oil on canvas
48 x 55 in.
oil on canvas
48 x 55 in.
oil on canvas
48 x 55 in.
oil on canvas
20 x 96 in.
Collection Claremont Lewis Museum of Art
oil on canvas, 20 x 96 in.
oil on canvas, 20 x 70 in.
Private Collection
acrylic on canvas, 123 x 60 in. (diptych)
acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 in.
acrylic on panel, 40 x 40 in.
acrylic on panel, 18 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.
oil on canvas 30 x 40 in.
oil on canvas 30 x 60 in.
acrylic and egg tempera on canvas 16 x 20 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas over panel 24 x 24 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 20 x 96 in.
oil on canvas, 18 x 12 in.
oil on canvas, 32 x 18 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 17 x 8 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 17 x 8 in.
oil on canvas, 6 x 6 in.
oil on canvas, 12 x 18 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 9 x 6 in.
acrylic and egg tempera on aluminum 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
acrylic and egg tempera on aluminum 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
acrylic and egg tempera on aluminum 5 x 5 in.
acrylic and egg tempera on aluminum 5 x 5 in.
acrylic and egg tempera on aluminum 5 x 5 in.
acrylic and egg tempera on panel 5 x 5 in.
acrylic and watercolor on panel 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
acrylic and watercolor on panel 5 x 5 in.
oil on canvas, 56 1/2 x 142 1/2 in.
oil on canvas, 20 x 70 in. Private Collection
acrylic on canvas, 20 x 84 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 20 x 70 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas
20 x 60 in.
Pomona College Commission, private collection
oil on canvas, 20 x 70 in.
oil on canvas, 20 x 70 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 18 x 66 in. Commission
oil on panel, 30 x 144 in. Private Collection
oil on panel, 30 x 144 in.
oil on canvas 12 x 12 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 5 3/4 x 8 in. Private Collection
acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 12 x 5 in. Private Collection
oil on panel, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2. Private Collection
oil on panel, 9 x 9 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 18 x 18 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 18 x 18 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 74 x 56 in. (in 9 panels). Private Collection
oil on canvas, 34 x 91 in.
oil on canvas, 30 x 155 in. Collection Pomona College, Claremont, CA.
pastel on paper, 22 x 32 in.
Private Collection, Chicago IL
graphite and gesso on paper
47 x 56 in.
pastel on paper
66 1/2 x 24 in.
Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper
20 x 38 in.
pastel on paper
22 3/4 x 24 in.
pastel and acrylic on paper 12 x 37 in.
pastel on paper, 22 x 29 3/4 in.
pastel and acrylic on paper, 31 x 24 3/4 in.
pastel on paper, 20 3/4 x 37 3/4 in.
acrylic and ink on paper, 16 x 32 in.
pastel, acrylic, and lacquer on paper, 15 x 29 3/4 in. Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper
18 x11 in.
Private Collection. Sold through public auction 2023
pastel and acrylic on paper, 15 x 67 in.
pastel and acrylic on paper. Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper, 18 x 50 3/4 in.
pastel and acrylic on paper. 17 3/4 x 47 in. Private Collection.
Pastel on paper, 21 x 56 in.Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper, 12 1/4 x 56 in. Private Collection
pastel on paper, 15 3/4 x 65 1/2 in. Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper, 7 3/4 x 32 in. Private Collection
oil on paper 9 1/2 x 15 in. Private Collection
oil on paper 9 1/2 x 15 in. Private Collection
oil on paper, 9 1/2 x 15 in.
oil on paper, 9 1/2 x 15 in.
oil on paper, 9 1/2 x 15 in.
graphite and powdered pigment on paper, 41 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.
graphite and powdered pigment on paper, 41 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.
conte on paper, 30 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. Private Collection
conte on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 3/4 in.
conte on paper, 30 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. Private Collection
acrylic on paper, 20 1/2 x 28 5/8 in.
acrylic on paper, 17 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.
acrylic on paper, 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
acrylic on paper, 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
acrylic on paper, 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
egg tempera, gold, silver, copper leaf, asphaltum on panel, 6 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.
