Love at First Sight, 30"x40", oil on canvas, 2022

A brilliant, impossibly pink sky surrounds a strange space where a kind of emotional play is happening. There is a stage, but the actors are mysterious and two dimensional.

Covert Operation, 42"x48", oil on canvas, 2015 (sold)

Yes, I have a fascination with pink as a color which can reference so. many. things! Here, the main focus is an upside-down figure (based on an image of Louis XIV painted by Rigaud) who is falling headlong into an abstract abyss. One of my few politically influenced pieces.

Sending Mixed Signals, 44"x48", oil on canvas, 2022

Initially based on an image I captured when one of my boys was about 4 years old...it captures a sense of playfulness, but with some confusing interruptions.

Waiting for the One, 42"x48", oil on canvas, 2024

Part of my recent series around the theme of Dating...this involves another image from one of my boys. The idea of dreaming...fantasies about perfection...and a little pop culture to lighten the mood.

Looking LTR No hook-ups! 42"x38", oil on canvas, 2025

I have challenged my students for years to find a kitschy unicorn and "make it work" in their paintings. I decided to take the challenge myself, and used the same Barbie figure that you see in Speak To Me Softly...slightly different angle. It's a humorous (I hope!) reference to dating culture.

Dating is hard, bro' 50"x33", oil on canvas, 2024

Like many of my recent works, dating is the topic for this strange scene. An arm (borrowed from a doll) appears to be hanging on for dear life in this tumultuous waterscape.

She Packed My Bags Last Night, 42"x38", 2024

Borrowing a line from a famous Elton John song, this painting was about motion...forms slipping by in the background...patterns of camouflage or attraction hinting at the fragile nature of life and love.

Not your cup of tea, (I'm tequila)! 42"x48", 2025

I read this line in several dating profiles over the past few years and felt the need to use it as a title. There is a sea creature hovering in the sky - witness to a terrible chaos below.

I Think I Missed a Warning Sign, 24" x 48", oil on panel, 2024

A haunting landscape with my favorite color appearing in the sky - yet again. As I worked the colorful landscape on the right side against the muted, flowing forms on the left I felt that it was ripe for an unidentifiable object!

Quiet Transformation, 20" x 16", oil on panel, 2022

This piece was really an experiment with a new paint color - a vivid quinacridone red - that morphed into an abstract scene of change.

Emotionally Intelligent, 20"x24", oil and shellac on panel, 2023

Shellac is a place where drama and playfulness can come together with luminous presence. I began the piece as a demonstration for upper level painting students (the topic was improvisation) but it turned into something more personal.

I think we have a connection! 30"x24", oil on panel, 2023

I have been interested in catfish noodling for many years (never tried it) and this image became a sort of tribute to beauty. It's also a loose reference to common dating phrases.

All Theories End With Love, 24"x30", oil on panel, 2022

I use old photos of my boys from time to time...this one is the same reference that I used in Sending Mixed Signals. But here the atmosphere is clear, blue like sky...and more about the intersection of logic and feeling.

Waiting for the Wave, 5"x4", wax on panel, 2025

My only encaustic painting in my online portfolio. This was done during a workshop that I was leading for freshman art students. I was thinking about Hokusai while the wax was being layered on!

Are You Okay? 6"x4", oil on panel, 2023

We all know that mental health is important! This piece was done while I was working with a Painting I class on a still life that I had set up. Baby dolls are known to be a part of all Painting I still life(s) with me!

Frogs-Princes, 8"x16", oil, transfer on panel, 2024

Believe it or not...this was an entry for a public art call for proposals. Could you imagine this piece as a 4' tall, 8' wide image in a small town? Well, neither could they!