where the fantasy, whimsey, energy, and complexity take over.
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The Town Among the Clouds #1.jpeg, 30 x 24
Small Village, Big Sky 30 x 20
The Village Amidst the Fields 24 x 24
Village With Quilt of Stars, 24 x 24
Village with Quilt of Stars, 24x24
Vanessa and Otis on the River Bank, 24 x 30
A Bridge to the Sky, 24x20 oil
Oliver Sings to the Trees, 20 x 24 oilOliver Sings to the Trees, 20x24 oil
Flora Searches For Her Young, 24 x 20, largerFlora Searches for her Young, 24 x 20
A Strange Song, 24×20 oil on cradled panel
Three is for Societyoil on panel, 24"x20"
What My Kimonos Do While I'm Asleepoil on panel, 20"x16"
You Never Know Where the Buddha Will Appearoil on panel, 20"x16"
Two's Companyoil on panel, 24"x20"
Our Walk on the Pier, 30×30 oil
Too Breezy for the Boats Today, 30×30 oil
Boats Return to Yellow Sky, 24 x 36Fantasy view of Boston
Into the Pond 3, 40x30
Jewels of the Floating World #12oil on panel, 8"x8"
Jewels of the Floating World #11oil on panel, 8"x8"
Jewels of the Floating World #10oil on panel, 8"x8"
Jewels of the Floating World #9oil on panel, 8"x8"
Jewels of the Floating World #8oil on panel, 8"x8"
Strange Pleasures in Overcast Weather 24 x 24
The Pool of Longevity 6 x 2
Friends in the Floating WorldOil on Panel, 28"x22"
Little Fish in a Big PondPigment Stick on Panel 12" x 12" subtle view into pond
BuddingPigment Stick on Panel 12" x 12"
Stars Above the GardenPigment Stick on Panel 12" x 12"
The Geese Return to Blackfish CreekOil on Panel 16" x 16" View from my Cape Cottage
A Joyful Day IIOil on Panel 14" x 17"
Walking in BuranoOil on Panel 12" x 16" a town that actually looks the way I paint!
The Church in CortonaOil on Panel 12" x 16"
Golden Bushes Out My WindowOil on Panel 10" x 8"
Above the Pond IIOil on Panel 8" x 8"
Three Birds Out the WindowOil on Panel 16" x 16" One of the many paintings of this lovely view in Aix-en-Provence where I've stayed.
Le Coq de RochebaudinOil on Pan 24" x 24" One of many versions of my favorite town.
The Blue Bench in AixOil on Panel 18" x 18"
Looking Out Over NafplioOil on Panel 16" x 20" another view from our lovely hotel
The Lady in the DistanceOil on Panel 20" x 16"
Swimming with Fish 4Oil on Panel 8" x 8"
Swimming with Fish 3Oil on Panel 8" x 8"
Swimming with Fish 1Oil on Panel 8" x 8"
Horace and Graciella Look for the Fishes IOil on Panel 8" x 8"
Birds, Plants, and Fish Down Under 2Oil on Panel 12" x 12"
No Water is Lonely Water 2Oil on Canvas 8" x 10"
Lily Pond in the MountainsOil on Canvas 40" x 30" Distant Vista from Lily Pond.
Into the Pond #1Oil on Canvas 30" x 40"
Picnic in ValparaisoOil on Panel, 24" x 24"
Ships PassingOil on Panel, 24" x 24"
Into the Pond #5Oil on Canvas 36" x 48"
Balcony Over ValparaisoOil on Panel, 8" x 10"
The Pond Below the ShrineOil on Panel, 28" x 22"
Princess Akane Prepares to Ford the Sacred StreamOil on Panel, 28" x 22"
Culture Garden, 24 x 30Japan meets Mexico meets Botanical Garden. A coming together of all three series.
Little Buddhas Dream of the Floating WorldOil on Panel, 28" x 22"
Entering the Floating WorldOil on Panel, 28" x 22"
Treaures of the Floating WorldOil on Panel, 28" x 22"
Suite with Blossoms and Birds 6oil on panel, 10"x8"
Suite with Blossoms and Birds 7oil on panel, 8"x10"
Suite with Blossoms and Birds 2oil on panel, 8"x10"
Jewels of the Floating World #5oil on panel, 8"x8"
Jewels of the Floating World #6oil on panel, 8"x8"
Jewels of the Floating World #2oil on panel, 8"x8"