Roots and Tree

This is actually two canvases meant to hang together. The top is 30" x 30" and the roots are 9" x 30". I was thinking about the idea that it is only with well-nurtured roots that any living thing, plant or animal, can thrive.

Stepping Chicken

Stepping Chicken is only 1/2" tall, made out of a piece of left-over metal that splashed on the ground during a pour at Georgia State University's sculpture department. I made a huge series of these found-object pieces, but this is one of my favorites. I like his jaunty, self-confident swagger as he steps off into the abyss.

Portrait of Courtney

This is oil on linen, 30" x 40", one of a series. The setting is the Chattahochee River, which is a favorite location of mine for portraits.

Sail Away

This is from a series of small paintings where I used magazine pages as a starting point, mostly from Art Forum because I liked the square format and the interesting images. This one was a photograph of a sailboat inside a big tunnel and I painted in the figures wandering around in life jackets.

Laura's Painting

This painting was one of a series exploring the figure under water. I was interested in how the figure gets visually chopped, the head obscured, when viewed from beneath the surface. This is oil on canvas, 30" x 40".

Pansies

A bunch of pansies from my garden in a pretty jar that my dear friend Debbie gave to me. Oil on panel, 8" x 10".

Small Bird's Nest

This is a small oil sketch on raw linen, 16" x 16", part of the ongoing look at nests. Here I made the egg ambiguous--is there a hole in the nest or does it cradle an egg?