Traditionally, artists learned how to paint by copying the old masters. In this gallery people mill around, watch the artist and collapse on the banquette as he works. Time moves slowly.

Digital painting

18" x 12"

When visiting a museum, besides looking at the artwork, I often am aware of the guards as they move through the exhibit, They are the quiet, quiet and essential employees that protect the precious objects from the, in this case, hordes of viewers.

Digital painting

12" x 17"

A crowd, focusing on one man, moves through an art exhibit of books, all of which are white covers with no text inside.

Digital painting

18" x 12"

A contrast of the nearby people walking on the first floor, as opposed to the seemingly small people on the balcony, waiting to enter an exhibit.

Digital painting

17" x 12"

The bright yellow background in this composition draws the viewer's eye to the mannequins wearing outfits by the amazing Joyce Scott. Guards bracket the composition with a visitor standing in front of the display while another visitor walks by.

Digital painting

17" x 12"

Sometimes a museum patron is mesmerized by an artwork and stands rooted to a spot, despite the people moving around them; sometimes they keep their attention on their phone. 

Digital painting

16" x 12"

Color suffices this image, with the people sitting and strolling through the exhibit becoming secondary to the bright hues of yellow, blue, orange and red. 

Digital painting

18" x 12"

Sewn together children's toys hang from the ceiling as people meander through the constellations of sculptures. 

Digital painting

18" x 7"

This image is one of my first Museum paintings, observed as I waited in line to see another exhibit. The observation of the museum guard along with the visitors continues to reappear in my work.

Digital painting

16" x 12"

Museum spaces involve more than the gallery rooms. In this digital painting the perspective is from  from a top floor, looking at the deep space created by the escalator. The groups of visitors as well as the people on the elevators created a deep space for a viewer to fall into.

Digital painting

12" x 18"

The movement of the people walking through this room with Gerhard Richter paintings, reflects the artist's process of using a squeegee to modify the paint surface. 

Digital painting

18" x 12"

Two women sit on a bench as another woman in yellow that coordinates with the Joan Mitchel painting traverses the rear of the artwork. I was interested in showing the way the visitors positions and movements were reflecting the dynamism and color in the painting. 

Digital painting

12" x 18"

A visit to the Jasper Johns exhibit is documented with his iconic paint brush can and drawings being traversed by a visitor in in background. 

Digital painting

13" x 17.5"

People walk across the entry atrium with a Jeff Koons sculpture framed in the window. the man walking in the background with the white cane has a reason not to notice the artwork, the woman with phone does not. 

Digital painting

18" x 12"

Ruth Asawa's exhibit at MOMA inspired me to create this image that shows her airy sculptures with the visiting crowds not only moving through the exhibit, but also disolving into the air as they move through space. The title is inspired by a quote from the artist. 

Digital painting

18" x 12"

The contrast of light and dark are stark in this stairway space, as the staircase and deep space are reflected in the metallic sphere. 

Digital painting

12" x 18"

A majolica ceramic peacock stands proudly in the center of an exhibit space as visitors circumnavigate the room. 

Digital painting

12" x 18"

When visiting the Amy Sherald exhibit at the Baltimore Museum of Art, I was fortunate to have an in depth discussion with a museum guard about the exhibit. This is a recurring theme in my work, as well as in my visits to multiple museums.

Digital painting 

12" x 18"

When looking at this famous Frida Kahlo portrait, museum patrons seem to be more interested in documenting their experiences on their phones than studying the painting. This created multiple Fridas for me to document. 

Digital painting

18" x 12"

The dynamism of Picasso's "Demoiselles" is contrasted with the stillness of the women sitting on a bench studying the painting. 

Digital painting

14.5" x 12"

Transforming the digital painting "Clouds of Childhood Dreams" into a reduction print resulted in an abstract triptych that by limiting the colors to neutrals, pink and blue, takes a viewer into a place that juxtaposes the adult figures over the constantly changing clouds of their youth. This format allows me to print varied editions that include 3 separate  images as well as a diptych. I enjoy creating a variety of images from a complex composition to create a varied edition in which there are limited numbers of each finished print.

Reduction block print triptych

18" x 9.5"

In this three color reduction print I experimented with bold color and a focused composition contrasting the standing woman with the three mannequins. 

Three color reduction block print

6 3/4" x 12 1/4"

This print shows a sculpture in front of a window, with a woman, child and man shown multiple times as they move across the space. Their figures are shown as solid forms, linear images and partial figures. It is up to the viewer to decide who is the goddess.

Block print

7" x 8.25"

The experimentation with various color ways for this print included this blue example as well as one in green and another one is red. The image shifts as the colors are changed in this varied edition.

Reduction block print

9" x12"

Guard is a two color reduction print that is another interpretation of  an image from the Museum series. It has been simplified to two colors to emphasize the graphic quality of the composition. 

