1980’s

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“ACHILLES/TENT”
“…ON THE SHORE OF THE GREY SEA AND LOOKED ACROSS THE WATERY WILDERNESS THEN STRETCHING OUT HIS ARMS HE POURED OUT PRAYERS TO HIS MOTHER.” Homer, ILIAD.
1983, Oil on Canvas, 121″ x 204 3/4″.

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“…BREKEKEKEX KOAX KOAX…”
Aristophanes, THE FROGS
1983, Oil on Canvas, 68″ x 136″

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“WE ADVANCE SUBTERRANEOUSLY FAR UNDER THE HOUSES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD…” Henri Bosco, L’ANTIQUAIRE, 68″ x 120″, Oil on Canvas, 1983.

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“BUT IS THE WORLD OF MYTH A FACT OF THIS KIND…
Ernst Cassirer, THE PHILOSOPHY OF SYMBOLIC FORMS – Vol.2: Mythical
Thought
1983, Oil on Canvas, 68″ x 92”.

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“MANY OF THE COMMONEST INHABITANTS OF THIS SUBREGION CAN SCARCELY
BE CONSIDERED OBVIOUS.” Ed Ricketts and Jack Calvin, BETWEEN PACIFIC TIDES.
1983, Oil on Canvas, 96″ X 120″.

2011, Vermont Throws Itself Together

 

 

 

 

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Vermont Throws Itself Together #1, 48 3/4 x 36 1/2, o/c, 2011

 

 

Vermont Throws Itself Together #2 52 1-2 x 34 1-2, o-c, 2011

Vermont Throws Itself Together #2 52 1/2 x 34 1/2, o/c, 2011

 

 

The Story of the Leaves, 72 x 96”, o-c, 2011

The Story of the Leaves, 72 x 96”, o/c, 2011

 

 

Vermont Throws Itself Together #4, 48 1-2 x 30 1-4, o-c, 2011

Vermont Throws Itself Together #4, 48 1/2 x 30 1/4, o/c, 2011

 

 

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Vermont Throws Itself Together #3, 52 1/2 x 34 1/2, o/c, 2011

 

 

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Vermont Throws Itself Together #6, 27 1/2 x 20 , o/c, 2011

 

 

 

 

2010, Stations Project

 

 

 

 

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Station #1, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

The Stations Project, which was shown March /April 2010 at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in NYC.

 

 

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Station #2, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #3, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #4, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #5, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #6, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #7, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #8, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #9, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #10, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #11, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #12, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #13, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Station #14, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

 

 

2010 Paumanok Reeds, and Cricket in the Grass

 

 

 

 

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Cricket in the Grass, 48 x 66 1/4″, o/c, 2011

 

 

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Paumanok Reeds, Station #6, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Paumanok Reeds, Station #9, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Paumanok Reeds, Station #10, 46 x 34”, oil on canvas, 2010

 

 

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Wind in Reeds, 30 x 24″, o/c, 2011

 

 

 

 

2009, Paumanok Reeds

 

 

 

 
Sunset Reeds, 48 x 32%22, o-c, 2009 - Version 2

Sunset Reeds, 48 x 32″, o/c, 2009

 

 
Summer Reeds, 48 x 32%22, o-c, 2009

Summer Reeds, 48 x 32″, o/c, 2009

 

 

Small Paumanok #4, 30 x24%22, oil on canvas, 2009

Paumanok #4, 30 x24″, oil on canvas, 2009

 

 

Small Paumanok #1,  30 x 24%22, oil on canvas, 2009

Paumanok #1, 30 x 24″, oil on canvas, 2009

 

 

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Paumanok #3, 30 x24″, oil on canvas, 2009

 

 

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Paumanok #2, 30 x24″, oil on canvas, 2009

 

 

 

 

2009, Paumanok Reeds

 

 

 

 

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Paumanok Reeds, # 3, 48 x 48”, oil on canvas, 2009

 

 

Paumanok was the Indian name for Long Island that Walt Whitman used in his poetry, it meant fish shaped island.

 

 

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Paumanok Reeds, # 1, 48 x 48”, oil on canvas, 2009

 

 

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Paumanok Reeds, # 2, 48 x 48”, oil on canvas, 2009

 

 

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Paumanok Reeds, #5, 48 x 48”, oil on canvas, 2009

 

 

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Paumanok Reeds, #8, 48 x 48”, oil on canvas, 2009

 

 

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Paumanok Reeds, #7, 48 x 48”, oil on canvas, 2009

 

 

2008, The Earth in Sky

 

 

 

 

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Earth in Sky #3, revolved , 48″ x 96″, o/c, 2008

 

 

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Earth in Sky #1, 96 x 90″, oil on canvas, 2008

 

 

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Earth in Sky #2, 96 x 90″, oil on canvas, 2008

 

 

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Earth in Sky #4, revolved 48″ x 96″, o/c, 2008

 

 

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Earth in Sky, Green Square, 36″ sq, o/c, 2008

 

 

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Fluent Mundo #1, 24″ sq, o/c, 2008

 

 

Earth and Stars, Fluent Mundo, 24%22 sq, o-c, 2008

Fluent Mundo #2, 24″ sq, o/c, 2008

 

 

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Fluent Mundo #3, 24″ sq, o/c, 2008

 

 

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Fluent Mundo #4, 24″ sq, o/c, 2008

 

 

2007, Napeague

 

 

 

 

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Napeague, Hurricane Waves, o/c, 50 x 60?” , 2008

 

 

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Napeague, Figure, 2008, o/c, 84 x 74″

 

 

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Napeague, Cerulean Square #3, o/c, 84 x 68″, 2008

 

 

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Napeague, Hurricane Waves, o/c, 40 x 84″, 2008

 

 

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Nova Scotia, Looking South, 50 x 70″, o/c, 2008

 

 

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Nova Scotia, Looking North, 50 x 70″, o/c, 2008

 

 

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Napeague Ocean, Cerulean Square #2, 2008, o/c, 36 x 24″

 

 

Napeague Harbor, 50 x 70%22, o-c, 2008

Napeague Harbor, 50 x 70″, o/c, 2008