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Artist Statement:
The "In the Garden" series
first came to mind when I was
camping at a nude camp site
with my
girlfriend-at-the-time. I had
happened to bring along some
art books and came across one
of the countless early
paintings of Adam and Eve,
nude and surrounded by forest.
The similarity (and
differences) between art and
our real life circumstances
influenced a few exploratory
sketches.
In the camping trips that
followed, I brought some wood
panels that I had cut into
different shapes and beveled,
a fairly extensive palette of
acrylics in small tubes, and,
not just art books, but books
of antiques, and a big coffee
table book of photography
taken of San Francisco
landmarks. This is how the
series started....
On one level, knowledgeable
viewers may appreciate "visual
quotes" from art historical
sources as diverse as Bosch,
Hicks, and Rousseau.
But, in a more important
sense, what evolved was a
world of idyllic imagination,
where all the world's problems
were solved - at least, in
paint... Humans of all races
and sexual preferences are
shown to be SO in harmony with
nature that they've moved
their furniture outside and
the San Francisco Bay Area
seems...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
GALLERIES AND ART SPACES
(Partial List)
2009
Art Queen, Joshua Tree, CA
Hi-Desert Nature Museum,
"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,"
Yucca Valley, CA
2008
Art Queen, “Many Mansions,”
Joshua Tree, CA
29 Palms Art Gallery,
“Transformations II,” Twenty
Nine Palms, CA
A Roadside Attraction Gallery,
“Creature Feature,”Twenty Nine
...
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Artist Galleries:
Coming Soon!
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Artist Reviews:
INTERVIEWS, REVIEWS, ARTICLES,
ETC. (partial list)
2008
Desert Wide Calendar –
08/21-27/2008 - Cover title
“Roadside artistry” with three
inserts of Livingston art.
First page article, “Meet Mr.
And Mrs. Artist.”
PE.com (Press Enterprise News)
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http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blog
s/environment/2008/07/draft-onl
y-1.html - “What...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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