Influences

Josh Goldberg

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 Leo Ornstein at the Piano

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 - The Moon and Me

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 …

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 …

Paintings

Kundalini

Kundalini

In Hinduism, Kundalini is a form of feminine energy that is said to be coiled at the base of the spine. The word Kundalini comes from the Sanskrit word meaning “coiled snake”. This energy can …
SEED SYLLABLES

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 IV

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 …
KUNDALINI

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 …