Influences
Josh Goldberg
Josh Goldberg is a well known Tucson Artist and teacher. I first saw Josh Goldberg’s work in an exhibition and I was deeply affected. It was profound. I decided I had to study with him …
Leon Kroll
(American Artist 1884 – 1974) I studied with Leon Kroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City. He was an excellent artist and an inspiring teacher. Known primarily as a classic figurative …
Barbara Hall (Isabelle Danielle Hall)
(American artist, 1919 – 2014) Barbara Hall was born Isabelle Danielle Hall in Tucson, Arizona, where she grew up. I studied with her when I stayed at the Quarry Hill Creative Arts Center, her …
Arthur G. Dove
(American artist 1880–1946) Responding to Dove’s 1997 retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art the critic Robert Hughes stated:
“If there was ever an artist in the American grain, it was Arthur Dove, with his …
“If there was ever an artist in the American grain, it was Arthur Dove, with his …
Odilon Redon
(French artist 1840-1916) “True art lies in a reality that is felt.”
In trying to explain the darkness present in Redon’s early works, predominately black-and-white charcoals, critics described them as “mutated, terrifying creatures dominated this …
In trying to explain the darkness present in Redon’s early works, predominately black-and-white charcoals, critics described them as “mutated, terrifying creatures dominated this …
Paintings
Seed Syllables
The vertical Sanskrit seed syllables: Om Ah Hung (or Hun). In Tibetan Buddhism the Sanskrit syllables are essentially ‘thought forms’ representing divinities or cosmic powers which exert their influence by means of sound vibrations. I …
Emerging World
The Sanskrit symbol of Hung is along the right side of the painting. Hung (or Hun) is a Sanskrit seed syllable meaning unity or something that cannot be torn apart …
Seven Paintings on Paper & micro-crystalline wax
In order to avoid using glass on the seven paintings that are acrylic on paper: “Kundalini“; “Emerging Worlds V”; “Crucible”; “The Divine Feminine”; “Diamond Cluster”; “Seed Syllables”; “The Unveiling”. I had these paintings cold pressed …
Thunderbolt Song
The verticle symbols are the Sanskrit seed syllables Om, A’a, Hung (or Hum). The writing along the bottom is line #4 from The Seven Thunderbolt Phrases. The language is a transliteration of Tibetan script into …