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BLUE FIN XXVI   oil on board   18” x 22”    2006

In this most recent series of paintings, I am working with images that I see as I pass by bars and cafes at night, with glass windows that reflect the images of the street and intermix them with the images of the people inside and the interior spaces of the bars and cafes. At Times Square, there is the added dimension of media images mixing with and cutting into the people who are having drinks on the other side of the glass. Media images have become part of our immediate reality, forever cutting into our collective sense of self.

TKTS     oil on canvas     40" x 50"     2008
BLUE FIN XXX     oil on canvas     30" x 32"     2007
BLUE FIN XXXI     oil on board     18" x 22"    2007
TIMES SQUARE REFLECTED II     oil on board    18" x 22"     2007
BLUE FIN XXIV     oil on canvas     34" x 48"     2006
GG6     oil on canvas    36" x 36"    2008
BLUE NOCTURNE    oil on canvas     18" x 24"    2006
BLUE FIN XV     oil on canvas     38" x 46"     2005
L CAFE     oil on canvas     28" x 36"     2005
BLUE FIN XVI    oil on canvas     34" x 48"     2007
BLUE FIN XIX     oil on board     15" x 18"     2006
BLUE FIN XXVIII     oil on board    18" x 22"     2006
COFFEE BREAK     oil on canvas     32" x 40"     2007
ONE BEER    oil on board     18" x 22"     2007
STILL LIFE     oil on canvas     32" x 28"     2008
STILL LIFE III     oil on canvas     36" x 48"     2008
As we sip our wine and experience a certain self-satisfaction with our lives, troubles out there in the larger world haunt us. Intrusive thoughts -- of terrorist acts, bombed-out buildings, random violence, the after-effects of wars -- come into our minds and become part our our reality.
IN OUR MIND'S EYE     oil on canvas    24" x 30"    2007
DO WE CARE?     oil on canvas     28" x 32"     2007
IN OUR MIND'S EYE II    oil on canvas    40" x 48"     2008