watercolor and ink on paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Private Collection
silverpoint, egg tempera, gold leaf, motor oil on paper, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in, Private Collection
watercolor, egg tempera, oil on paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
silverpoint, egg tempera, asphaltum on paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Private Collection
silverpoint, red and white wine, blood, gesso on paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
watercolor, egg tempera, acrylic, asphaltum on paper, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.
watercolor, gold and silver leaf, egg tempera on paper, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Private Collection
egg tempera, ink, watercolor, asphaltum on paper, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Private Collection
watercolor on paper, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Private Collection
watercolor, pigment, leaf, asphaltum on paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Private Collection
asphaltum, gold leaf, watercolor, egg tempera on paper, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Private Collection
watercolor, asphaltum, gold leaf, Pepsi-Cola on paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
oil on paper, 18 x 24 in. Private Collection
acrylic on paper, 5 x 7 in.
oil on paper, 5 x 7 in. Private Collection
watercolor on board 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
watercolor and acrylic on board 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
watercolor and acrylic on board 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
acrylic on board 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
watercolor and acrylic on board 5 x 5 in.
acrylic and egg tempera on board 5 x 5 in. Private Collection
watercolor on board 5 x 5 in.
pastel, acrylic on paper, 14 x 80 in. Private Collection
pastel on paper.
pastel on paper, 12 1/2 x 64 in. Private Collection
pastel on paper, 18 x 82 1/4 in. Private Collection
acrylic, pastel on paper 13 x 89 in. Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper
13 x 80 in.
gold, silver, copper leaf, egg tempera, asphaltum on panel, 12 x 10 1/8 in.
oil and varnish on paper, 80 x 64 in.
oil and varnish on paper, 60 x 40 in. Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper, 96 x 78 in. (in 9 parts)
pastel and enamel on paper, 12 x 12 in.
oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.
oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.
oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.
oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.
Private Collection, Los Angeles
oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.
oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.
oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.
oil on canvas, 29 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.
oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.
oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. Private Collection.
oil, acrylic, and ink on paper, 40 x 40 in. Private Collection
mixed media on paper
6 x 8 in.
mixed media on paper
6 x 8 in.
oil on canvas, 20 x 96 in.
A collection of trees.
An arboretum is a multifaceted combination of nature and artifice. A “collection,” by definition, of natural objects not intended to coexist, but do so under the artificial shepherding of an outdoor museum. They are, in fact, false representations of the natural world. They straddle the conceptual realm of realism versus abstraction.
This painting is autobiographical. I know it’s a cliché, as nearly every artist will claim the same intrinsic function. However, I set out to purposely insert specific references to places either utilized in previous works, or awaiting such use in the archive of images I kept on hand in the studio. This was a form of “exorcism” whereby I scoured my photos, drawings, paintings and digital resources for the raw material. My plan was to include all or part of everything “tree” from this archive until I reached a stalemate. The match between the painting took six months of exclusive work and ended when I could no longer see a “move.”
pathetic fallacy: The attribution of human feelings and responses to inanimate things or animals, esp. in art and literature.
The allusions crowd my thoughts about the results of this match. Unlike other landscape paintings where I had an actual reference point in real experience from which to base my assessment of the finished work, this painting has no such real place. It is an impossible garden. My other landscape paintings aspire to what Kenneth Clark coined “the landscape of fact,” where the forms and references to the natural world need to be recognized, believable, and illustrative of the natural world, as an essential function of their message. Arboretum is a fantasy world. Although each element adheres to standards of realistic depiction, the overall composition could not be construed as factual.