Reduction block print

7" x 9"

This "Steps" print is one of my first forays into multiple color reduction printing. The geometric quality of the composition which is created by the repetition of the steps and the architecture that divides the picture into quadrants contrasts with the organic shapes of the people in the space. 

Reduction block print

4.5" x 9"

Blurred movement is the focus of this reduction block print. I was inspired by the paintings of Gerhard Richter and the movement involved in his process of creating squeegee paintings, envisioning the public becoming integral with the art display. 

Reduction block print

12" x 11" image

Three women walk through a graphic space, each unique and in her own universe. 

Block print

6.5" x 9.25"

The movement of the man in this artwork is shown by the repetition and overlap of his figure as he walks through a crowd. 

Block print

4.5" x 9.25"

This diptych has the two figures emphasized with red ink. This effect is controlled by the application of ink directly to the blocks, allowing for a varied edition in which no to are exactly alike. 

Block print Diptych

This print used 4 different printing plates that join together to create a finished composition. When planing and executing prints, I edit from a digital painting, removing negative spaces. In this composition I also included a plate on the bottom, to accunate the act of riding a bicycle.

Block print 

12" x 14" image

Standing under an awning in Copenhagen, as the weather turned into a rain storm, I recorded the movement of the people as they moved in the street and I tried to stay dry. 

Digital painting

18" x 8"

Two people take a break from riding their bikes as they tour a city. 

Digital painting

17" x 12"

I was very ambitious with this four plate two color reduction print. The inspiration was a trip to Berlin, where cyclists were commuting to work along a road in the center of town. I was intrigued with the images I captured that showed the movement not only on a flat plane, but by the way that the figures changed as they approached and passed me by, starting small and receding into the distance.

Two color reduction block print 

21" x 10.5"

I decided to combine images from two ways of exploring a city as a pedestrian, walking and riding a bicycle are images that often return to my imagery. 

Oil diptych painting

50" x 36"

A graphic image of spinning spokes of a bicycle was the start of this bicycling picture, showing the rider moving towards and away of the viewer.

Oil triptych painting

40" x 21"

The spokes of a bicycle form a moving backdrop to this print of a cyclist moving across the picture plane.

Block print

8" x 9.5"

The convergence of people walking and riding bicycles in a central square, occupying similar space, although at different times, inspired this image. 

Digital painting

18" x 12"

Again I am impressed by the culture of the bicycle in Europe, where the city center is filled with people cycling to work, on errands and for the majority of their daily travels. This print was a challenge as the registration for the colors was done by eye without a jig. 

Two color reduction block print triptych

14.5" x 10"

After creating a number of cycle related prints, I decided to pull some similar images from those compositions, just focusing on the wheels. This graphic triptych combines those bicycle wheel images into a unique composition.

Block print triptych

12" x 10"

After attending a demonstration of collage techniques I have experimented with this new, to me, way of creating compositions. The inspiration for this piece was the saturated and contrasting colors of the sky and landscape. 

Collage

12" x 24"

"Separation/ Deported" is a image dealing with current politics, which I cannot sit by and ignore. This diptych is split into two sections to show the ways that the people being removed by ICE are being separated from their grieving families. 

Oil painting diptych on 2 canvases

36" x 30"

This self portrait is one of a series that explored the experience of aging, with the focus in this elaborated drawing on the gradual loss of clear sight. The drawing is symbolically sewn together and the glasses are real.

Mixed media

18" x 22"

"Disappeared" is my visceral reaction to events of 2025. The text are words taken from the Homeland Security website. The large number of people removed from the United States with many of them incarcerated in other countries is the inspiration for this collage. 

Collage, mixed media, 

36" x 12"

The bones I discovered nearby of a deer, looked nurturing as well as decaying. I imagined in this composition that the bones protected this newborn fawn,  perpetuating life.

Oil painting

22" x 30"

In the St. John's Cathedral in Malta, besides the famous Caravaggio, the floor in covered with the graves of the Knights of Malta, with each crypt covered with marble marquetry. These images caught my imagination, especially the joyous countenance and music included in many of the images.  

Oil on canvas

30" x 40"

To start off a new year, I painted a series of quick still lives, this one is my favorite.

Oil on canvas

11" x 14"

Sitting on a porch at the beach, painting girls jumping into a pool. What better way to spend a lazy afternoon?

Oil and acrylic on canvas

 14" x 11"

When visiting a installation of Gees Bend Quilts my granddaughter was inspired to dance. This inspired a series of children joyfully dancing in front of the wonderful graphic images created by the Gees Bend  artists.

Oil on canvas

24" x 30"

Grandchildren encourage playful images. My granddaughter was playing with the leaves and I caught this exuberant pose. The leaves are from separate photographs that have been applied to the print, thus allowing for each of the prints in the varied edition becoming unique. 

