Frame as marquee selection
FPS #299, 39” x 63”, acrylic paint, spray paint, wood & inkjet on canvas, 2023.
Underneath design
FPS 306, 20” x 20” mixed media, oil paint, wax, acrylic paint, spray paint, antique molding, on canvas, 2024.
The Arch
FPS #305, 48” x 36”, acrylic paint, spray paint, wood, ink jet, varnish 2024.
I started thinking and painting about arches in Morocco around 1980. They still invite speculation and inspire some kind of magic in me.
Play
A collaborative painting by Karen Bonanno and I. 43" x 72", acrylic & oil on canvas, 2023. We are about to start a second, same size & medium. Karen has a show up now at the Alofft Gallery.
Subtext & Inuendo
FPS #294, 48” x 60” acrylic paint, spray paint, oil paint, oil crayon on canvas, 2023.
Splinter
FPS #296, 20” x 20”, acrylic & spray paint on canvas, 2023.
T town with red truck
FPS 293, 20” x 20”, mixed media, acrylic paint, photo, on canvas, 2023
Small fry
FPS #291, 64” x 42”, acrylic paint, spray paint on canvas, 2023.
All mine
FPS, 287 76” x 64”, acrylic & spray paint, oil pastel on canvas, 2023.
Under the flower moon
FPS 278, 20” x 20”, acrylic on canvas, 2023.
Mistress in the window
FPS 288, 20” x 20”, acrylic on canvas, 2023.
Mistress at the theatre
FPS 282, 20” x 20”, acrylic on canvas, 2023.
Mistress at the motel
FPS 283, 20” x 20”, acrylic on canvas, 2023.
Vagina flower
FPS 280, 20” x 20”, acrylic on canvas, 2023.
Self portrait with revolver
FPS #300, 11” x 14”, acrylic paint, spray paint, ink jet, decomisioned .32 cal. H&R revolver, 2024.
When the money runs out, and you have given it all. A poignant ending to an artists life is well deserved.
Detail from 2018
FPS #301, 9” x 12”, acrylic paint, spray paint, antique molding, ink jet, 2024.
The print is a detail from a larger painting. It is the drill press, and wrench plant from a painting about conflict and resolution. The weapons we build for the fighting we do to stop the fighting.
Rainy Night on Water Street
FPS #302, 8” x 8”, acrylic paint, spray paint, old molding, ink jet, varnish 2024.
This is my view standing at the palette mixing color every day. It is in motion even when the traffic has stopped and the people are gone. Constantly changing light is absorbed by some surfaces, reflected by others. It is a moody town, Torrington.
The displaced
FPS #303, 8” x 8”, acrylic paint, spray paint, wood, ink jet, varnish 2024.
A detail from a painting about people in fear and on the run.
Spoon
FPS 304, 60” x 48”, Acryllic & oil paint, spray paint, frames, oil crayon, 2024.
Beach chairs at Moonstone
FPS #347, 48” x 36”, Oil paint & wax, spray paint, oil crayon, wax, on canvas, 2024.
Tax
FPS #349, 21.5” x 28”, oil on linen, 2024. Study number two, a block or two off Main Street, Torrington.