LUMEN 4 (1997)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48” X 36”

Despite the numbering, this was the first painting in a series of gallery paintings. 1/3

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FLOWERS AND WEEDS (1997)
Acrylic on Canvas - 36" X 48"

When my son Adrian was 3 or 4 years old, we used to go to an abandoned construction site where there were huge slabs of concrete embedded with iron reinforcing rods.

When we struck the rebar with a stone or another piece of metal they would ring like bells. It was interesting to hear such beautiful tones coming from such ugliness and he really enjoyed it. 1/3

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EDGEDANCER (2002)

Acrylic on Gessoboard - 28" x 22"



From the End of Nature subset of my gallery work, a cautionary tale, “All good things come to an end...” 1/2

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AFTERNOON SHADOWS (2006)
Acrylic on Panel - 12” x 9”

Dedicated to my beloved mother-in-law Pat Larsen. “Mum” will never be forgotten.

Inspired by a ruined abbey I saw on the coast of England, this study is an exploration of feelings about the inevitability of time. 1/2

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EROSION (1999)
Acrylic on Panel - 32" x 40"

The fourth of my End of Nature paintings. The figure is stranded on a pillar of human folly, looking up to a symbol of technology—the lamppost—for her deliverance from the perils signaled by the oncoming storm. 1/2

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GLIMPSE (1992)

Acrylic on Canvas - 48" x 36"



I think this is the first time I used the red glass heart as a symbol for the immediate and/or material possessions. 1/2

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THE REACH (1999)
Acrylic on Canvas - 48” x 30”

Almost a Lumen painting, in which figures are trying to work their way out of enclosed spaces and get into the light. 1/3

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TOTEM II: NAUSET (2012)

Acrylic - 12" x 9"



When I think of Nauset beach, I am reminded of early mornings walking the sands wrapped in dense fog. One late afternoon, however, a fog rolled in slowly off the ocean, something I had never experienced outside of Northern California. 1/2

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BALANCE (2002)
Oil on Canvas - 24” x 20”


There’s a long tradition of death symbols in art—like the skull on the canopy of leaves here—invoked as “memento mori.” The phrase translates to “remember to die,” but more accurately the symbols serve as reminder of the brevity of existence. 1/2

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PATHLESS (1999)

Acrylic on Panel - 18" x 24"



In preparing works for a one-man show, I was pressuring myself to have every painting be about a "grand theme" and I was searching around for a subject. I was feeling almost as stressed as if I had a deadline for an illustration project. 1/2

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