Thirty Series
$550. 36" x 36"
Today and Today
30" x 30"
Mixed Media on Deep Wrapped Canvas
30" x 30"
Mixed Media on Deep Wrapped Canvas
$550. 36" x 36"
Carpe Diem Last Summer
30" x 30"
Mixed Media on Deep Wrapped Canvas
30" x 30"
Mixed Media on Deep Wrapped Canvas
$550. 36" x 36"
Seymour Glass
30" x 30"
Mixed Media on Deep Wrapped Canvas
30" x 30"
Mixed Media on Deep Wrapped Canvas
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Yellow As You Will-
Tribute to David Foster Wallace
30" x 30"
Mixed Media on Deep Wrapped Canvas
"It is unimaginably hard . . .
to be conscious and alive,
day in and day out."
DFW
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Tribute to David Foster Wallace
30" x 30"
Mixed Media on Deep Wrapped Canvas
"It is unimaginably hard . . .
to be conscious and alive,
day in and day out."
DFW
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Three decades of teaching art at the secondary level followed by a return to higher education and completing a Masters in Art Education provides much fodder with which to recollect and regroup a personal valuing of art. These many years of assessing, making, and interpreting the art of others as well as my own have allowed me to wind my course through many styles and approaches. My most recent endeavors address what I believe is a crucially important contemporary approach to art today:
the Postmodern.
The most simple definition of postmodernism as well as the oft sought after explanation of my work is this: Postmodernism is a contemporary approach to thinking about culture which includes a direct address of feminism, the knowledge/power paradigm, individuality, truth, multiculturalism, and the environment. Importantly, it is freely accessible to all, denying the elite often academic position of “only those in the know.”
As such, my recent artwork stands, as you will so to speak, to be defined with no arbitrary advantage, by the viewer, you. Thus, my response to my image collages will simply be left at: Making art and looking at art is a dynamic experience for all!
the Postmodern.
The most simple definition of postmodernism as well as the oft sought after explanation of my work is this: Postmodernism is a contemporary approach to thinking about culture which includes a direct address of feminism, the knowledge/power paradigm, individuality, truth, multiculturalism, and the environment. Importantly, it is freely accessible to all, denying the elite often academic position of “only those in the know.”
As such, my recent artwork stands, as you will so to speak, to be defined with no arbitrary advantage, by the viewer, you. Thus, my response to my image collages will simply be left at: Making art and looking at art is a dynamic experience for all!
Dad Series
Jurors' commendation, July, 2011.
Avenue 9 Gallery, Chico, CA
The following 12 pieces indicate a recollection of father and daughter growing together in the 1950’s. They are mixed media: watercolor, gouache, graphite, colored pencils, and linoleum block print. They are all approximately 15" x 24", completed on paper, matted and framed.
Growing Up with Dad was prompted, actually, by the recent death of my dad. We had a classic hate/love relationship, but mostly one of simple disdain. He was the guy who went to war, supported his middle class family working civil service all over the country, and thought he'd done his job. Dad wore a suit and was always going away. Simple man, simple ideas, from a straightforward generation.
I’m a baby boomer.
We were clearly and irrevocably divided into two generations.
If you are me, you may find yourself in my art. In postmodern fashion, your experiences will be mine- the same but different. At the same time, your interpretation will be absolutely on the mark.
If you are not me, your interpretations, influenced by the collection of images in each piece, will vary widely and will be real and valid to your own personal life experiences. Meanwhile, these represent my stories with dad.
Growing Up with Dad was prompted, actually, by the recent death of my dad. We had a classic hate/love relationship, but mostly one of simple disdain. He was the guy who went to war, supported his middle class family working civil service all over the country, and thought he'd done his job. Dad wore a suit and was always going away. Simple man, simple ideas, from a straightforward generation.
I’m a baby boomer.
We were clearly and irrevocably divided into two generations.
If you are me, you may find yourself in my art. In postmodern fashion, your experiences will be mine- the same but different. At the same time, your interpretation will be absolutely on the mark.
If you are not me, your interpretations, influenced by the collection of images in each piece, will vary widely and will be real and valid to your own personal life experiences. Meanwhile, these represent my stories with dad.
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Past-els
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