Just Passing Through

oil on canvas paper, 9" x 12"

Here's another in my animal sketch series, a galloping horse.

The Opacity of Algae

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

Two ducks swimming in algae.  There is no reflection, no transparency, no clarity.  An apt metaphor for these times.

Young David Hockney

 

acrylic on canvas, 30" x 15"

My painting idol, David Hockney, has died at the age of 88, and so I'm reposting this painting I did in 2015 of him as a young man, in his honor.  It hangs behind my couch and looks out at me wherever I am in the room.  He's been my inspiration for a long time.  RIP, David Hockney!

Buoyant

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

I'm on a roll with these animal sketches.  For this one, my palette consisted of azo yellow, pthalo blue and titanium white.

Mind the Gap

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

A polar bear leaps across the water to a dwindling iceberg.  This was a fun, quick little study.

Ye Shall Know Me By My Stripes

 

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

Looks like another one has come along.  These are fairly quick studies, taking anywhere from 2-4 hours.

Udder Relief

oil on canvas paper, 9" x 12"

Yet another cow painting.  I'm on an animal kick right now.

Cream of the Crop

 

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

It's back to cows with this study.

Old Cherry Blossom Tree

acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28"

A fun project.

Juste Entre Nous

 

oil on panel, 12" x 16"

Just for fun.

Paco y Amiga

oil on panel, 20" x 20"

I keep thinking this is the last of my "bird girl" series, and here we are with yet another one.  I've amassed a lot of these by now, but this one is special in that the bird in it is my very own Paco, a red-lored Amazon parrot that I lived wih in New York and South Florida.

Riffing on a Richter

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

This is just me fooling around, playing with other artists' ideas.  The inspiration happened to be a Gerhard Richter painting, but it just as easily could have been, say, a Kandinsky.

Hearts Aflutter

 

oil on panel, 18" x 18"

Here's yet another in my series of abstracted botanicals.  

Aross the Divide

acrylic on panel, 24" x 24"

With this painting, I was experimenting with placing the figure of the cow in an unfamiliar environment.  I'm wanting to get more abstract in my paintings.  I might go back in for some tweaking of this one later.  Updated 5/2/2026:  I've done a bit of tweaking.

Citron Sunset

 

oil on canvas, 16" x 20"

I tried to create an ethereal quality in the atmosphere of this scene that celebrates the color yellow.  It also celebrates mauve, lavender and orange, a beautiful color combo imho.

On the Lookout

 

oil on panel, 18" x 18"

Another palette knife project, working on a rough surface.  I like it more than I thought I would.

Des Oiseaux Sur un Bateau

 

oil on panel, 24" x 18"

I've been sitting with this painting for a while, wondering whether it's finished or not.  I've done quite a few of these "bird girl" paintings and I think there might be one or two more in me before I'm done.

Floralescent

oil on panel, 16" x 16"

The title of this painting contains a double entendre, as the inspiration for it is a painter named Flora Yukhovich.  It's another in my abstracted botanicals series.

My Cup Runneth Over

oil on panel, 16" x 16"

This is the next in my abstracted botanical series of paintings, originally inspired by those garbage can bouquets in New York City created by Lewis Miller.

Arden

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

A portrait of the actor Arden Cho done using a mix of brush and palette knife.