I’m somewhat strident in my conviction that if you give a viewer enough clues, they will discern a meaning on their own, and if not, then it’s not for them and time to move on. There’s a point in the life cycle of a work of art, where the original intent and/or system goes its own way, despite “the plan.” That point was reached for me only when I stopped painting. Along the way, there were the inevitably conscious decisions to create compositional balance, order, and clarity in the work, as I would with any other. But the system I devised had a life cycle of its own, without the usual cadence of beginning, middle, and end. Now that I’ve finished, I’m in the same place as a viewer-left to fend for myself in the woods, a place both beautiful and fraught with ambiguity.
silverpoint on panel, 6 1/8 x 16 in. Private Collection
acrylic on canvas, 84 x 20 in.
conte on paper, 30 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. Private Collection
conte on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 3/4.
oil and asphaltum on panel, 8 x 8 in.
acrylic on canvas, 24 x 18 in. Private Collection
silverpoint and asphaltum on panel, 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. Private Collection
silverpoint on panel, 5 1/2 x 12 in.
silverpoint and gesso on aluminum, 5 x 5 in.
silverpoint and gesso on aluminum, 5 x 5 in.
silverpoint and gesso on aluminum, 5 x 5 in.
acrylic on paper, 5 x 5 in.
acrylic on paper, 5 x 5 in.
acrylic on paper, 5 x 5 in.
oil on canvas, 6 x 6 in. Private Collection
conte on paper, 30 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. Private Collection
silverpoint and gesso on aluminum, 5 x 5 in.
acrylic on paper, 20 1/2 x 28 5/8 in.
acrylic on paper, 17 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.
oil on canvas, 12 x 5 in. Private Collection
acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 in.
oil on canvas 20 x 96 in.
oil on canvas 20 x 9 in. Private Collection
pastel on paper 15 x 25 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 12 x 7 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 32 x 18 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 18 x 12 in. Private Collection
pastel, acrylic, and lacquer on paper 15 x 29 3/4 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 30 x 60 in.
oil on panel, 24 x 121 in. Private Collection
oil on panel, 24 x 121 in. Private Collection
oil on panel, 24 x 121 in.
oil on panel, 24 x 120 in. Private Collection
oil on panel, 30 x 144 in.
oil on panel, 30 x 128 in. Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper, 20 x 68 in.
oil on panel, 10 3/4 x 30 in. Private Collection
oil on panel, 24 x 96 in. Collection Scripps College, Claremont, CA.
oil on canvas, 30 x 155 in. (in 5 panels). Private Collection
oil on canvas, 72 x 74 in. (in 15 panels). Private Collection
oil on canvas, 17 x 39 in. (in 3 parts). Private Collection
oil on canvas, 30 x 155 in. (in 5 parts). Collection Pomona College, Claremont, CA.
mixed media on paper, 32 x 80 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 34 x 140 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 81 x 135 in. (in 45 parts). Private Collection
oil on canvas, 82 x 80 in. (in 21 parts). NFS
4-color reduction linocut on paper, 6 x 6 in.
acrylic on canvas, 70 x 395 in.
acrylic on canvas, 55 x 114 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 9 x 12 3/8 in. Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper, 17 3/4 x 63 1/2 in. Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper, 18 3/4 x 67 3/4 in. Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper, 20 3/4 x 65 1/2 in. Private Collection
Huntington Beach Arts Center, 2000
egg tempera, asphaltum, silverpoint on panel, 4 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. Private Collection
pastel and acrylic on paper, 34 x 46 in. Private Collection
acrylic on canvas, 52 x 88 in.
oil on canvas, 4 3/4 x 19 1/4 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 5 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, 8 1/2 x 7 in. Private Collection
“Scenic,” Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, March-April 2002
“Scenic,” Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, March-April 2002
“Scenic,” Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, March-April 2002
“Scenic,” Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, March-April 20022
“Scenic,” Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, March-April 200202
“Scenic,” Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, March-April 2002
“Scenic,” Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, March-April 2002
“Scenic,” Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, March-April 2002
“Scenic,” Cuttress Gallery, Pomona, March-April 2002
oil on canvas, 46 x 12 in. (in 2 parts). Private Collection
oil on canvas, 35 1/4 x 10 3/4 in (in 2 parts), Private Collection
oil on canvas, 17 x 39 in. (in 3 parts). Private Collection
oil on canvas 55 x 45 in.
oil on canvas 10 1/2 x 12 in.
oil on canvas 80 x 5 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic and silverpoint on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel
12 x 12 in.
Private Collection
acrylic on panel 12 x 12 in.
acrylic on panel
12 x 12 in.
