1970's
1970 - KEY WEST STREET - Watercolor on Paper - 20X30
Painted on location during my repetitive shape stretched boxes era.
1970 – CEMENT SAILS - Acrylic on Board - 30X40
"The sails look like cement boats that aren't going anywhere. Boxed in shapes but with texture. It was a really big deal to put a circle in, to go outside the straight edge."
1971 – SHANTY TOWN BOX LIVING - Watercolor on Paper - 30X40
"This was painted in a very controlling time of my life. No variety of paint, no big areas of paint. I was scared to death to go out of shapes. Each little box was a meditation. I felt safe doing these paintings but there was a little hint of freedom with boats and round sun of hope.”
1971 - BOXSCAPE- Watercolor on Paper - 20X30
"Beginning to introduce trees to Boxscape. Unity of shapes."
1971 – BEYOND THE TREES - Watercolor on Paper - 30X40
"Each of the leaves is the shape of water that I dropped color into like stain glass windows."
1971 - THROUGH THE CRYSTAL TREES - CHANGE OF SEASONS - Watercolor on Board – 40X60
“Trees are emitting an energy.”
1971 - EMERGING - Watercolor on Paper - 30X40
" I was experimenting with texture. The circle is expanded. I was determined to win Best in Show but the night before the show I spilled a whole bottle of black ink on the painting so I had to sand it for an hour and that is how I discovered this new technique. This painting is a good example of two dimensional box formula. "I WON Best in Show at the Winter Park Art Festival in Florida."
1972 – GHOST VILLAGE - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"Using wash technique where I would wet entire board and paint color through it. Getting more free in technique. This is the first paper where I introduce ghost like human forms with unhappy faces in there lonely world. This was my consciousness at the time. Interesting where sun is."
1972 – NO VOICE - Oil on Canvas - 60X80
"Experimenting with painting people. No mouths, no voice. I used sanding in this painting."
1972 - THE MEETING OF THE MASTERS - Oil Wash on Canvas - 40X60
"My spiritual teacher at the time I painted this, told me I channeled a meeting of masters that happened on the other side. This is when I started to get in touch, thank to my Guru, that there's something going on with my paintings."
1973 – TRAPPED IN STONES - Oil Wash on Canvas - 25X30
"I would paint turpentine over the whole surface and drop color and let it run together like a watercolor wash. This was one of my first oils. Very monolith looking faces, stone like with no feeling."
1973 – WOMEN WITHOUT RIGHTS - Oil Wash on Canvas - 25X30
"Again, no mouth and religious sternness with judgement. A naked woman contrast. Patriotic women without a voice caught in boxy shapes. Statement on situation of women in culture."
1973 – CONSUMED BY DOGMA - Oil Wash on Canvas - 60X80
"Old world religious big painting. I was thinking about the Inquisition."
1973 – JOURNEY OF THE DISCIPLES - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"This represents the journey of the disciple looking for the enlightened one. A Guru that I worked with for 20 years gave me a lot of confidence. He told me I had an agreement with spirit to bring forward the sound of love."
1973 – FIREWORK DOCK - Watercolor on Board - 30x40
"I did this painting in 3 hours. Wet on wet but you had to put the color on while it was still wet, turn the board vertical to effect the runs."
1973 – DRY DOCK - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"You have a wash of color going through the textures. Gravity pulls the color through all the texture. I ran turpentine through the wet paint. Painted this in Miami, FL when I was really into boats.”
1973 – THE DISCOVERER - Watercolor on Board - 20X30
"Exploring the environment of nature. I liked the idea of a one person explorer."
1973 – WINTER SNOW - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"I used a crinkle paper technique that made it look like snow was coming down."
1973 – COLORADO DREAM - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
“Living in Florida but dreaming of returning to the mountains. Later in life, I lived in the Colorado Rockies and got to see winter.”
1973 - BRIDGE TO NEW DISCOVERIES - Watercolor on Board - 30x40
“This was an angelic other world where dreams are made.”
1973 – WINTER SNOW - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"I used a crinkle paper technique that made it look like snow was coming down."
1973 – BOATS AT REST - Oil on Canvas with Texture - 40X60
"You have a wash of color going through the textures. Gravity pulls the color through all the texture. I ran turpentine through the wet paint. Painted this in Miami, FL when I was really into boats.”
1974 – ON THE BEACH - Oil on Canvas - 20X24
"I lived near the beach when I painted this. I used egg whites while the painting was still wet to create the orb effect. I had a restaurant size stove at this house where I painted. I would heat it up and put the small canvases in it. The texture and molding stuff would rise and create these interesting textures. I would put the big canvases in the sauna!"
