Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Sunday, August 10, 2014

SALT HOUSE 1: paintings on handmade India paper;



(1) SALT HOUSE 1: mixed material on handmade India paper, 8 inches square,
chance, time, organic materials


HOUSE SERIES - BLUE HOUSE 2

BLUE HOUSE 2: mixed materials on handmade India paper: 8 inch square: 2010. This painting was included in 'Natural Constructed Spaces' - The Painting Center, NYC (July-August 2012)

Friday, August 8, 2014

HOUSE SERIES - Notebook drawing diptych and BH 4:




I started my house series in the late part of 2009. This small grouping, mixed material on paper made between the end of 2009 and into the latter part of 2010. Top to bottom:


(1) DRAWING Diptych Notebook: gouache, graphite, fragment, incisions on paper, 8 1/2 in h x 11 3/4 in w: (Exhibited: Painting Center, NYC: Working It Out, July/August  2013
(2) BLUE HOUSE 4: sumi ink, graphite, gouache on white Rives BFK paper, 18 in h x 36 in w (never exhibited). BLUE HOUSE 4 is now in the Works on Paper collection Stedman Gallery,
Rutgers The State University, Camden, NJ.

HEADS: graphite, white conte crayon drawings on paper




Top to botton:

(1) HEAD 3: graphite over gesso on white drawing paper, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
(2) HEAD 4: graphite over gesso on white drawing paper, 10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

PAINTINGS LP SERIES













From top to bottom:

(1) LP GRAY, flashe, kaolin, mason stains ceramic pigment on paper: 31 in h x 14.48 in w: 2006
(2) PORTRAIT GRAY, flashe, kaolin, mason stains, 20 inches square on paper (never exhibited-in my collection) 2007-2008
(3) LP BLUE GRAy, kaolin, flashe, ceramic pigment, graphite on paper: 39 1/2 in h x 38 in w: 2006
(4) LP BLUE, kaolin, flashe, ceramic pigment, on paper: 38 in h x 33.3/4 in w: 2006. LP BLUE was exhibition in the Delaware Art Museum Centennial Exhibition 2012-2013.
(5) PORTRAIT WHITE & GRAY, oil over flashe, kaolin, ceramic pigment on paper: 38 in h x 33 1/4 in w.

Exhibited-Reviewed in the Philadelphia Inquirer (review by Victoria Donohue) when I had my 10 year retrospective exhibition at Dalet Gallery, Old City, Philadelphia, PA



PAINTINGS SMALL PORTRAIT SERIES



DEEP DEEP BLUE SP: oil over gesso, paper, 6"h x 5"w_late 2005



STAN M (honor of) SP: gouache, on  paper, (inspired memory painting)_late 2005 

FORMS 3: gouache, oil pastel, sumi ink on paper, time and chance: 6.25 in h x 4.75 in w: Forms 3 is a chance occurrence.

Small Portrait Series: BLUE PORTRAIT 8

BLUE PORTRAIT 8: chance, time, qouache, sumi ink, graphite, oil on paper over gesso, 6 in h x 4.75 in w: 2005-2006: In Blue Portrait 8, a figure seen from behind, I combine materials in non-traditional ways to achieve unique visual affects.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Small Portrait Series: TEAL PORTRAIT

TEAL PORTRAIT: oil on paper over gesso, 13.25 in h x 13.50 in w (almost square): 2004-2005 (from my personal collection) I have never shown it in my exhibitions featuring my Portrait Series.


Figure Series: SHALLCROSS FIGURE 7

SHALLCROSS FIGURE 7: compressed charcoal, oil on paper over gesso, 32.5 in h x 23.75 in w: 2003-2004 - There are several figures in this painting hidden within the layers of paint. The figure directly to the right of the surface figure appears as a reflection to the frontal figure drawn with compressed charcoal. This painting is now in the Works on Paper collection of Stedman Gallery, Rutgers The State University, Camden NJ.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

SHALLCROSS DRAWING XXII


SHALLCROSS DRAWING XXII, black conte crayon, graphite on white Arches paper, 30" h x 22" w (actual drawing), 2003



Wednesday, July 9, 2014

FIGURE DRAWING



Figure Drawing from observation: sumi ink on white paper, custom made white wood frame_1993