ARTWORK

 
“The love for what you do lives in your work. And it is given again and again.”
 

Conversations, 2023

 Letters of Urgent Longing
2022

Letters to My Mother 2019

Letters to My Mother
2019

 
Second Series 2019

Second Series
2019

Palimsesto PalimpsestThe word comes from the Greek, palim, which means again and psēstos, which means rubbed smooth. These are a series of collages of Cortona with writings inspired by the places and imagery.

Palimsesto
Palimpsest

The word comes from the Greek, palim, which means again and psēstos, which means rubbed smooth. These are a series of collages of Cortona with writings inspired by the places and imagery.

Cerça di Cielo e Terra Searching for Heaven and EarthGauche paintings of Cortona inspired by the narrow streets which frame the impression of a path on the earth and views to the sky.

Cerça di Cielo e Terra
Searching for Heaven and Earth

Gauche paintings of Cortona inspired by the narrow streets which frame the impression of a path on the earth and views to the sky.

Strati di Memoria Layers of MemoryGauche paintings of Cortona created through drawings of the town which were made into stencils. The images were then painted as overlapping memories, with reference to Proust and one’s layered remembrance of time a…

Strati di Memoria
Layers of Memory

Gauche paintings of Cortona created through drawings of the town which were made into stencils. The images were then painted as overlapping memories, with reference to Proust and one’s layered remembrance of time and place.

 
Le Mani di Caravaggio The hands of CaravaggioInk drawings of hands found within the paintings of Caravaggio. The conceit is that they are the preliminary drawings for the paintings which in fact were never done.

Le Mani di Caravaggio
The hands of Caravaggio

Ink drawings of hands found within the paintings of Caravaggio. The conceit is that they are the preliminary drawings for the paintings which in fact were never done.

School of RomeVarious works competed while a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.

School of Rome

Various works competed while a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.

Oil PastelsAbstract images of oil pastel on brown paper.

Oil Pastels

Abstract images of oil pastel on brown paper.

Robert Reynolds/Barry Svigals CollaborationImages taken from large paintings which were painted simultaneously by the two artists. The final artwork are photographs of parts of each canvas printed on aluminum.

Robert Reynolds/Barry Svigals Collaboration

Images taken from large paintings which were painted simultaneously by the two artists. The final artwork are photographs of parts of each canvas printed on aluminum.

 
Fra Mondi Between WorldsInspired by a single painting by the 16th century Mannerist painter, I’ll Rosso Fiorentino, these ink drawings explore different imagined stories suggested by the drama of the Christ being removed from the cross as he is asce…

Fra Mondi
Between Worlds

Inspired by a single painting by the 16th century Mannerist painter, I’ll Rosso Fiorentino, these ink drawings explore different imagined stories suggested by the drama of the Christ being removed from the cross as he is ascending to heaven.

GargoylesAs a student in Paris, I stood in the streets, hours at a time, drawing the faces above windows and doorways. They were the silent, but often animated witnesses to centuries of urban life. The Gothic cathedrals offered a parade of figures, …

Gargoyles

As a student in Paris, I stood in the streets, hours at a time, drawing the faces above windows and doorways. They were the silent, but often animated witnesses to centuries of urban life. The Gothic cathedrals offered a parade of figures, large and small, in all manner of poses and expression, telling a story beyond words.

PortraitsOil and gauche portrait paintings.

Portraits

Oil and gauche portrait paintings.

Buildings That TeachThis book traces an exploration over the last thirty-two years of how figurative sculpture might again be meaningful in the expression of architecture + art for learning environments.

Buildings That Teach

This book traces an exploration over the last thirty-two years of how figurative sculpture might again be meaningful in the expression of architecture + art for learning environments.