FRANK AND NANCY

I dipped my paintbrush into a little kitsch and painted a portrait of Frank and Nancy Sinatra. If you want to feel good, in that kitschy sort of way, play yourself some "The Last of the Secret Agents," "Summer Wine," "Something Stupid," and "Jackson" -  you just can't be in a bad mood while listening to them and using cobalt blue and cadmium red straight out of the tube!

* both of these pieces measure 18"x24" and are from a series of musician portraits.

STOLON SPRING

"You can die from a fish bone." I've held this ominous certainty to memory as far back as I can recall.

One could die from a fish bone as well as a broken heart. How could delicate cartilage and sadness have the same authority as violent crime and cancer to snuff out life?

These disturbing beliefs caused me to walk through childhood by way of caution - combing for tiny bones, and making a point to let no one hear too much hunger or heartache in the way I stated my needs.

* These are the opening lines to a short story I wrote last May called STOLON SPRING. "Stolon" refers to the root systems of the Trout Lilies I was admiring when I discovered the body of a man lying dead in the park where I walk my dog everyday; it was a "stolon" spring and a "stolen" spring. 

TOTAL TRANSFORMATION

This is a recent commissioned portrait I painted of James Lehman; he works with troubled kids through a program he developed called "Total Transformation." I'd love a few more commissions to come my way so I could totally transform my troubled bank account.

* this piece measures 24"x36"

MR. FREEMAN

An 18"x24" portrait of Morgan Freeman - because he has a great face, because I want to hone my portrait painting skills, and because I recently read where his career didn't get serious recognition until he was fifty... there's hope for me yet.

* the photo I used as reference for this painting was lifted from the internet, and, in no way, do I take credit for it; I believe it was a Rolling Stone magazine cover a few years back.

MAX

A 3'x4' painting of "Max" in summer light - noble boy that he was.

COUCH POTATO

A portrait of a white couch potato.

TESS

A painting of "Tess" in the snow.