Gallery
I came to Walden Woods in the 1990s looking for a change of life. What I found was a mystical place that inspired me on many levels. I became familiar with Henry David Thoreau's journals which can make even the most steadfast New Yorker a student of nature. Added 2022 images from and narrative about the Outer Cape relating to Thoreau's book Cape Cod.
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In 2017 and 202I spent some time at the Catwalk Institute in Catskill NY. The site was once owned by the Hudson River painter Charles H. Moore, and is very near the homes of Thomas Cole and Frederick Church. Catwalk is a unique artist residency founded by Purcell & Jim Palmer. I was there for the famous landscape, and I was not disappointed.
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Fruitlands was a radical community started by the reformist educator Bronson Alcott (father of Louisa May Alcott and close friend of Thoreau). The Fruitlands experiment lasted a mere 7 months (1843-44). Alcott was an independent thinker and a man of strict principles. My show at the Fruitlands Museum is described here. Click bold type: Your text to link here...
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The Arnold Arboretum is featured with a show April 29-July 18, 2021. Other images in this gallery are samples from various Massachusetts sites and my backyard.
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This gallery includes paintings & drawings along with other simple photo forms I sometimes call whimsies. I admire botanical prints and will occasionally take the time to render flowers, plants or other forms in a traditional manner. The backgrounds may be realistic or not. Just posting 3/2022 - more images to find, scan and post. This gallery may disappear ...
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A two year project resulting from a 2016 dramatic car accident and the near fatal consequences.Most of the images are from my property and the surrounding wooded land. I am indebted to the late photographer Willard Traub who inspired me to start this project. |
While driving we have a good amount of time for pleasurable viewing. The massive steel frame is like a traveling 3-d movie theater. My mind completes what I cannot see.
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I visited Auvillar France as an artist in residence through the Virginia Center for the Arts. I was looking for a complete change of pace and tone. In Auvillar, what struck me immediately was the timeless quality of daily life. There seemed to be more space between moments, less clutter. My room overlooked part of the pilgrimage route from Northern France to Santiago, Spain. Every day I would hear the tap tap of walking sticks and see the usually solitary pilgrims walk up the road to the center of town. What were the pilgrims looking for? What indeed was I looking for?_ |
Halloween is a primal expression of the transition from Fall's harvest to the icy terrors of Winter. I am very attracted to this frenzied and edgy celebration.
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I have always loved coastal landscapes.
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I enjoy Florida. I was an artist-in-residence at the Hermitage Center in Englewood and visited over 3 consecutive years. My primary focus was old growth forests at Myakka State Park, Oscar Scherer State Park, and others. I also focused on the shore with an attempt to photograph classic beach views with a new perspective. Many of these beach scenes were enhanced with objects. Sixteen of these images are included in an exhibit in 2017 at the Art Center Sarasota._ |
I photographed my first waterfall in VT in 1996. Since then, their seductive qualities percolate in my subconscious. Civilized life doesn't usually include waterfalls - which are relentlessly powerful and inviolate. It is the water that calls us. The particles fill the air and the sound can be deafening. I stand as close as I can get as the primal elements pull.
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In 2001 I visited Newfoundland as Artist-in-Residence at Gros Morne National Park. Some work from that residency is included here. I am currently re-creating some of the work into digital collages and will post as they are completed.
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Early digital work completed in 2000. I had the idea for this series 15th years before I was able to act on it. When Photoshop and digital imaging came into play I embarked on this series. Data is from scanned 35mm color negatives. No manipulation of information other than flipping, cropping or duplicating._ |
These images celebrate sand, sea, and sky. I am influenced by Pablo Picasso's beach paintings, Georgia O'Keeffe, the Surrealists, and early botanical and bird prints. |
Additional Halloween images. boo.
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