Terra 3

Terra 3 acrylic on canvas 50" 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.

Anza Borrego

Anza Borrego acrylic on canvas 24" x 30"

 This painting is currently in the Fine Arts exhibit at CalExpo and received an Award of Merit.

China Cove

China Cove acrylic on canvas 24" x 30"

This painting is in the 2025 Salon at the Triton Art Museum in Santa Clara, California. It received a Curator's Choice award. This is what the curator wrote:

 

Cabin Ruin

Cabin Ruin acrylic on canvas 28" x 40"

 

Shell

Shell acrylic 26" x 32"

 

Iron Nation

Iron Nation acrylic on canvas 29" x 36"

 

Near Spokane

Near Spokane acrylic on canvas 23" x 36"

 Vintage 1972.

The Machine

The Machine 33" x 48" acrylic

 From 1971.

Wetlands

Wetlands acrylic on canvas 24" x 30"

 This painting is currently in the Santa Cruz Art League 93rd Annual California Landscape Exhibition and was awarded an Honorable Mention.

Anza Borrego

Anza Borrego acrylic on canvas 24" x 30"

This painting is currently in the Santa Cruz Art League 92nd Annual California Landscape show.
 

China Cove

China Cove acrylic on canvas 24" x 30"

 

This painting is in the 91st Annual Statewide California Landscape exhibition at the Santa Cruz Art League which runs through December.

Adebo's Rose

 

 

Adebo's Rose acrylic on canvas 36" x 24"

Sunset Point Cove

Sunset Point Cove acrylic on canvas 18" x 24"

 

Lost Painting

Untitled acrylic on canvas approximately 56 inches x 72 inches

I did this painting in 1971 at the University of South Dakota. At the time I was doing abstract art based on geologic formations. This particular work appeared in my senior show and the school wanted to keep it for its permanent collection. Instead, I gave it to my girlfriend, later my wife. After we were married and living in a tiny place I had to store this painting in a shed and it ended up being badly mildewed and I burned it.

Iron Nation

Iron Nation acrylic on canvas 29" x 36"

This piece is from 1972. I painted it as a gift but it was rejected and over time has become one of my favorites, partly because the scene is an area along the Missouri where I spent some time.