These paintings were an experiment in recycling I Painted over some of my canvases and some that where donated by fellow artists. I was interested in the grounds created from the prior compositions. I saved some of these as underpaintings. The rest I whited over adding color back in later. Compositionally they celebrate the circle and other geometric shapes.

My final and maybe most compelling area of interest is closure both psychological as well as physical. I am drawn to art for its ability to act as a bridge between myself and others. In these complex times with so little under our control it is pure pleasure to create something with my own hands, which has a definable end.

These paintings were all led by the same instinct to experiment within the boundaries of a square. The landscapes came from photos I took mostly in the area around C.C.A. in the Oakland hills. I then drew them upside down which reduced them to pure shapes. My intention was to give them both a sense of place and atmosphere. They were underpainted with tones of brown house paint. The color was added later to better maintain the values. They are all painted on wood panels which were taped off creating a natural frame of blond wood.

The Plexiglass paintings initially were an attempt to combine abstraction with landscape. Though I have not found a satisfactory answer to that challenge. I have found some interesting results making multiple paintings and then combining them in twos and threes ‘If you can’t hide it decorate it’ is reversed showing the two Paintings from the back.