CUSTER'S LAST CUSTARD

"When I was very young my father would baby-sit my sister and
I on Saturdays. That meant that we went with him to the local pub.

Behind the bar was a large print of the epic The Battle of Little Big Horn
by Edgar Paxson. It was the first painting I remember and I looked forward to seeing it every week. Of course, at the time, I thought it was Custard's Last Stand.
A few years ago I saw a print of it and enjoyed it even more."

Oil on Linen
24 x 18 inches framed
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THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

"Florida's first Grand Marquis, he is credited with inventing Tallahassee.

He was a hero in the American Revolutionary War, fighting on the side of the French."

Oil on Linen on Panel
18 x 14 inches unframed
23 x 19 x 2 inches framed
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NESTING BIRD

"I enjoy Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century American portraiture. What it lacks in technical polish, it certainly makes up for in naïve charm. The models must have been extremely patient, sitting for hours in hard backed chairs."

Oil on Board with 22K gold leaf
30 x 24 inches gallery wrapped
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THE COFFEE SAINT

Oil on Linen
24 x 18 unframed
32 x 26 inches framed
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BEATRICE
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DANTE
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NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
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THE ATTENTVE SOMMELIER
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THE NEW WINE
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HELOISE AND ABELARD
"My favorite Medieval couple"

Oil on Board
24 x 24 inches gallery wrapped
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HELEN
"The first WMD: woman of mass destruction."

Oil on Board
24 x 24 inches gallery wrapped
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HAIR MOZART

Oil on Board with 22K gold leaf
20 x 17 inches gallery wrapped
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MY SECOND GRADE TEACHER

Oil on Canvas on Panel
16 x 12 inches unframed 
25 1/2 X 21 1/2 inches framed
SOLD

Oil on Canvas
36 x 24 inches unframed
44 X 32 inches framed
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SAINT JOAN OF ARC

“She was a quiet country girl until she got caught up in the turmoil of her day. I am always curious about the lives of famous people before they become famous. Usually remarkable people lead
very mundane lives before fate deals them their hand. Perhaps if Joan were alive today, she would have a cell phone glued to her ear, giggling about boys with her little friends rather than being burned atthe stake with green wood.”

Oil on Canvas
36 x 24 inches unframed
44 x 32 inches framed
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THE FIRST SIP

"The first sip of wine from a new bottle is full of expectation and uncertainty.
Like a rabbit, we sniff the glass with our clumsy proboscis, searching for subliminal signs of a good harvest."

Oil on Canvas
36 x 24 inches unframed
44 x 32 inches framed
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THE VINTNER
"The vintners that I know are all very happy people."

Oil on Panel
18 x 18 inches unframed
Gallery Wrapped
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NIJINSKI

“Vaslav Nijinsky, the Russian ballet dancer, was best known for his performance of Rites of Spring.
He was wildly popular in the earlypart of the Twentieth Century.
Legend has it that when he jumped, he would
stay aloft for so long that the women in the audience would swoon.
As a boy I was raised in dance studios where my mother was the
pianist and I was drafted into the ranks of dutiful dancers.
I don't recall ever making anyone swoon.”

Oil on Canvas
16 x 12 inches unframed
24 x 20 inches framed
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THE FERAL SCHOLAR

"In University towns, these creatures can be seen in almost every backyard. Many times, when undergraduates move away, they just turn them loose. "

Oil on Linen
36 x 24 inches framed
44 x 32 x 3 inches framed
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EARLY AMERICAN DOG

"The thing I like most about animals is that they don't care about the things that we find so important. While the framers of our Constitution were hammering out the concept of inalienable rights, this little guy just wanted to chase a ball."

Oil on Linen
36 x 24 inches unframed
44 x 32 x 3 inches framed
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RIMBAUD

"French poet whose hallucinatory work had a strong influence on the surrealists."

Oil on Linen on Panel
16 x 12 inches framed
23 x 19 x 2 inches framed
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T.S. ELIOT

"I used to keep a copy of The Wasteland in my truck. Many years ago, on a beautiful evening, it broke down for the hundredth time. As I sat there, surrounded by honking vehicles, admiring the sinking sun,

I had a rare moment of clarity. It was a choice between the mundane or the sublime. I abandoned the truck, took my Wasteland, and never looked back."

Oil on Linen on Panel
16 x 12 inches framed
26 x 22 x 2 1/2 inches framed
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SAINTS PINOT AND GRIGIO

"The true founders of Rome: predating the feral Romulus and Remus. 

Rome could not have existed, even for a day,
without wine."

Oil on Panel
16 x 28 inches unframed
Gallery Wrapped
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HEAVEN ON A SATURDAY NIGHT

Oil on Linen
60 x 48 inches unframed
70 x 58 x 4 1/2 inches framed
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LUCY AUDUBON

"Last year a good friend of mine, William Souder, wrote a biography of John James Audubon.  I was very happy to see that he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. It is an excellent book.

I was especially interested in Audubon’s long suffering wife, Lucy.  While he was busily pursuing his bliss chasing birds, she was left destitute.  Most of their married life was spent apart and she was charged with raising and providing for the children.  Although he was absent, the memory of his wife and family made his work possible. 

In this piece I have presented her in a very domestic setting.  Underlying the initial peaceful impression is the underlying conflict. Cats!!!  Her need for a financially secure life was a deadly threat to her vagabond husband’s work just as the seemingly harmless kittens are a threat to the bird."

Oil on Canvas
38 x 30 inches unframed
46 x 38 inches framed
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