Sunday, March 10, 2013



Cube
[acrylic on masonite]

I was in the middle of working on this in the UGA art studio, when Bill Paul, 
director of the Ga Museum of Art, came in - I was sitting in a chair
looking at it, and he asked who did it - I said "I don't know, I was 
just admiring it" - he said it was the best painting he'd seen in the 
student studio in five years, so I admitted I was working on it.
He said "don't work anymore, it's done" - the tan stripes were
masking tape still on the masonite surface, so I removed them and
painted them on and stopped work.. he had no idea it was my
work because it wasn't like anything else I'd done, my work
had organic forms and was usually much more complex

Machine: Odyssey Drypoint Etching



Machine: Odyssey (variation IV)
[Drypoint etching, artist's proof]

A sketch based on a painting by Raphael became this drypoint
etching which in turn became a 5x7 foot wall painting

Jane McGowen as Greta Garbo


Jane McGowen as Greta Garbo
[pencil on paper]

My girlfriend at the time looked enough like Garbo
to give me the idea for this combination portrait

Test Pattern



Test Pattern
[pencil on watercolor paper]

This was intended to be a watercolor painting, but
I never went back and painted over the drawing

Street People II



Street People II, Athens, Ga.
[ink on paper]

When I talked to these guys, they had the same story:
Lost their job, the wife left with the kids,
they were now homeless and penniless
This was an era well before "corporate outsourcing"
of American jobs to Asia, and massive layoffs,
short-term profits for long-term destruction
of the nation

Tree Bark



Tree Bark
[watercolor on gray paper]

Pharmacy Building Glass Repair



U of Ga Pharmacy Building Glass Repair
[pencil on paper]

Someone doing demolition on the street below with dynamite
managed to blow out all the windows in this facing corridor of
the Univ. of Georgia's pharmacy building - the entire corridor 
was filled with thick, heavy glass shards when we got there

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Sunset on Monterey Bay



Sunset on Monterey Bay
[oil pastel on paper]

Private Collection

Friday, March 8, 2013

Machine XXII: Temple



Machine XXII: Temple

[acrylic on canvas]
Private Collection

Fisherman's Wharf Boats



Fisherman's Wharf Boats, San Francisco

[pastel on brown paper]
from a photograph by Charlton D. McMillan

Cell Series: Rain


Cell Series: Rain

[watercolor on paper]


















Machine II

[acrylic on masonite]
private collection

my personal favorite of the early part of this series

Machine VI: Waiting

















Machine VI: Waiting

[acrylic on masonite]
Private collection

Cell Series, Number 2



















Cell Series: Number 2

[oil pastel]

As far as I can tell, this was the second in this series that started with tree cell slides in botany class in college. The series was my most popular, most are gone, either sold or given as gifts.

Shadows in the Woods

















Shadows in the Woods

pastel on paper

The Little House I Used to Live In


















The Little House I Used to Live In

[watercolor on paper]
Private collection


Aplogies to Frank Zappa for stealing his song title

Gilley at the Rizzer















Gilley At the Rizzer

[pencil on paper]
private collection

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Machine XIV: Spring



Machine XIV: Spring

[acrylic on masonite]
Private Collection

Machine I: Selecting Machine



Machine I: Selecting Machine

[acrylic on masonite, 18 x 24"]
Georgia Museum of Art




Machine X (untitled)
[acrylic on masonite]

Machine XV



Machine XV (untitled)
[acrylic on masonite]