Year of the Tiger

This is a fiberglass tiger patiently waiting in my studio to be painted.
He will be part of The St. Clair Superior Development Corporation Public Art Project, Year of the Tiger. The project celebrates the Chinese Year of the Tiger which began with the new moon February 14, 2010. Thank You to Key Bank for sponsoring my tiger. He will be installed May 19th at Chester and E.36th Street.

Untitled, 2010, Oil on canvas, 50"x50"

Open Studio December 5

I will be hosting an "Open Studio" on December 5, 2009. From 11 am to 8 pm.

There will be other open artist studios in the Tower Press Building and in the surrounding area. This event coincides with the annual ArtCraft Building holiday sale (right down the street). Free parking available behind the Tower Press Building (off of E.21st Street).

Hope you can make it!



oil on canvas, 5 1/2' x 6'

What Dreams May Come

oil on canvas, 12"x48"




This painting will be showing at The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve.
Opening Reception: Friday November 20th from 5-8pm. Through December 19, 2009

Rhino

Rhino, 2009, oil on canvas, 8'x8'

This is a large one that I've been working on for almost 2 years.

I'm not sure if it's done yet.

Stella Luna

Here's a new one.

Stella Luna, oil on wood with gold leaf.

Ursuline College

Reflect, oil on canvas, 20"x20"

Untitled, oil on canvas, 48"x60"

I will be showing these two paintings in The Ursuline College Religious Art Show.

The show runs from June 6 through August 2, 2009.

Opening reception: June 6, 2009. 7-9pm Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College, 2550 Lander Road, Pepper Pike, OH 44124

"Grrr..."

Hand pressed block print. Edition of 20.

"Run" 2009

Hand pressed block print with gold leaf. Edition of 12.

This print is currently being shown through June 4, 2009 at the Annual May Members Show at the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve.

Year of the Ox

This is an Ox sculpture, tittled Sunny, that I painted as part of a public art project to celebrate the Chinese zodiac year of the Ox. Twenty one painted Oxen sculptures will be placed throughout the city of Cleveland. The project is organized by the St. Clair Superior Development Corporation (this is the neighborhood in downtown Cleveland where I have my studio). 

Charles Hawthorne's Easel

Charles Hawthorne (1872-1930) was an influential American painter who founded the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The school is still in operation. Hawthorne was considered "a painter's painter" his work was well regarded by fellow artists and widely collected. He has pieces in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Hirshhorn Museum, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, The Smithsonian and others.

I have received as a gift from my mother Charles Hawthorne’s easel. The easel had been in storage at the Cleveland Museum of Art for a number of years. It was given to my mother by a family friend, whose mother had taken painting lessons from Charles Hawthorne. I’m not sure how she came to acquire the easel from her teacher…I’ll look into it. I am happy be the latest owner of the easel and I hope to paint many paintings using it. 

Emotive Structure, April 23-May 3, 2009

Opening Reception: Sat. April 25, 2009 5-9pm

La Cachette Fine Art & Lambert Fashion
100 First Street, First & Main, Hudson OH 44236

Please call La Cachette Fine Art at 330-310-9672 for additional information

I will have several paintings in this show. There will also be paintings by Maria Bertran, Walter Sauermann and Jewelery by Anne-Marie Chagnon and Felixe Carole Dicaire

Untitled, 2009, 48"x48"

oil on canvas 16"x48"






This painting will be exhibited in a show entitled Emotive Structure in Hudson, OH. Hosted by La Cachette Gallery (see show details at right).

Oil on wood, 16" x 20"

I will be showing this untitled seascape at the River Gallery, 19046 Old Detroit Road, (Rocky River) Cleveland Ohio 44116
The show opening is March 28 and runs through May 1.

Untitled, 56"x60", oil on canvas.

I am hosting my annual open studio this weekend. Saturday, September 20th, 11am to 11pm and Sunday, September 21st, 11am to 5pm. It is a stop on the Sparx Gallery Hop and City Artists at Work Studio Tour. 

This is usually a pretty well attended event and a good time. I hope a lot of you can make it!

Untitled, 2008, 12"x12", oil on canvas.

Here is a small painting I did a couple of months ago. I've been working on a few non-landscape paintings lately. I'll post pics when they're either finished or further along. It seems that several times each year I'm compelled to break away from landscapes and paint something else. I'll do some sketches or a few small studies, but always end up returning to landscapes.

Beetle, hand colored, block prints.