Block print with applied photographs

4.5 " x 10"

A visit to NYC inspired this juxtaposition of the people walking with the images of natural forms that represent our return to nature. As this was painting during the early part of the pandemic, the symbolism of the natural world taking over the urban environment drove my conception for the composition. 

Oil painting

55" x 25"

During the pandemic, I searched for alternate themes for my art. One theme I developed was inspired by masks that I have collected on my travels. The masks in this collage like painting are from Africa, the Pacific Northwest, Bali, South America and Cuba. Although each culture has its own iconography, they often are exploring consistent universal truths.

Oil on canvas

30" x 40"

Every year at Christmas time, Bethany Beach Delaware has an event that showcases people and their pets. This painting celebrates some of those pairs as they walk by on the boardwalk.

Oil on canvas

48" x24"

This visit to the famous marketplace in Hobart, Tasmania is the only digital painting that I felt was enhanced by the retaining of parts of the photographic reference, as that enhanced to textural elements of the composition.  

Digital painting

18" x 12"

One of my first large painting made from multiple photographs, 5K shows a group of runners as they approach and pass by spectators. 

Oil triptych  on canvas

6'6" x 24"

This impression of watching people on the Highline in NYC is the first oil painting I worked on depicting the dynamic movement of people. I first painted some of the building reflections as a background then layered the partial figures to show movement across the space.

Oil painting

36" x 24"

Women dancing , swirling their colorful skirts, showing joy and energy: this triptych takes me to Mexico and the exuberance of the young ladies that performed this dance. 

Oil painting triptych on three canvases

35" x 16"

When visiting an exhibit of the fabulous Gees Bend quilts, my granddaughter began to dance through the galleries, as she was excited by the brilliant color and abstract design. This inspired three paintings on this theme. This is the first one in the series.

Oil on canvas

24" x 36"

As I meandered in Valletta, Malta, this group of friends hanging out in front of a store front caught my eye. Their white clothing contrasted with the dark stone of the background. I have also made a print that simplified this grouping, alas, no room for it here.

Digital painting

12" x 16"

Waiting in the Baltimore Union Station, I watched the people running to catch their train. This is one of my earliest attempts at catching the motion of people through space, beginning a continuing exploration of this theme. 

Oil on canvas

30" x 40"

The Bromo Seltzer Tower is an iconic landmark in Baltimore City, the people crossing a busy street walk are indicative of the city's population. I especially  enjoyed recreating the leopard design on the woman's coat.

Digital painting

18" x 12"

When sitting in an airport, people are constantly walking by, coming and going to destinations unknown. 

Digital painting

18" x 9"

This digital painting was inspired by time spent in a train station, watching the crowd rush, noticing the preponderance of people dressed in black clothing and the rhythms their motion created as they walked away.

Digital painting

 18" x 9"

The graphic qualities of this four part block print composition emphasize the movement of travelers as they rush by. As a print interpreting the previous digital painting, the simplicity of the black and white encourages the viewer to focus on the rhythm of the crowd. 

Block print in four parts

19" x 8.5"

New Year's Day, and the crowds celebrate by taking a plunge into the cold Atlantic Ocean. This digital painting challenged my ability to use detail to show movement and specific individuals in a composition.

Digital painting

18" x 7"

In this early triptych I experimented with the use of a color applied onto a printing block along with black ink; this selective color application created singular images in a varied edition. 

Block print triptych

14" x 8"

This image of people walking in the rain is universal, this is the scene you might observe no matter where you travel or reside.

Digital Painting

17" x 10"

Outside the North Carolina Museum of Art is an installation of a mirrored labyrinth by Jeppe Hein.  When walking through people and shadows are reflected multiple times, creating a kaleidoscope of reflections and a breaking up of reality. The repetition of the shadows and red clothing creates a rhythm across the composition.

Digital painting

18" x 12"

My last vacation before the pandemic required our isolation was to Baja, Mexico. I experimented with my underwater camera to capture a group of people snorkeling, waith a focus on a view from underwater, The resulting digital painting creates a unique horizon line of the water and land, focused on the legs and flippers of the swimmers. A perfect summer moment.

Digital painting

17" x 12"

In downtown Baltimore there is ongoing construction that is ongoing, but never is complete. This image from a street outside the University of Maryland Medical Center shows the workers and people leaving the hospital that need to walk around the construction. Both groups are fixtures on the city street. 

Digital painting 

12" x 18"

Standing on my tiny porch in Porto Portugal, I watched as hordes of visitors streamed into the historic city center. My overhead sight line gave me a unique perspective of this stream of tourists. 

Digital painting

12" x 18"

Walking in the streets of New York city, I noticed this musician trying to make a living by playing his sax on 5th Avenue. He has been in this location multiple times, with most of the crowd ignoring his tunes. 

