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 Splash

24" x 24"

Oil on canvas

 

   

                               Shifting Sands   

                             20" x 20"

                           Oil on canvas

 

                            Swimming with Sharks

24" x 24"

Oil on canvas

A young man swims in a shallow pool and the shadow his figure casts is like a shark swimming beneath him. Water represents the subconscious and the shadows cast by the rippling waves and light represent unseen forces that drive us.  The play of light on the water's surface highlights the figure's vulnerability.

 

Mermaid

15" x 21"

Pastel on suede

A young woman swims in noon light. Underneath the surface of the pool, her shadow is simplified like a Henry Moore sculpture.  British artist Henry Moore created primitive figural sculptures in which he abstracted the female figure.  Water changes our shadow into its most elemental form.

 

                                     Huddle

                               20" x 20"

                            Oil on canvas

 

Wanderer

12" x 12"

Oil on canvas

 

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Yellow Note

11" x 14"

Oil on board

 

    

Overseer

20" x 20"

Oil on canvas

 

   

                            Breaking Through

22" x 24"

Pastel on suede

 

 

Waves and Surf

24" x 24"

Oil on canvas

     

 

 

 

   
 

                                                                      

                           Sea Swell

                                 20" x 20"

                         Oil on canvas

                                   

Surface Beauty

14.5" x 11.5"

Pastel on suede 

 

Sand Castles

                              30" x 40"

                            Oil on canvas

 

Surfacing

17" x 22"

Pastel on suede

The surface play of water seemingly deforms the body, bones are softened and contorted and extra limbs appear.  The boy rises to the surface of the water, reaching up for a breath of air.

 

 Sea Farer

                                    24" x 18"

                           Pastel on paper

                             

                               Twin Palms

                           14" x 11"

                         Oil on board

 

                              Pier Silhouette

                                 24" x 12"         

                         Oil on canvas