Category: Still Life

Garden of Earthly DEE-LITE

Exhibitions, Still Life

At Midnight, National Competition, Art Catalogue Publication, Art on 30th. 2020 $2000

This painting is a homage to the late great San Diego artist Manny Farber, but also a “Still – Life” representation/ portrait of myself and my existence … 4 panels all with objects that resonate and embody aspects of myself or my life — look from the top right, then top left, bottom left and bottom right. The painting becomes less realistically rendered and more sketchy as you progress in the order I have described… I occasionally asked if I’m going to “finish” these rudimentary areas. This painting is a self portrait and when I created it my life was different and so was my “storyline”…. the last panel is barely a sketch – with a question mark drawn with charcoal …. and so is my life still — All that I can offer is that I have one foot in the past and another in the future and I’m trying to balance in the present tense as best as I can!

Pass The Wine, Let’s Make Some Love

Mixed Media, Still Life

6′ x 5′ Mixed Media on Wood Panel, 2019. $1000

This is a bronze colored grape leaf with a copy of a fresco from the excavated ruins of Pompeii. Originally, it was a “tapestry” (acrylic on unstretched canvas) that I created for the purpose of beautification and decoration during an Elementary school’s Wine and Dine fundraiser, but it also was an experiment with impasto acrylic products. However, it had been rolled up in storage for many years, where it became damaged… textural impasto doesn’t like to be bent or extreme heat. Anyway, I cut the grape leaf with the Pompeii fresco out, glued it to a wooden substrate and repainted the background. It is entitled, “Pass the Wine, Lets Make Some Love” – This is about cherishing the moment, being truly happy, love, friendship, and counting your blessings because at any moment everything could change…