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paintings From 2002 to the present, I have enjoyed painting in oils. The paintings are playful explorations of color and light- figurative and abstract, sacred and secular, inspired by scene, story, and pattern, as well as by inner vision. Click any image to see details and/or an enlargement of the artwork. |
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is a wonderful painting. Even if they aren't a-tango . . I
figure the sun is shining, but the chair is dancing in secret. —Eleanor Skydell |
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What
I particularly like about your Annunciation is that
it is so focused on Mary's inner life. At Christmas we sang — several
times — an anthem about 'the angel Gabriel to Mary came,
his wings like drifted snow, his eyes as flame'. But the real,
important things are happening in Mary's heart and the angel
image can get in the way. I like your Mary, listening carefully
to something inward. —Pamela Grenfell Smith |
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Father's Embrace is especially moving. I so envy your
ability to have made the shift from the exacting work
you were doing before to these joyous paintings. —Eileen Kennedy |
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 Red Weaving 2006 |
 Mountain Reflections 2006 |
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 Road Coming and Going 2006 |
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