RAMPARTS. 
Charcoal, hard pastel, pastel pencil.  7 " h x 5 " w.  Framed:  11" h x 9" w.

SQUARING OFF. 
Hard pastel, pastel pencil, charcoal.  7 " h x 9.5 " w.  Framed:  12" h x 14" w.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My paintings are about the visual and psychological energy of the city expressed through the angularity of its architecture and infrastructure, painted with live, rapid, interesting brushstrokes.

This high energy is sometimes offset around the edges of the urban landscape by a very different treatment of trees, bushes, and grassy areas as an impression of dabs, dashes, lines, and scumbled paint.

Although these paintings straddle and integrate impressionist and expressionist ethos, they represent two different stylistic trends. One is more expressionist, bold, and brushy. The other is more linear, graphic, and refined.

These paintings beckon the viewer through dramatic perspective and suggest a curiosity and a journey. Landscape or Cityscape, the metaphor of “Take Any Road,” is usually close at hand in the work.

Finally, there is a tease in these works to see the next level of detail, but the attempt is to have the viewer create that detail while viewing the paintings.

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