Residential Portraits
and suburban landscapes
Settling Home
30” x 40”
(SOLD)
I See the Chariots and Charioteers of Israel!
(SOLD)
Annals of the Oak
8” x 8” Gouache
$190
Hilltop
(SOLD)
Quiet Afternoon
8” x 8” Gouache
$190
Scorched Petition and Land
24” x 18”
$590
An Allegory on Pride
24” x 18”
$590
Cold Turret
18.5” x 16”
$390
Settlement
24” x 18”
$590
Artist Statement
Houses stage our domestic lives. Sometimes their walls conceal the workings within. Sometimes their facades leak visual revelations of the inner goings-on. I painted these houses in a manner that alludes to this truth; more happens within a house than what the casual eye observes from the outside. My eyes and ears tell me that many residences in Marion house much unrest. At night I hear the strife. In the day I take walks through the back-streets of Marion and see litter, neglected yards, and decrepit houses. But even when the yelling dies down and the rubbish washes away these urban dwellings still belie turmoil. So that my paintings resonate with this environment so common in Grant county, I inject the images with painterly brushstrokes, pump up the color contrasts, and stir the skies with my painting knife until they seem to seethe, burn, or explode. I paint, paint, and repaint until the image speaks to this dichotomy; quiet and stable structures house dynamic and intense human interactions.
My paintings take their lead from several movements and artists but most prominently Henry Ossawa Tanner inspires my paint quality, Edward Hopper directs some of the mood and lighting that lands on my houses, and JMW Turner, Constable, and the Abstract Expressionists influence my skies.
IMPORTANT: Each painting is painted in oil unless otherwise noted. Prices do not include shipping.
Make and inquiry about a painting and I’ll make a special check on availability. Some might have been sold since I updated my website and I forgot to note it. Framing information available upon request.
Wild Collapse
24” x 18”
$590
Hallow Shell
20” x 16”
$290
Lonely Turn
12” x 24”
$590
Daily Fallout
12 x 24”
$590
Lament
16” x 30”
SOLD
Internal Combustion
24” x 18”
$590
A Lesson I am Still Learning
24” x 18”
$590
Day-Time
20” x 16”
$290
A Certain Sense
16” x 20”
$290
Staircase Beside
28” x 20”
$290
And He Went Away Sad
24” x 18”
$590
Close Celestial Stirring
24” x 18”
$590
Forgotten Prayer
16” x 20”
$290
All Man’s Efforts
16” x 20”
(SOLD)
Profound Dichotomy
16” x 20”
(SOLD)
My Perspective Changes
16” x 20”
$290
A Matter of Belief
16” x 20”
$290
Significance in Existence
16” x 20”
$290
House of Worship
16” x 20”
$290
Storm Frontier
24” x 18”
(SOLD)
Momentary Understanding
16” x 20”
(Unavailable)
Morning Aura
24” x 18”
(Unavailable)
Variable
24” x 18”
Thinking About Redemption
16” x 20”
$290
Flat Trap
20” x 20”
$290
Plastic Racer
30” x 20”
(Unavailable)
Pivot Point
24” x 20”
(Unavailable)
Beautiful and Fearsome
20” x 20”
$290
The America I See
20” x 24”
(Unavailable)
Breath of Heaven
20” x 20”
(Unavailable)
New Stresses at the Pump
16” x 30”
(Unavailable)
Out of it He Spoke
16” x 20”
($290)
A Different Kind of Fat
18” x 24”
($290)
A Strange Reflection on Love
20” x 30”
($590)