The Story Behind The Painting
The Visionary 24 x 24. Oil on canvas now showing at Trees Place Gallery in Orleans, MA. Dedicated to American Blues and Folk Musician, Elizabeth Cotten (1893-1987). Elizabeth Cotten is one of my favorite people...so I made a painting of her. According to the great website [...]
Annuit Coeptis Annuit Coeptis appears on the back of the one-dollar bill - on the Great Seal of the United States. Its translation from Latin means "God approves our undertaking." Isn't this a curious statement on legal tender for a nation with [...]
I am very excited to announce two solo exhibitions I will be painting for: Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach Opening November 2021 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle Opening July 2022 Want me to send you an invite?
It's been a creative, productive wind-down to 2020. Most of you know I love to paint large. These four new landscapes are all on the smaller side. Up North Down South Out West Back East The medium is acrylic on panel and they are sized [...]
The Light That Shines Opens August 1 at Patricia Rovzar Gallery in Seattle. Hope you can make it to the show. Pre-sales have started. There are 14 landscape paintings in all and the show goes through August 29th. Mark To inquire about the paintings in this newest body [...]
Splendid Isolation 24 x 24 Acrylic on panel. Hi everyone, For those of you who collect my work, you know I love to paint houses. It's how I started my career in the 80's as a California painter, highly influenced by Edward Hopper, my true north [...]
The World Outside sold through E & S Gallery, Louisville, KY. This painting is about how American society can often see Black men and boys as threatening and the thin protection from brutality Black folks are offered once they leave their home and step out into the world [...]
I'm going to give you the story behind this painting. The painting is titled "Portrait of the Artist at Home." In certain circles, the category of a Black female artist hasn't had a foothold in the minds of folks in the way that I think it deserves. So, I [...]
