Wine and Fruit Basket,
Oil on Linen Canvas, 16" x 20"
This still life is a study in color and texture. The open, elevated style of the basket lifts the main fruit group off the counter and into center of the composition. The viewer's eye is led into the picture from the knife handle and through the wire frame of the basket to the fruit. The vertical bottles, foreground fruit, and receding diagonal of the counter provide balance and contrast. [ Detail ] [ Zoom ]

Lake Washington Sunset,
Oil on Linen Canvas, 16" x 20"
In this landscape, the horizon and silhouetted pine trees divide the picture plane into rectangles, creating an abstract pattern that is restful and static. The dominant rectangle provides a sub-frame for the focus of interest: the dramatic, angular sweep of late-summer evening clouds. These bold diagonals contrast the vertical trees and flat horizon. A warm atmospheric glow was achieved by glazing the sky and lake colors over a canvas primed with red.

White Tulips,
Oil on Linen Canvas, 20" x 16"
In this composition, the intersection of table and walls divides the picture plane into three segments of similar shape but of different tonal value. The subject and its shadow tie the three segments together. Besides the obvious color and tonal contrasts of the flowers and their setting, a strong temperature contrast is evident in the coolness of the white flowers painted against the warm reds and browns of the background, mahogany table, and oriental vase. In addition, there is a contrast of texture between the softness of the petals and the surrounding hard surfaces.

Oranges and Oriental Jar,
Oil on Linen Canvas, 18" x 14"
In the quiet composition of this still life, the large jar has a monumental quality as it dominates the picture space. The strong horizontals of the wooden shelf give the work a restful stillness. Leaves and shadows add depth to the picture and help balance the mass of the main forms. The blue decoration of the jar complements and accentuates the vibrant color of the oranges. [ Zoom ]

David
Charcoal
12" x 8"

Aphrodite (Venus de Milo) Charcoal
12" x 8"
These drawings of famous sculpture are made with black and white charcoal on textured paper. The neutral color of the paper provides half-tones for the drawings, which emphasize classic lines of the human form.