Recent work on view now till August 31st at Kevin's @ 27 Main Street, North Bennington.
One, Cutoff Rd. Acrylic on Panel 18"x24""
“When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”
― Wendell Berry “The Peace of Wild Things" from The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry. Copyright © 1998.
Landscape painting traces its name from the Dutch word “landschap” meaning a patch of cultivated ground. My landscape paintings reflect this history, highlighting the margins of nature and culture. These are depictions of the wild and the cultivated. The apple orchard of my youth and the farms I visit weekly have in part, become the subjects of my paintings. It is not my intention to idealize nature or depict idealized pastoral scenes. These paintings are about stopping and appreciating exactly where I am. The smell, the light and the air. If I can breathe the air, I can visit and revisit these meditative spaces.
Little Pea 5"x7" Acrylic on paper. Gratus series 2012
My current portrait series borrows it’s name from the Latin word Gratus, meaning beloved, dear and pleasing. The format and style of these miniatures initially was inspired by a series of colonial family portraits from the collection of the Bennington Museum. My subjects are mostly companion animals, some of which are my own family pets. Intended to delight, these mementos humorously honor dear family members. I work from photographs and digital images. I am available to paint a portrait of your choosing.
