Painting Series

Various recent work that is not yet part of a series. 

People’s faces I find endlessly interesting, especially the “caught off guard” moments, if you’re lucky enough to catch them.

Painted over the last 15 years once I started gardening and fell in love with flowers.

I first got the idea from a 17th century Iranian painting called the concourse of birds. The animals and birds painted for this show where all on the endangered list. I wanted them safe, so I pulled them into the garden.

I wanted to invite my friends to supper. That's how it started, and it became this twelve-part piece.

These 9″x12″ canvas board oil paintings were made after I finished walking my dog. During each walk I noticed yet another compelling color or shadow on the beautiful houses here in New Orleans.

These works were done in New Orleans, in collaboration with a wonderful artist named Andrea Brown.

Details of what's happening off-stage of a fairytale.

I have always been attracted to doors and windows and their shadows. These architectural elements I feel are barriers to the secrets people create.

Gardens are fascinating to me; I see them as elaborate “living” paintings, like animated nature.

This 36 foot mural, when all 12 paintings are put together, is about kicking the devil into hell. It was a project done over a period of two years.

This series was done a while back, when I was living in Coconut Grove, Florida. These oil paintings are views from our family's porch and inside the house as well.