Save The Montauk Whales
Value Study for “Save The Montauk Whales,” 2025, oil on board, 10.0 x 8.0 inches. This is an open grisaille value study for an etching and monotype printmaking series to be completed at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking.
A Tribute to Gilles Larrain
A monotype portrait tribute to my friend and artistic collaborator Gilles Larrain, celebrated photographer of 1970s New York City alternative culture, who has died at 86. Gilles shot portraits of stars like John Lennon and Miles Davis. But he is best remembered for “Idols,” an intimate look at a vital New York underground.
Levitt Pavilion Riverfront
“Levitt Pavilion”, 2024 is a 30 × 22 inch landscape painting of the Levitt Pavilion in Westport CT, from the vantage point of Booler's Point on the Saugatuck River. This piece was painted from life using numerous plein air studies made on-site, and from the imagination. Stylistic references include 19th-century tonalism and romanticism.
Polaroid Memento
“Polaroid Memento”, 2018. Oil on board, 14 x 14 x 2.5 inches. A painting combining the techniques of photo-realism and 17th-century Dutch still-life, intended to express memory and nostalgia. Painted at the Grand Central Atelier in Long Island City, New York City with guidance and critiques from the still life artist Justin Wood.
Portrait Sketch of Kerry
"Portrait Sketch of Kerry," 2016. Oil on canvas, framed. 26 x 22 x 1.5 inches. Painted from life in two sessions of four hours each, emulating the bravura brushwork style of John Singer Sargent and Robert Henri.