Category Archives: Modern Art

The Pyramids of Somnia

The Pyramids of Somnia  60×48 Acrylic and Raw Pigment on Canvas We live in a culture where sleep is considered an incidental part of our lives. We work until we are exhausted—we consume caffeine, energy drinks, even pharmaceuticals to keep us going … Continue reading

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In the Shadow of Ungrown Trees

In The Shadow of Ungrown Trees 36×36 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas A forest, a haunting place where young men never grow old. They stay forever as new green seedlings. These seedlings exist in the minds of those who have lost young … Continue reading

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Tree of Tantalus

Tree of Tantalus 40×40 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas In Greek Mythology, Tantalus (Tántalos) was banished to the Underworld for trying to bring the nectar of the Gods to his people. For attempting to steal this ambrosia, he was cursed to stand … Continue reading

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The Messenger

48×36 Acrylic, Raw Pigment, and Gold on Canvas Out of a great void arrives a messenger. There are times when truth can be unsettling. The myths to which we cling can leave us in darkness where we may be content … Continue reading

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On the Brink of Civilization

On the Brink of Civilization • 48×36 • Acrylic and Gold on Canvas Peering through the windows of history, we find all the lessons, the errors, and the achievements that bring us to this present moment. This is the moment … Continue reading

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Animus Rising

Animus Rising • 48×36 • Acrylic on Canvas Textured with black emerging from the void as a powerful, masculine red attempts to dominate the canvas, barely contained by the clarity and understanding of white. Within each woman is the animus … Continue reading

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Maslow’s Mesa

Maslow’s Mesa • 60×48 • Acrylic and Gold on Canvas Self Actualization may come in steps, but is there really an hierarchy? Maybe we experience elements of “Self” Actualization intermittently, even if we are hungry or we feel alone.

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13th Observer

13th Observer 60×48 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas The capacity to observe life and Humanity, objectively, from a perspective outside the Self or one’s participation in environment and tribe is truly a challenge. Some believe it is impossible because we … Continue reading

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Pollinating Period (Blue Moon)

Pollinating Period (Blue Moon) 36×48 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas As a woman approaches the middle of her life, the opportunities to birth a child, or create progeny, become fewer and fewer until those opportunities are as rare as a … Continue reading

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Significance of Man

Significance of Man 40×30 Acrylic and Gold on Canvas To know we exist, we reflect upon that which is beyond us as something that resides within us. We aspire to be larger than that which we are, yet we contain our … Continue reading

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