Coffee

  Coffee is part of a new series that focuses on the dining experience.  Mostly, the focus will be on the figures and their interactions,  the diner setting is more of a backdrop or scenery.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Overlooking State Street

  Overlooking State Street is part of a series of urban landscape paintings. This view overlooks State Street from the elevated train here in Chicago.  The eye starts at the bottom of the painting and zig-zags it's way back to the open sky.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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No Place to Sit

  No Place to Sit is part of a series that illustrates the female figure reading,  Lately, these works have all been scenes of the figure reading in the subway.  Basically, out of necessity, due to the cold, rainy summers here in Chicago.  It leaves me with fewer opportunities to gather photo references.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Lost in a Book

  Lost in a Book is part of the series depicting the female figure reading.  In this case, the subject is lost in her reading as a subway train rushes by just inches away.  Lately I've been trying a new method of painting by working from black and white photographs and injecting my own color.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Waitresses on Break

 
 Waitresses on Break is part of a new series of works which has to do with dining.  It mostly focuses on the figure and their interactions while dining.  For example, this work depicts the waitresses on break huddled over their food preserving their few precious moments of alone time.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Coming Ashore

  Coming Ashore is part of a series depicting beach scenes.  These beach paintings have more of an emphasis on the figure and narrative rather than breathtaking landscape.  In the past few years I've studied many of the Bay Area Figurative artist from the 50's and 60's.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Thirty-Fifth Street

  Thirty Fifth a Street is part of a series combining the figure with the cityscape.  Trying to organize the chaos of these images is the real challenge.  Some areas are very active, and to contrast this, the adjacent area needs to be calm to allow the eye to rest.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Walking Home on Ninth Avenue

  Walking Home on Ninth Avenue is part of a series that focuses on the figure and cityscape.  I usually depict these scenes with the figures crossing the street.  These figures are crossing Ninth Avenue on their way home from work.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil  on linen
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Red and Blue Wabash Avenue

  Red and Blue on Wabash Avenue is part of a series of urban landscape paintings. Wabash Avenue in Chicago has a distinct look with the Elevated Train which runs overhead.  I look to add more color to these cityscape works by finding the cool-warm contrast and playing it up.  In this case, it's the red bridge against the blue shadow on the street.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Small Ripple in Water

  Small Ripple in the Water is part of a series depicting beach scenes,  this image was arranged from different photos.  The large, empty areas of sky, sand, and water allow for the viewer to inject their own narrative.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Blue and White Stripes

  Blue and White Stripes is part of a series depicting beach scenes.  These figures are enjoying the sun and surf on Montrose Beach in Chicago.  This painting is made up of horizontals and verticals and a few diagonals.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Looking Down from El Train

  Looking Down from El Train is part of a series of cityscape works.  This view is looking down from the elevated train in Chicago.  The diagonal shadow contrasts with the verticals and horizontals.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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War Paint

  War Paint is part of a series depicting the female figure in a regular day activity.  In the past, this series focused entirely on the female figure reading.  With the invention and use of cell phones, it has become more difficult to find this subject matter.  So, I've expanded my subject matter to include eating, talking, or in this case, applying makeup.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Pizza on Tenth

   Pizza on Tenth is part of a series combining the figure with the urban landscape.  These figures are walking along Tenth Avenue in NYC. It's late afternoon and the sun is starting to set causing long, horizontal shadows.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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The Cafe

  The Cafe is part of a new series I started working on.  Every year I try  at least one new series of works.  This series has to do with concept of people dining.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Boats Docked on Shore

  Boats Parked on Shore is part of series of beach paintings.  I try to position the figures so they form some sort of relationship with each other.  I'm aiming for more of a narrative feel with these works.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Black and Yellow

  Black and Yellow is part of a series that focuses on the female figure reading.  I've began titling these works with the color choices I selected.  In the past, my works were very grey and subdued.  My subject matter was the urban cityscape, which didn't lend itself to a rainbow of colors. I'm toying with the idea of putting my own color scheme together for all of the works. 

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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The Commuter in Dark Blue

  The Commuter in Dark Blue is part of a series that focuses on the female figure reading.  The job force spends much of their time commuting back and forth to work each day.  Hopefully, a person can do something constructive during this time.  This painting has many two-dimensional aspects which came from studying many Richard Diebenkorn's work.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Yellow Rain Boots

  Yellow Rain Boots is part of a series that has to do with the female figure reading.  Usually, I depict this theme in an outdoor setting.  This past summer was cold and rainy here in Chicago forcing me to look at interior settings.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Blue, Orange, and Yellow

  Blue, Orange, and Yellow is part of a series of urban landscapes.  This particular scene overlooks Midtown Manhattan near Tenth.  The upper portion of the painting consists of a cool - warm color contrast of yellow, blue, then orange.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Green Hat

  Green Hat is part of a series focusing entirely on the female figure reading in various situations.  The subway is a great place to find this subject matter.  I started looking in the subways about ten years ago.  It was the only place I could find where people couldn't use their cell phones.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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Calming Water

  Calming Water is part of a series depicting beach scenes.  These two figures are having a conversation while looking out to the water.  The topic of their conversation is the subject of the painting.

$ 140.00 USD 12 x 16 oil on linen
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