Terra 1

Terra 1 oil on canvas 36" x 48"

 

Ruse 31

Ruse 31 acrylic on canvas 24" x 36"

 This is not a normal style that I would do, but my Ruse paintings are paintings that are painted over existing paintings that people donated to me to re-use the canvas or panel all of which were poorly done, hence why they were given to me to paint over. From the start of the series I let the existing paintings provide a start as to the direction the paintings went. So, many of the Ruse paintings look quite different but all are non-objective. This particular painting began as a cheap furniture store abstract vaguely like a poor Jackson Pollock. The other aspect of the Ruse paintings is that they are all companion paintings to original paintings that I'm doing. At the end of a painting session on my original painting I use the left-over paint on the palette or in cups to work on a Ruse painting. So the two paintings share a color palette. This painting was a companion to an original non-objective. At the end of the day's work I simply poured the left-over paint onto the pseudo Pollock, but tried to cover up the thinner Pollock style drips. I was interested in seeing the pools of paint dry to reveal other paints below.

San Francisco from Yerba Buena Center

San Francisco from Yerba Buena Center graphite 8.5 " x 11"

 

Delta Mendota Canal Check

Delta Mendota Canal Check oil paster 11" x 14"

 

Near Draper

Near Draper colored pencil 5.5" x 7.5"

 

USD Campus

USD Campus graphite 12" x 9"

 

Union Square

Union Square graphite 11" x 8.5"

 

Swan Lake Cabin Ruins

Swan Lake Cabin Ruins graphite 9" x 12"

 

San Francisco Yachting Club

San Francisco Yachting Club graphite 8.5" x 11"

 

Self Portrait

Self Portrait oil pastel 12" x 9"

 

San Luis Wildlife Refuge

San Luis Wildlife Refuge oil pastel 11" x 14"

 

Oiler

Oiler oil pastel 6" x 6.6"

 

Near Vivian

Near Vivian colored pencil  5.5" x 7'5"

 

Near Stamford

Near Stamford colored pencil 8" x 8"

 

Near Okaton

Near Okaton colored pencil 5.5" x 7.5"

 

Near Iron Nation

Near Iron Nation colored pencil 5.2" x 7.5"

 

Near Belvidere

Near Belvidere colored pencil 5.4" x  7.5"

 

Lincoln

Lincoln graphite 1l" x 8.5"

 

Granite

Granite oil pastel 12" x 9"

 

Frank

Frank ink 8.5" x 11"

 Frank lived to be 21 1/2 years old.

First 46

First 46 graphite 14" x 11"

 

Fenestro

Fenestro colored pencil 14" x 11"

 

Elk Glen Lake

Elk Glen Lake graphite  8.5" x 11"

 This is a scene from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

Delta Mendota Pump

Delta Mendota Pump graphite 11" x 14"

 

California Aqueduct at Volta

California Aqueduct at Volta colored pencil 11' x 14"

 

California Aqueduct at Romero Creek

California Aqueduct at Romero Creek oil pastel 11" x 14"

 

Outside Canal at Henry Miller Road

Outside Canal at Henry Miller Road oil pastel 11" x 14"

 

Swan Lake

Swan Lake graphite 9" x 12"

 

Capitola

Capitola oil on canvas 12" x 24"

 

Rewash 20

Rewash 20 watercolor 12" x 18"