Face Series

The human face is the form we know best and is an endless source of inspiration. It has been a major part of my work from the very beginning. In the 70’s, I studied with Alex Katz and Paul Georges. Their strong points of view regarding scale and image had a lasting impact on me. My first exhibition consisted of oversized portrait drawings of fellow art students. These were created with bold marks using oil pastel and paper. Later exhibits featured huge, oversized heads with the eyes closed as though in a state of dreaming. Their wood panel foundations were intensely painted and carved. The panels were often hinged, which allowed the viewer not only to touch, open and manipulate the work but to seemingly peer inside at another’s thoughts or dreams.

My work with the face motif evolved into a variety of series, including dreamers, frontier (jungle motif), perdidos (lost ones), pleurants (mourners), shaman (spiritual) and others. Whether painted on canvas, mylar, paper or wood, from which the wood is sometimes carved and reapplied, the imagery has a sense of mystery as the faces are frequently masked or painted. Their intent is to evoke a sense of mystery, emotion and reflection.

Share my Art:

Coming Up For Air

Medium: Mixed media on wood
Dimensions: 80"x48"

Americas Series 10

Medium: Mixed Media on Handmade Paper
Dimensions: 80"x62"

The Hidden One

Medium: Mixed media on wood
Dimensions: 80.5"x48.5"

Shaman Momento 6

Medium: Mixed media on wood
Dimensions: 24"x24"

Dreaming Shaman

Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 11.5"x7"x4"

Perdido Group 2

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 12"x12"

Red Pleurant

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Plexiglass on Carved and Reapplied Wood
Dimensions: 96"x96"

Perdido 09/01

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 14"x11"

Perdido installation

Medium: Mixed Media on Handmade Paper
Dimensions: 8'x16'

Frontier Series – A

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 20"x16"

Face Through the Fence

Medium: Acrylic on Paper
Dimensions: 40"x30"

Perdido in Black & White

Medium: Acrylic
Dimensions: 10"x8"

Pleurant in Shade

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Plexiglass on Carved and Reapplied Wood
Dimensions: 72"x72"

Apparition Series 57

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 24"x24"

Americas Series 9

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 80"x62"

Striped Man

Medium: Mixed Media on Handmade Paper
Dimensions: 82"x62"

Americas Series 12

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 82"x \60"

Shaman 01

Medium: Acrylic on Carved and Reapplied Wood
Dimensions: 24"x24"

The Soldier

Medium: Mixed Media on Handmade Paper
Dimensions: 80"x62"

The Cry

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 40"x30"

Americas Series

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 80"x63"

Apparition Series 2

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 24"x24"

Big Breath

Medium: Mixed media on wood
Dimensions: 72.25"x48"

Warrior with Red Stripes

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 24"x24"

Perdidos in Black & White Installation

Medium: Acrylic
Dimensions: 10"x8" each

Release

Medium: Mixed media on wood
Dimensions: 58.75"x48"

Perdido 11/17

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 12"x12"

Perdido Group 1

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 12"x12"

Perdido Group 10

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 12"x12"

The Pleurant Box (exterior)

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Plexiglass on Carved and Reapplied Wood
Dimensions: 96" x 96"

Pleurant

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Plexiglass on Carved and Reapplied Wood
Dimensions: 72"x72"

Diamond Point

Medium: Mixed media on wood
Dimensions: 40"x30"

Shaman 8

Medium: Mixed media on wood
Dimensions: 48"x30"

Miscarriage

Medium: Mixed Media on Carved and Reassembled Wood
Dimensions: 80"x96"

The Pleurant Box (interior)

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Plexiglass on Carved and Reapplied Wood
Dimensions: 96"H x 192"W

Frontier Series 8

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 48"x36"

Frontier Invention – 2

Medium: Mixed media on mylar
Dimensions: 144"x80"

Shaman Series

Medium: Mixed media on wood
Dimensions: 18.25"x18.25"

Americas Series – 11

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 82"x60"

Trayvon

Medium: Acrylic on Carved and Reapplied Wood
Dimensions: 72"x72"

Pleurant

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Plexiglass on Carved and Reapplied Wood
Dimensions: 48" x 48

Pleurant I

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Plexiglass on Carved and Reapplied Wood
Dimensions: 96" x 96"
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Painted Man 11/22

Medium: Mixed media
Dimensions: 20"x16"

Pleurant Box

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, Plexiglass on Carved and Reapplied Wood
Dimensions: 96" x 96"