The Landscape Portfolio

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Here are a number of the paintings I've made with a more direct link to the landscape genre. Some were spawned by my photographic background, some by my fascination with landforms and place, while others were the result of direct intervention.

My good friends Bruce and Joel both urged me to apply my abstract approach to particular places. Joel wanted a red version of the baobab trees in Madagascar for his wife who'd spent time there in the Peace Corps some years ago, and my good friend Bruce--a transplanted Westerner--needed something more to remind him of the West.

For my interpretation of landscape, click in either of the images to the right or go directly to the paintings via the links below.

Moab *
Needles *
Cloudburst Mesa *
Two Orange *
Shoreline *
Deep End *
A Farmer Plants Poppies *
Tahitian Glimpse *
Pendleton Summer *
Hidden Canyon *
Carolina Dawn *
Malheur *
Camping With Bruce *
Spring, Punchbowl Falls *
Red Canyon *
Summer, Punchbowl Falls *
Madagascar *
In The Maze *
Late Afternoon Solitude
Lavender *


Private Collection *

"Camping With Bruce"
36" x 40" Oil & Wax on Canvas, 2003
Private Collection



We'd camped above Punchbowl Falls many thousands of years ago, and he kept hinting that it WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING REMINDING HIM OF THE NORTHWEST. Bruce deserves the credit (what little is warranted!) for originally pushing me in this direction--he and his wife were early supporters of my work and specifically two early paintings in their collection (Needles and Cloudburst Mesa). Being a scientist, he's the one who said something along the lines of: "I understand your interest in pursuing this abstract #!%#, but every now and then, just do something recognizable for the rest of us." He is patiently waiting for a new painting that might be recognizable as Pyramid Lake in Nevada...





Madagascar
48" x 48" Oil on Canvas
Private Collection

I'm not sure I'm done with the delightful shapes of these magnificent trees--they remind me of Greek columns--and I think there are other paintings waiting to be spawned, but as of yet... With the painting of Punchbowl Falls, I so enjoyed the space created by the image (by the way, a wonderful black & white photograph made by Oregon photographer Stu Levy) that upon completing "Camping with Bruce," I embarked on a larger version with slight variations in color, and finally returned once more a year after that to attempt one in acrylic. I learned a lot from working with variations on that painting theme, and my scientist friend deserves much of the credit.