Celebrating the Heritage and Practices of Traditional Fine Arts Worldwide
Exhibitions
Exhibition Dates: March 7 to June 1, 2021
A special thanks to Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, for selecting the nearly 50 finalists displayed in this showcase.
Each artwork presented in this exhibition is framed, and available for purchase. If you are interested in acquiring a work, please submit a purchase inquiry. Additionally, we request that you consult our Terms of Sale.
For me, the search of motifs for paintings lies in the act of observation and appreciation of all things beautiful and particularly the small as well as the grand. When my interest is piqued I ask myself two questions. How would that look in paint? And how would I paint that? Then the journey begins.
For some years I have been walking through a park with a forest of eucalyptus trees and have been fascinated with the way they periodically shed their bark and the mandala like pile created at the base. My goal was to paint the scene with the idea of the whole rather than the particular and loose enough to border on abstraction.
This scene depicts the destructive wildfires that ravaged the Mt. San Gorgonio region, northwest of Palm Springs, California, in the summer of 2015, due to ever increasing erratic and unprecedented warming climate patterns.
Wildfires, though destructive to animal life, civilizations and property, is nature's way of cleansing landscapes of old growth vegetation. Through the powerful, hauntingly beautiful and yet terrifying spectacle of wildfires...some plants, grasses and tree species benefit from these natural infernos. As a result, in the wake of such outward devastation, a natural renewal and rebirth eventually springs forth, through the ashes.
When I moved to New Mexico, I made a conscious decision to contribute beauty to the world through my art. I find the world of natural color to be endlessly inspiring - whether it be reflections from a setting sun or light playfully dancing on the surfaces of changing leaves in a forest filled with maples. A note to be present to the smell of the freshness of the earth, and sound of the gentle rustle of leaves. Nature, art, and beauty are offerings for a renewal of the soul.
Spring is nature's ultimate renewal. This painting depicts the symbiosis of bees and fruit trees of Central California - Sunset in Spring over a blossoming plum field along with vibrant bee boxes ready to receive the bees for the night.
"Ancient One" depicts a nurse log in the Pacific Northwest forest in the vicinity of Mount Saint Helens. Though my painting doesn’t depict the top of the log, it was broken off at about thirty feet. Nurse logs are hosts to mountain huckleberries, ferns, moss, mushrooms, and seedling trees. They represent renewal and rebirth in the forest because their decaying roots, bark, and trunks provide the perfect soil pH for new growth. I painted "Ancient One" en plen air.