Three of my paintings were selected to be exhibited at the 2022 Del Mar Fair and I also received two 3rd Place Ribbons and Prize Money. Life is Good!
Del Mar Fair 2022
Category: Still Life
Garden of Earthly DEE-LITE
At Midnight, National Competition, Art Catalogue Publication, Art on 30th. 2020 $2000
This painting is a homage to the late great San Diego artist Manny Farber, but also a “Still – Life” representation/ portrait of myself and my existence … 4 panels all with objects that resonate and embody aspects of myself or my life — look from the top right, then top left, bottom left and bottom right. The painting becomes less realistically rendered and more sketchy as you progress in the order I have described… I occasionally asked if I’m going to “finish” these rudimentary areas. This painting is a self portrait and when I created it my life was different and so was my “storyline”…. the last panel is barely a sketch – with a question mark drawn with charcoal …. and so is my life still — All that I can offer is that I have one foot in the past and another in the future and I’m trying to balance in the present tense as best as I can!
Blown, Pressed, Frosted, and Blue
I painted this about 15 years ago. I have always liked this painting, but it’s never gotten much praise… but I’ll tell ya, it’s a painting with intention and it tells a story though it’s a just a still life. It’s entitled “Blown, Pressed, Frosted, and Blue” – which, incidentally, are types of glassware, yet also, states of being, are they not?
The Book Of Fish and Women 