1974 - BECOMING GODDESSES - Watercolor with Resin - 30X40
“Started introducing embossments during my etching period showing dimensions.
Feminine on the path of discovery on the connection cord searching for the light.”
Feminine on the path of discovery on the connection cord searching for the light.”
1974 - FANCIFUL ROMANCE - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
“I Did a series of this image representing the lovers. The fantasy of connection and romance. The dream of a perfect relationship.”
1974 - FAMILY PARADE- Oil on Board - 30X40
“Exploring the world of circles after being so boxed in for so long.”
1974 – WHARF SCENE - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"I would wet the whole board and drop color into it real fast then scratch it."
1974 - GIFT OF GIVING - Watercolor on Board - 35X40
“Celebrating life’s story. Scenes of life’s dreams with lots of ideals. Happy positive and bold paintings. Possible foretelling my future life in Ecuador!”
1974 - CELESTIAL TROUBADOR - Watercolor - 30X40
1975 – ISLAND FANTASY - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"This house exists in Key West. When I was painting this a Hemingway character walked by so I put him in the painting."
1975 - CARIBBEAN RHAPSODY - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
"Fisherman bringing in catch. Kind of Caribbean like."
1975 – BAROQUE DREAMS - Watercolor on Board - 60X80
"It has become more fun to be at the cluster village. I am the person on the edge of the painting that flower blessings are falling upon."
1975 - CARRIBEAN MARKET - Watercolor on Board - 40X60
“I loved the spirit of indigenous markets. Local people coming together. This was after a trip to Haiti.”
1975 - HEMINGWAY TAKES A STROLL - Watercolor on Paper - 30X40
“Second year in Key West. This was a famous house. There was an old man that looked like Hemingway that walked by so I put him in the painting. The people that owned the house wanted to see what I was doing and gave me a tour of the house.”
1975 – DANCE OF LIFE - Oil and Acrylic on Canvas - 40X50
"The lady that bought this painting said it breathed. The bridge of music to dance.
1975 - DIVINE FAMILY - Oil on Board - 40X50
"This was purchased by a dear freind, Jim Weed."
1975 - ICARUS- Oil Wash on Canvas - 40X50
"I made an oil wash of resin and turpentine and then drop color into it. The Guru was speaking and now he is transcending to the sun."
1975 - DREAM BLESSING - Oil on Canvas - 50X60
“The intention was to create a stain glass effect in the way I created island of light.”
1975 - JEWELS OF LIGHT LANDSCAPE - Oil on Canvas – 9ft by 4ft
“My first big commission. The man said I want a landscape in oil. My wife’s going to love it.
Got it to the high rise and the painting gets stuck in the elevator. It took an hour to get out. Got it into his place and he has his wife hide because it’s a surprise. She came out to the livingroom and said, ‘ It makes my couch look faded!!!’.”
Got it to the high rise and the painting gets stuck in the elevator. It took an hour to get out. Got it into his place and he has his wife hide because it’s a surprise. She came out to the livingroom and said, ‘ It makes my couch look faded!!!’.”
1976 - MUSICAL TAPESTRY - Oil on Canvas - 20X30
“A technique I was using where I would create a texture on the canvas and then drip oil colors from the top and let it flow through the texture that creates patterns that look like music.”
1976 - SAILING INTO SOUND - Watercolor on Board - 30X40
“Series of music theme and this was one.”
1976 – SOUND OF LOVE - Acrylic/Oil on Masonite - 40X48
"The technique of this painting was to crinkle up white tissue paper and add water then glue onto gesso board and drop color into it to create texture. The colors would blend and I would sandpaper it to get tissue off. The texture looks like stone patterns."
1976 - MUSICAL RHAPSODY - Oil on Canvas - 25X30
"From my Musician's series."
1976 - BECOMING MUSIC - Oil on Canvas - 25X30
1976 - ADAGIO - Oil on Board - 25X40
“Another exploring the music series looking for the sound of love.”
1976 - PARADE - Watercolor on Board 40X60
“It’s a south American parade. Here I am becoming fascinated with the country I would move to in the future.”
1976 - PARADE WHEEL - Watercolor on Board - 40X60
“Again that south American parade theme."
1976 - With my Weiner Reimer, Chela - which means disciple of spirit.
“Got a 2000 pound etching press. I only made a series of 4. You can see the heart song.”
1976 - THE OVERLORDS - Etching