"Olympia"

It's Virgil week at C.W.R.U.. I'm going to show this one at SAGES Cafe. The composition was taken from a Greek vase.

"Dance Till Dawn"

This figure composition was taken directly from a vase. A sensitive friend told me a story about what was going on in the picture. I love the way the woman's hand obscures the man's face.

"The Goddess Of Wisdom"

This view of ancient Athens was painted from an old German engraving. I added the dawn/ sunset atmosphere with Pegasus, and Athena. She holds a vase of olive oil and an olive branch. I will be showing it along with a few others at C.W.R.U. My design class will also be showing some Aeneid themed works. The classics department is hosting an all day, 12 hour reading of Virgil's Aeneid: April 2nd 8:30 AM-8:30 PM, Sages Cafe, Crawford Hall.

"I Remember Euclid Beach"

University Hospitals in Cleveland, commissioned the painting on top for a waiting room. I based the painting on some photos. I shot this one not realizing there was a rainbow ending near the old woman's head. I saw it after I developed the negative and printed it. That is Ellen Spivak sitting on the blanket, reading the news paper. I painted her plein air on a beautiful fall afternoon in 1993.

"Figs"

A trick to fool the eye is not to frame a painting...Imagine a gold frame on this one. It may sell to a Park Avenue matron, but would loose the trompe l'oeil ooomph. Harnet showed his paintings in a tavern. I wonder how many drinks it took to fool those eyes. This painting is a companion to "The Gravity of Desire". Suspenders are the masculine counterpart to a female's garter.

"The Gravity of Desire"

The apple bough was given to me by Mr. Beckwith of the Beckwith's Orchard. The garter was a challenge to paint and it was difficult to find one in a store that wasn't real tacky.

Beachcombing, Water Water Everywhere

While painting this water scene, plein air on an old pier, a juvenile swimmer canonballed a huge splash onto the canvas and me. Thank God water and oil don't mix. The bird, a "common snipe" was painted in the studio.