Digital painting

12" x 18"

Watching people move through urban environments , the architecture and gridded geometry of the spaces contrast with the walking couple. 

Digital painting

12" x 15"

Children live in their own worlds, even when surrounded by adults or strangers. This boy caught my eye as he moved in a busy street, making me think that he was dancing to a tune in his head.

 Digital painting 

12" x 18"

The vibrant peach color of this woman's dress stands out as she strides down a street.

Digital painting

18" x 12"

A couple rests from their ride as people walk by in the background in this city scene.

Digital painting

17" x 12"

The juxtaposition of different couples as they walk, inhabiting their own space is the focus of this work. The grey arches in the background serve to define the apace.

Digital painting

18" x 12"

The red background frames the single walker as a family walks in the opposite direction. I purposely abstracted the background to remove any specific context of place and focus on the people. 

Digital painting

18" x 12"

In this family group all the people are seemingly walking together, but although same pairs ar holding hands, they each seem to exist in their own universe.

Digital painting

18" x 12"

Using five separate blocks, I recreated the family stroll, but with a dedicated space for each of the characters in the narrative. They walk together, but each occupies their own world. The rhythm of their stroll is repeated in the block depicting walking feet below the group.

15.5"x 12.5"

In this print I focused on pattern and texture to create a rhythm that propels the couple across the page. The contrast of the solid legs to the stripped shirt to the background of lines that move in different directions are grounded by the grid structure that is immovable im the background. 

Block print

9" x 10"

A white umbrella arches over the heads fo the people walking in front of a sidewalk cafe.

Block print

6" x 10.5"

Two women walking are juxtaposed to contrast between the block and white and color, scale, their different strides and presence in their assigned spaces. This print illustrates one way i have combined printed images to create different compositions in a varied edition. 

Block print with stenciled color

9" x 10.5"

White shirt, black pants, and a steady rhythmic stride away from the viewer.

Block print

7" x 9.5"

This example shows another combination of printing blocks to develop a unique composition. When a larger image is paired with a small one, a sense of space is developed that does not exist with either image individually.

Block print diptych

11" x 9.5"

This jumble of people walking was the first plate I created in this Pedestrian series. One individual melds into the  next, creating a rhythm of a small crowd. This print was used on the flyer for my exhibit "Timely Transitions" at Gallery Blue Door that paired digital paintings with their print interpretations. 

Block print

5.5" x 7.5"

To create the color in this print, without  doing a traditional reduction print where the printing block is carved twice for two colors, I used a stencil to print the yellow ink. I then used traditional block printing to overlay the black image creating a two color composition.

Block print with stenciled color

8" x 9"

The smallest of the series, shows a couple walking side by side, creating an intimate snapshot of the pair.

Block print

4.25" x 7"

Gull #1 is the first in a series of prints created by interpreting the oil paintings of gulls. These small prints allow me to explore mark making and the compositional effects of line, shape and value.

Block print

5' x 5"

I am beginning to explore the medium of collage, as there are so many different ways to tell a visual story. This bird, soaring into the blue sky is an affirmative statement to show that there is still a reason for optimism. The image of the bird rising in the picture frame is created with pictures and parts of photos of birds, that come together to create the final composition.

Mixed media collage

18" x 24"

The Firebird is a staple in many Russian tales, that can symbolize fortune, temptation, transformation of fate. By adding the red orange background to the souring bird that is defending his nest, I have added a narrative to a simple, small image.

Block print with colored stenciled background

6" x 4"

Another bird in flight, this on is again a gull, silhouetted against a blue sky.

Block print with colored background

6" x 4"

These birds were originally photographed on a trip to Costa Rica. This is a little larger that the other bird studies, and presented a challenge with complimentary colors adjacent to one another. The brushwork is  applied with little blending.

Oil and acrylic on canvas

18' x 22"

This gull with an attitude was painted in a single sitting on a porch while overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. His friends were flying nearby.

Oil and acrylic on canvas

14" x 11"

This Raven was the first bird painting I attempted, and was inspired not by local birds, but the resident birds at the Tower of London. He was kind enough to pose so I was able to get a number of images to choose from.

Oil and acrylic on canvas

11" x 14"

The sea gulls often look for food to steal from people on the beach during the crowded summer months. This bird was very aggressive in trying to get some lunch.

Oil and acrylic on canvas

12" x 16"

One compositional experiment I have explored with my bird paintings is cropping to make the image look more like a snapshot, a technique going back to Degas.  As the gull enters the picture frame, his dynamism of movement is implied as the viewer can imagine his movement across the picture plane. 

Oil and acrylic on canvas

12" X 16"

The second in a series of gull prints, I tried to show the bird without overworking the carving and showing a spontinaity in the creation of the finished image.

Block print

5" x 4"