The Beggar & St. Martin

 

The Beggar & St. Martin

In my interpretation the Beggar only accepts Martin's horse, ignoring his offering, golden coins and fine clothes. Sainthood may not always be practical.

(gouache/oil pastel/Arches paper 37x53 ins.)

Reimagining Manet’s Works

Reimagining Manet’s "Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe” - or - Picnic on the Lawn Role Reversal

(water color/gouaches work 31x42 ins.) I had a comical notion of reversing the character’s sexes.I decided to dress the women (or gender ambiguous seated figures) in a similar style to the original painting. I love Manet’s wonderful oil painting and you will see how I did use his general layout, but did my own thing. After all, I was not trying to copy his masterpiece. But I think the irony and peculiarity of my piece is obvious.

Olympio (gouache/casein/Arches paper 29x38 ins.)

Édouard Manet painted his 'Olympia' in 1863. It was considered controversial, shocking, even scandalous. I couldn't resist adding it to my series of 'Role Reversals'. Again, I am not trying to copy another of Manet's masterpieces. I am simply exploring an idea. My humorous take, 'Olympio', switches the sex of the main figure and also the Black servant, who now becomes a handsome friend; made evident by his tray with two wine glasses, two forks and a piece of cake to be shared. The cat too, now white, is no longer menacing.

For reference:

October 2025

 Messenger

(mixed media/Arches paper)

September 2025

 The Midnight Dance (Ritual for Deliverance from Distortion)

 (gouache/oil pastel/Arches paper 39x44in)

Offer your gifts freely unbridled...

                                                            (gouache,oil pastel,Arches paper)

Oracle

(gouache/oil pastel/Arches paper 38x49ins.)

Visits to the Cathedral of Nature - August 1, 2025

Visits to the Cathedral of Nature - August 1, 2025

Encounter
(mixed media/Arches paper/28x44ins.)

Cleansed !

(mixed media/Arches paper/28x44ins.)

Cures (mixed media/Arches paper)

 

The 5th Element, or Heal Thyself

The Cure

Earth Balance Cure

Rescue & Relief - June/2025

 

Her Epiphany at Owl & Pussycat Lake

(gouache/oil pastel/Arches paper)

Taken by Surprise in a Sea of Unpredictable Ambiguity.

(mixed media/Arches paper)

Birth of Mercury

(mixed media/Arches paper)

Her Inpouring

(mixed media/Arches paper)

May/June 2025Paintings/Canvas

Unspoken Conversation

(oil/canvas/30x40in.)

A Message from Out of The Blue

(Mixed media/canvas/30x40in.)

May &. June / 2025 Looking Inward

Discovery of the Primordial Flower.

(mixed-media/Arches paper/approx. 42x50in. irregular edges)

Swimming My Love To You...

(Arches paper/mixed media)

Should you conjure up a personal sphinx, it's best not to ask or answer any questions...

(Mixed media/ Arches paper/ 37.50 x 50 in.)

Thinking about a quote from Rilke: “It is not too late to dive into your increasing depths where life calmly gives out its own secret." 

(Mixed media/ Arches paper/ 42 x 46 in.)

Sophia was never to reveal her secret.

(Arches paper/mixed media/38.50 in 53.50 in.)

Ophelia...don't go yet...

(Arches paper/mixed media/36x47 in.)

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Pierrot Disheveled

(Mixed media/Arches paper 29x44.50 in.)

Suddenly Everything 2025

Suddenly everything, visible & invisible was connected...followed by Divine Nonchalance.

How Green (was) my valley...  

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Sea Dreamer's Sea-Stories 

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Fantasy Works Spring 2025

The Rich Fox & The Poor Fox size one another up. Yet, they are both Foxes..

Mystery Series 2020-2025

The Mystery Series. 

All work- mixed media/Arches paper

Mystery of Deliverance

Mystery of the Unheimlich

Mystery of the Seen and Unseen

Mystery of a Calling

Mystery of the Revealed & Concealed

Mystery of Summoning

Mystery of Clairaudience

Manifestation is Consistency 2025

 Arches Paper work/ Mixed -media 2025

Wading Through the Reflections of Surface Society

   Let it Go ...

Her Quickening

Reflections on the Scientific Method - or - Wisdom of the Puppet Masters

Logic's Drama Unfolded...

Rescue -2025 Work on Paper

                                                                  The Birth of Impulse

 Transurfing Eternity- or, What Time isn’t It?

 Birth of Dionysus .

Very Large Paper Work - 2025

Ceremony: What we are & What we shall be.

(VERY LARGE mixed media/Arches paper 3ft.6in.x6ft.4in)

Started this piece last May 2024/ set it aside - finished it 1/31/25.

A A Backwards Glance Reconsidered Anew 2025

Explanations Unmasked or Letting go of Justifications

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When the sleeping giant is 'roused...many uncanny occurrences manifest.

2025 A Page Has Turned...

 2025 Works from my studio in Washington D.C.

 - A Page Has Turned - New works on Paper

He walked fast as though there was somewhere he needed to be, before he realized he was already there.

(mixed media/Magnani paper 2025)

Be Washed By The Rain..

(mixed media/Magnani paper 2025

She found the Pearl of Wisdom in a most unlikely place...

(mixed media/Magnani paper 2025.

Michael de Montaigne’s famous quote “When I play with my cat- who knows whether it is not she who is playing with me?”.

(Mixed media/Arches paper)