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The Allegory
What is visual meaning?
Does art have to be studied to be appreciated?
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Ancient Statue
The negative space of the past supports an imaginary votive figure
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The Apiculturist (Beekeeper)
Ever notice how pet owners resemble their pets?
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The Artist as Dionysus
Who is your role model? Ancient myths remain dynamic inspirations
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Awaiting an Apple
The first thought by the first man is chronicled in an earthly paradise
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Caribbean Fauna-Flora
Vacationers, impressed with the natives, wish to take root
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The Child Follows the Adult
The birth of my son inspired memories of some East African friends
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Child's Scene
A reconstruction of a drawing I used to make compulsively as a child
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Choosing a Book
New and used independent bookstores provide a garden of ideas for the picking
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Chronics and Acutes
The world is depicted as a psychiatric ward as in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey
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Comical Characters
The interplay of positive and negative space results in primary fun
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A Community of Tadpoles
A repeating pattern of emerging groups replete with minorities and tenuous relationships
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Cows Sharing Eyes (They are looking at you)
The endless cow? Ben & Jerry's worst nightmare?
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The Creation [of the world]
I like to work to music (yes, I’m a “longhair”).
This image was inspired by Darius Milhaud.
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Diverting Denizens
The interplay of positive and negative space results in primary fun
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The Fool on the Hill
Oblivious to all, the Fool has his own, personal, valid agenda.
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Four Hearts for You
This began as a valentine's greeting for my wife, Mary Lou
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Full Moon
Someday we'll take that romantic trip down the Nile, won't we dear?
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A Group of Attenuated Individuals
Attenuated: To make thin or slender...by the effects of starvation, disease, etc.
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Hanging From the Ceiling On a Pleasant Summer Day
My friend’s camp has a porch with hanging basket chairs
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Help, My Arms Are Bananas!
I don’t heal as well as when I was younger and I need my arms. I’ll be more careful.
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Holy Family
I made this for my mother-in-law showing her daughter as the Goddess and me as having entered her life with our son the result of this magical union.
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I Planted It Myself
Look! I'm raising a cornfield! I'm so proud of my little garden!
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It's Called "Art"
I overheard this phrase when a sculptor responded to a question from a viewer
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Keeping an Eye On the Garden
I miss gardening as I travel so much. I’m down to one houseplant that I call “Oscar”
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Language For the Attenuated
Some problems are so big that an entirely new way must be found to discuss them
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Little Go Beep
I reacted to an incident of “road rage” by depicting the angry person
See also Mother Goes to Town (serigraph)
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Minoan Worshipper
An accurate depiction of an artifact: the inside of a pottery bowl found on the island of Crete
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Monster with Risibilities
A valentine greeting – this monster can be a lot of fun!
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Mycenaen Ritual
Image re-created from a signet ring found on the island of Crete
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The Public Figure
Expressing both sides at once in various shades of noncommittal gray
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Remnant of the Famous Horseman
Anatomical study of imagined remains found in Sleepy Hollow, NY.
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Standardization is the Enemy of Art
Art cannot be boxed and packaged with integrity. Standardization is for merchandising.
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The Sun
Things aren't really so different in my world, I just see the things differently.
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These Are For You
This gift won’t fade, and the giving will show creativity – notice the “green thumb”
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The Thought
The ideas seem to come from without, but the job is to bring them out from within.
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The Tower of Desire
This began as a 2005 valentine to my wife. She’s my princess and I’m her fool.
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The Tower of Love
This also began as a 2005 valentine to my wife. She’s my mermaid and I’m her clown
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Truro, Cape Cod
Cottages seen on the left as I drove on Route 6 toward Provincetown
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The Uncontrolled Emotion
Take it from me – this type of intensity is common in libido-laden individuals.
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12 Color Words Variations
1 is all true (the colors match the words), 1 is half true, 1 is all false, 1 is half false, 1 is all mixed up, and 7 have only one truth. Can you find the truth?
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Wheeling Along the Great Ponderance of Self
Depicting some of the baggage all individuals carry that makes us who we are.
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Wondrous Alliance
The artist, like the poet, makes connections between seemingly disparate elements.
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