Reflections

Reflections on Nature and Human Nature as inspired by conversations with friends, interactions with family, explorations in Nature, and current events.

Seedling, Hiding in the Vines
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
18 x 24 inches
2006



Exchanging Words
Acrylic, crayon and pencil on watercolour paper
10 x 10 inches
2006


The Last Rains
Acrylic paint, oil pastel and crayon on watercolour paper
18 x 24 inches
2006


Change
Acrylic paint, leaves, iron oxide and crayon on watercolour paper
18 x 24 inches
2006


Flowing as Water
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
18 x 24 inches
2006


Catching Wind
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
18 x 24 inches
2006


Spinning
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
15 x 20 inches
2006


"I am going to venture that the man who sat on the ground in his tee pee meditating on life and it's meaning, excepting the kinship of all creatures and acknowledging unity with the universe of things, was infusing into his being the true essence of civilization." --Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca Indians

Falling
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
15 x 20 inches
2006


The Messenger
Acrylic paint, charcoal and crayon on watercolour paper
15 x 20 inches
2006



The Messenger II
Acrylic paint, charcoal and crayon on watercolour paper
15 x 20 inches
2006



Blocked
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
15 x 20 inches
2006


Still. Resting.
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
15 x 20 inches
2006


Roots
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
15 x 20 inches
2006


Me and mama, Sleeping
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
15 x 20 inches
2006
(For Maighread)


Breathless
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
15 x 20 inches
2006


Listening to History (as told by Howard Zinn)
Acrylic paint and crayon on watercolour paper
15 x 20 inches
2006

On Nature

This series represents an attempt to understand our place in Nature and our past and present impact on it's ever changing state.

Men Listening for Buffalo
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
2005


Woman Walking
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
2005


Woman Juggling
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
2005


Woman as Tree
Oil on canvas
36 x 36 inches
2005


We are Here
Oil on Canvas
24 x 24 inches
2005


Woman Hiding
Acrylic and crayon on saw blade
10 x 10 inches
2006


Waiting
Acrylic and crayon on saw blade
10 x 10 inches
2006



Man with Flower
Oil on canvas
18 x 18 inches
2005


Man with Flowers
Oil on canvas
18 x 18 inches
2005


Man with Flower
Oil on canvas
18 x 18 inches
2005


Man as Flower
Oil on canvas
18 x 18 inches
2005

Some preliminary drawings that inspired this series are below. All are ink and water colour pencil crayon on buff coloured paper. None is larger than 11 X 14 inches. The year was 2005.

Man Feeling

Boy Listening


Woman Hiding


Woman Tied

Woman as Tree