Private Collection
Color-Aid paper collage 16 1/8 x 16 1/8
Color-Aid paper collage 16 1/8 x 16 1/8
Color-Aid paper collage 16 1/8 x 16 1/8
Color-Aid paper collage 16 1/8 x 16 1/8
Color-Aid paper collage 16 1/8 x 16 1/8
Color-Aid paper collage 16 1/8 x 16 1/8
Color-Aid paper collage 16 1/8 x 16 1/8
Color-Aid paper collage 16 1/8 x 16 1/8
color-aid paper collage, 16 x 16 in.
color-aid paper collage, 16 x 16 in.
oil on canvas 25 x 9 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 6 1/2 x 12 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 18 x 7 1/2 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 9 x 26 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 5 1/2 x 8 in.
Private Collection
oil on canvas 26 x 5 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 5 x 12 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 11 x 6 3/4 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas 4 x 4 in.
oil on canvas, 40 x 12 in.
oil on canvas 20 x 96 in.
oil on canvas, 9 x 3 1/2 in. Private Collection
acrylic on canvas, 84 x 20 in.
oil on canvas, 15 3/4 x 7 in. Private Collection
oil on panel. One of five paintings commission by Claremont Heritage for Inaugural “Artist Series Notecards.” Private Collection
oil on panel. One of five paintings commission by Claremont Heritage for Inaugural “Artist Series Notecards.” Private Collection
oil on panel. One of five paintings commission by Claremont Heritage for Inaugural “Artist Series Notecards.” Private Collection
oil on panel. One of five paintings commission by Claremont Heritage for Inaugural “Artist Series Notecards.” Private Collection
oil on panel. One of five paintings commission by Claremont Heritage for Inaugural “Artist Series Notecards.” Private Collection
pastel, acrylic, and oil on paper, 18 x 24 in. Private Collection
oil on canvas, Private Collection
acrylic on panel 24 x 24 in.
acrylic on panel 24 x 24 in.
Silverpoint on panel
7 x 11 in.
silverpoint on panel 7 x 11 in.
silverpoint on panel, 10 x 17 1/4 in. Private Collection
silverpoint on panel, 7 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.
silverpoint on panel, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. Private Collection
silverpoint on panel, 6 x 6 in. Private Collection
silverpoint on panel, 7 3/4 x 10 in. Collection Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA.
silverpoint on panel, 6 x 10 1/4 in. Private Collection
silverpoint on panel, 5 1/2 x 6 in. Private Collection
silverpoint on panel, 6 x 11 7/8 in. Private Collection
silverpoint on panel, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. Private Collection
silverpoint on panel, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. Private Collection
silverpoint and asphaltum on panel, 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. Private Collection
silverpoint and gesso on aluminum 5 x 5 in
silverpoint on panel 5 1/2 x 12 in.
silverpoint and gesso on aluminum, 5 x 5 in.
silverpoint, silver and gold leaf on panel, 6 x 17 in. Private Collection
silverpoint and gesso on aluminum 5 x 5 in.
silverpoint and gesso on aluminum 5 x 5 in.
silverpoint on panel, 6 x 18 in.
silverpoint and gesso on aluminum 5 x 5 in.
silverpoint and asphaltum on panel, 7 x 12 in. Private Collection
silverpoint and asphaltum on panel, 8 x 8 in.
silverpoint, egg tempera, gold and silver leaf, asphaltum on panel, 10 x 8 in.
silverpoint on panel 11 x 11 in
silverpoint on panel 12 x 7 in.
silverpoint and silver leaf on panel, 10 1/2 x 12 in.
silverpoint on panel 11 x 11 in
silverpoint on panel 7 x 19 in.
silverpoint on panel 5 3/4 x 8 in.
silverpoint on panel, 8 x 8 in.
oil on canvas
48 x 55 in.
oil on canvas
48 x 55 in.
oil on canvas
48 x 55 in.
graphite and gesso on paper
47 x 56 in.
pastel on paper
22 3/4 x 24 in.
graphite and powdered pigment on paper
41 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.
graphite and powdered pigment on paper
41 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.
pastel and acrylic on paper
30 x 38 in.
metalpoint on panel, 13 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.
color-aid paper collage, 16 x 16 in.
