My Dots and Lines Series is playful. Most of these paintings use muted colors with a few bright spots or lines playing off against the basic design. These paintings have simple designs, with simple color schemes, but they have lots going on to entertain the viewer.
Simple Pleasures
40" x 30" Acrylic museum wrap
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Tasmanian Sea
48" x 36" Acrylic museum wrap
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Myrtle Beach Flight 2
36" x 18" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Lake Hopatcong Hockey Sunset I & II
24" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Fractal Eyes I & II
24" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Myrtle Beach Flight 3
48" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Earth Space
20" x 16" Acrylic standard wrap
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Birthday Party For Momma
36" x 48" Acrylic museum wrap
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Souix Falls
36" x 48" Acrylic museum wrap
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Desert Wash
16" x 20" Acrylic standard wrap
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Springtime in Silverton I & II
30" x 30" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Winter Flowers
24" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Daufuskie Island
24" x 24" Acrylic standard wrap
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Sassafrass Tea
16" x 20" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Reflections in Lake Woebegone
20" x 16" Acrylic standard wrap
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Flood Beach
16" x 20" Acrylic standard wrap
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My Earth Series resulted from a conscious effort to concentrate more on balance and value contrast using rich (rather than bright) complementary and contrasting colors. For many of these paintings, small splashes of bright color play against the main design to create movement.
Spirit Lake
30" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Party Time
24" x 20" Acrylic standard wrap
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Cary Crossroads — SOLD —
40" x 30" Acrylic gallery wrap canvas
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Tulip Patch
14" x 12" Oil standard wrap
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Buffalo Sticks
20" x 16" Acrylic standard wrap
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Eureka Springs
20" x 16" Acrylic standard wrap
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Gold Lake
20" x 16"Acrylic gallery wrap
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South Sea Fantasy
20" x 16" Acrylic gallery wrap
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My Southwest Series allows me to explore the use of bright colors with more earthly colors, but in a very structured format.
Desert Bonfire
30" x 40" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Desert Fireflowers
36" x 36" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Hopi Spring
30" x 40" Acrylic gallery wrap
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I enjoy pushing the limits of modern acrylics using combinations of transparent watercolor techniques and opaque acrylic techniques in my Riots of Color Series. Each painting has a relatively benign underpainting overlaid with structured shapes of glazes of bright colors and complementary opaque areas.
Summer at Glacier Lake
11.5" x 8.5" Acrylic over watercolor on paper; framed behind Plexiglass
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Banana Split
24" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Flying Peacock
20" x 16" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Rose Colored Glasses
16" x 20" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Kapalua Point
17" x 13" Acrylic on illustration board
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Fall at Window Rock
14" x 11" Acrylic on illustration board
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Banana Xangos — SOLD —
40" x 30" Acrylic gallery wrap
Received highest bid at 2009 Raleigh ArtSpark Charity Art Auction
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The Oriental Flowers Series explores the muted colors of spring and summer flowers in a relatively structured format. It is amazing how such simple formats can be so pleasing to the eye.
Sweet Woman
24" x 30" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Moon Water
24" x 18" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Over the years, I have been enthralled by several works of art made in handmade cast paper. These works vary from the very simple to the extremely complex in texture. They formed the inspiration for my Cast Acrylic Series.
Maui Royal Poinciana
16" x 20" Cast Acrylic on Gesso Board Frame
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Ladybug — SOLD —
24" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Chocolate Orange
24" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Champagne & Raspberries
24" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Mayor Charlene Crab
24" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Tranquility Base
24" x 24" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Fans have been used forever to create mystery, revealing as much behind the fan as the user wants to view or imagine! This is the inspiration for my Fan Series. Fans can be fun, or flirtatious—or even just plain naughty.
The Red Zone
16" x 20" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Artists on the March
16" x 20" Acrylic gallery wrap
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Moving Forward
20" x 16" Acrylic gallery wrap
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