Harvesting the Berries

Acrylic on canvas, 2' x 2' 2006

Forget About the Red Pepper

... make lemonade 2' x 2' acrylic on birch 2006

Moonrise

Maple Leaf Sculpture

4' x 5' steel

Mozart Bday Blues

Acrylic on canvas, 28" x 28" 2006

Petit Bouquet

Oil, 16" x 20" 2006

Made in the Shade

Oil on Birch 24" x 24"

Pastoral Blue & Yellow

Name of the Game

Oil on canvas

20" x 29"

2006

Six on the Beach

18" x 24" Oil on panel 2006

Clear Pond Enlightenment

Hidden Treasures

Safe at Home

Listening to Sheep

Fresh Start

Acrylic on Birch

24" x 24" x 2"

Letter to a friend

As for my painting, I believe that like everything else in life, it has to do with timing. One simply must wait for the right time, but wait with active faith and a persistent sense of purpose. I think I have been doing that. One also needs to have love in their life; to love deeply and to be loved deep into the soul. That is where art comes from.

In order to bake a cake, you need all the ingredients, including a hot stove and a sufficient window of time.

So, I am making paintings now in a language that is a compilation of all that I have experimented with before. What I am enjoying most about this recent work is that I am continuing to test the limits of the language and finding that it is capable of supporting a variety of genres and themes equally well. I think it is because the thread that holds this series together is based on strong design fundamentals -- compelling color harmonies, clear space division and a careful balancing of style, form, and subject matter. Voila! There it is. Enjoy! -Dan