Fooling With Her Hair 11 x 14 Oil $2,350
Black Hat 18 x 12 Oil $2,500
Three Graces II 36 x 24 OIl (SOLD)
Soft Shoulder 12 x 8 Oil $1,950
Antique Shop 16 x 12 Oil $2,400
Blanket Hug 18 x 12 Oil $2,500
A Shoulder To Lean On 12 x 12 Oil $2,300
Bannard's Fantasy 12 x 8 Oil $1,950
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
The element of design is primary to me. Models are often posed after the surrounding framework is established. I seek ideas from Japanese art and the block printers of such Post Impressionists as Toulouse Lautrec, Mary Cassatt and Ambroise Vollard.

I choose to keep my palette minimal keeping the focus on design and value. The muted combinations of hues that can be found in Asian art are key. Forms are carved out with intense, exaggerated dark and light values. “Neutrals” are often strange unexpected colors that give a reflective glow to the skin. Brush strokes are allowed to be thick, buttery and honest.

There is a spirit that I seek of those busy city moments of waiting, thinking and daydreaming in the bustle of a hurried world. The characters are always unaware of the viewer, and relationships between figures are unresolved. By having the subjects flow off the borders of the canvas, I can create a feeling of intimacy, as the observer is drawn in close.