I usually make one or two block prints a year in editions of 20. They are hand pressed and if colored, painted with transparent water colors. These Beetle prints were done a few years ago and I have 4 left (3 colored and 1 black and white). I haven't done one yet this year. I started to carve a block a few months ago (it was to be a dod0 bird) but a slip while carving messed it up beyond repair. I'll get around to carving another block soon.

Oil on canvas, 30"x30"

Here's a little sea scape that I just sold yesterday so I thought I'd post it. I like the thin red line on the horizon. I don't really have much to say about this one - other than I often find it hard to talk about my own work. This is not a good marketing strategy for an artist. I really need to be better at intelligently discussing my work - but it often sounds like so much contrived B.S. when I try to do this. So for now, I'll just let the paintings speak for themselves.

Cosmos, oil on canvas, 20" x 20"



This painting was a long time in the making and had many incarnations. There are many layers built up (it's hard to really see in the picture though). It was sold through a gallery. The buyer later contacted me and we had lunch and talked about art. It was nice to meet her. Often when a painting sells through a gallery or an art dealer I never know who the buyer is, so it's nice when I have the opportunity to meet the person who found a connection with my work.

Skella-Rat
This fiberglass rat sculpture is part of the "Year of the Rat Public art Project." The project is sponsored by the St. Clair Superior Development Corporation here in Cleveland. Skella-Rat was sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and now sits at the front entrance of the museum greeting visitors.

I painted a second rat sculpture that was sponsored by The Horsburgh and Scott company (for some reason I can't seem to upload a photo of him).

Over the past several years I've been involved with a number of this sort of public art projects. To date I've painted two giant Fender Stratocastor guitars, two dogs, two pigs and now two rats. I've become quite efficient painting over sized fiberglass animals.

Reflect, oil on canvas, 20"x20"

I like the way this one turned out. I did the under-painting in a deep alizaron crimson that just peeks out in a few places (although it's not very visible in the photo).

"Suzi" oil on paper

This is a portrait of my brother's old dog, Suzi. This painting is from a photo and was a gift for my brother. Suzi was one well traveled pooch. She lived in Japan, Australia and the US. She passed on to the dog park in the sky several years ago.

Oil on canvas, 48"x60"

Here is my latest. I've worked on this large canvas on and off for a while. I'm pretty sure it's finished, although I might still go back and work into the clouds a bit more. I'll be showing it at The Earth Show Invitational at Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH. The opening reception is June 14th. I will be exhibiting six other paintings as well. As for now the painting is untitled, but I do intend to tittle it (I welcome any suggestions).
For some reason I have a hard time thinking of titles. I have some sort of mental block to giving my paintings titles. I have really struggled with it. Whenever I think of what seems like an appropriate title and then look at the painting, I invariably say to myself "no that's not right." It can get very confusing when 90% of my paintings are untitled landscapes. I know galleries and collectors would rather I tittle my work. I've even had galleries give pieces titles, I don't really like it, but I understand it. The region in my brain that paints the picture is definitely not the same part that thinks of titles. Maybe it's a left brain / right brain sort of thing.

Untitled Seascape, 10"x10", oil on canvas

This is a ceramic dog sculpture I painted for a the Art Fur Animals benefit occurring this Friday, May 23 - from 7-10pm at The Galleria (1302 Erieview E.9th Street, Cleveland, OH).

Artists are given ceramic dogs to paint and the dogs then are auctioned off to raise money for The Friends of the City of Cleveland Kennel (http://www.frindsoftheclevelandkennel.com/ ). This is the fourth year I've participated in this worthwhile fundraiser.

My dog for this year is entitled Skella-Dog.

This Saturday is the opening for the Ohio City Art Show at Lutheran Hospital. The show is only up for Sat. evening and Sun. I will be exhibiting two paintings. This one (oil on canvas, 48"x60"), and another large one.
I was involved with the planning of the show and if all goes well it could become an annual event.

May 17-18, 2008. Lutheran Hospital Atrium Lobby, 1730 West 25th Street, Cleveland, OH 44113http://www.ohiocity.com

Here are a few pics of giant guitars I painted for Guitarmania. Guitarmania is a city wide public art event in Cleveland. Similar to Chicago's Cow Parade, etc. The sculptures all have a corporate sponsor and are then auctioned with the money going to The American Red Cross and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum. I've painted two Guitars. This one was for the inaugural Guitarmana (6 years ago). I titled it MasterBlaster Stratocaster. It was made into a collectible miniature that you can purchase through Fender, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, or various gift shops. Fender also made it into an actual limited edition custom guitar (I wish I had one).











This one was for the 2004 Guitarmania.
Both of my guitars were sponsored by Clear Chanel Communications.

North Atlantic, 16"x16", 2008, oil on wood panel