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ArabesqueOil on Canvas
36 X 48”. 2023 -
At a Far DistanceOil on Canvas
36 X 48”. 2023 -
Barbed WireOil on Canvas
16 X 20”. 2023 -
Biel-BienneOil on Canvas Board
14 X 11”. 2023 -
Cable & OdalisqueOil on Canvas
30 X 40”. 2023 -
ComfortOil on Canvas
16 X 20”. 2023 -
Florentine DuchessaOil on Canvas
20 X 16”. 2023 -
Grey Lady MuseOil on Canvas Board
14 X 11”. 2023 -
HarvestOil on Canvas
20 X 16”. 2023 -
IdyllOil on Canvas
48 X 30”. 2023 -
In the Best of FamiliesOil on Canvas
30 X 40”. 2023 -
Le Bel EquilibreOil on Canvas
40 X 30”. 2023 -
Le MannequinOil on Canvas
20 X 16”. 2023 -
Long White NightsOil on Canvas
30 X 24”. 2023 -
Madame La PatronneOil on Canvas
20 X 16”. 2023 -
Muse of the OrientalistOil on Canvas
36 X 48”. 2023 -
Norse WoodOil on Canvas
20 X 16”. 2023 -
Persona No. 7Oil on Canvas
36 X 30”. 2023 -
ProsceniumOil on Canvas
40 X 30”. 2023 -
The RavenOil on Canvas Board
14 X 11”. 2023 -
ReflectionOil on Canvas
30 X 24”. 2023 -
RemembranceOil on Canvas
40 X 30”. 2023 -
SecretsOil on OSB Board
15 X 12”. 2023 -
Signora CapoOil on Canvas
20 X 16”. 2023 -
Tea for OneOil on Canvas
20 X 16”. 2023 -
The ApprenticeOil on Canvas
14 X 11”. 2023 -
The Brass PadlockOil on Canvas
16 X 20”. 2023 -
The Elegant BalanceOil on Canvas
24 X 30”. 2023 -
The TravelerOil on Canvas
40 X 30”. 2023 -
Wishes & PrayersOil on Canvas
20 X 16”. 2023
2023: Wretched Excess & Ambiguity
Most years have included some wretched excess and ambiguity, but this year wins the prize. About wretched excess, late last year I was not able to resist a great package price on 40 smallish 16 × 20” canvases. I ordered another 40 this year.
It has, in a way, prodded me to explore old themes more fully. And, in the process, teach an old painter a few new things about painting. Included are a few of these among the selected works of 2023.
As to ambiguity, it has always been, at least, at the edges of my work… and this year, more center stage.
“Alice laughed. ‘There’s no use trying,’ she said. ‘One can’t believe impossible things.’
‘I daresay you haven’t had much practice,’ said the Queen. ‘When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.’” ― Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll