Surrender

Oil on wood, 40 x 30 in.

A low-growing tree twists toward light beside the ruined remnants of another.

Land Versus Sea

Oil on linen, 36 x 48 in.

Serrated headlands extend from a tangled overlook toward a rising sea, its force temporarily contained.

Shelter

Oil on wood, 48 x 36 in.

Cathedral-like, this grove recalled the feeling I had inside the Sagrada Família, and Antoni Gaudí’s words: “Originality consists in returning to the origin.”

Eternal

Oil on linen, 36 x 48 in.

Solitary, a palm arches from stripped undergrowth. Below, a footpath hints at the memory of a felled tree.

Celadon Sink

Oil on wood, 24 x 18 in.

A celebration of the tactile pleasure of an everyday object. The seashell underscores nature’s influence.

Glass Ledge

Oil on panel, 36 x 24 in.

Nodding subtly to the works of Marcel Duchamp, including Large Glass, this stacked still life balances precariously on a lever.

Reading in the Dark

Oil on panel, 18 x 21 in.

A branched candlestick introduces the reader whose silhouette divides a dark hearth.

Le Petit Prince

Oil on linen, 24 x 30 in.

His favorite childhood story, Le Petit Prince, permeates.