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'Dry Mont Saint-Michel', oil on panel, 20" diameter. Private collection.
This series was started years ago after the loss of a loved one as a type of lengthy meditation between my commissioned work and abstract work. I began painting these landscapes as a means to mentally escape to, with future plans of travel. The project took years to complete and as a result its meaning evolved overtime. At first I wanted these places all to myself but even though that intention changed, the lack of figures inhabiting the spaces is a product of that. The isolation a painter must go through to work can seem intense but I used it as a way to find myself and as a motif in the work. I hope now that viewers are also able to escape through these small portholes and into the landscapes.
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'Mallorca Porto Cristo Cuevas', oil on panel, 20" diameter.
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'White Hot Pamukkale Cliffs', oil on panel, 20" diameter.
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'Concrete Beach', oil on panel, 20" diameter.
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'Snowy PA', oil on panel, 20" diameter.
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'Koi Pond in Connecticut', oil on panel, 20" diameter.
The first six paintings are from found photographs and the final four are from select locales I was grateful to have visited myself. They began to become documentations of the new, wonderful things I was experiencing. The views depicted were chosen for their uniqueness and in the cases in which they were found photographs, the connection I felt through the photographer.
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'Fireworks Over Broadway', oil on panel, 20" diameter.
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'Kitsune Guardian at Fushimi Inari-taisha', oil on panel, 20" diameter.
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'Tree in Springville, Utah', oil on panel, 20" diameter.
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'Down Rue de l'Abreuvoir', oil on panel, 20" diameter.