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 The Ecstasy

36 x 36 inches

Oil on canvas

2024


I consider this painting, The Ecstasy", to be one of my masterpieces. Artists will tell you that they love all of their children the same. That’s true. It really is! I don’t offer any painting for sale that I would not love to live with every single day, that doesn’t necessarily require a little heartbreak when I send it off to a collector.

But “The Ecstasy” is different. I made this painting in my studio in the forest, in a season of beautiful creative flow, of ease, of innocence. As I looked at it when it was concluded, I couldn’t quite believe it was mine. The tumultuous sky was not foreboding, it was dancing, opening up to some kind of heaven.  The light was fiery, but also sweet and tender. The water was placid, peaceful under the revolutions above. It felt like a turning point for me and I didn’t know why.

This painting would go on to be on e cover of my solo exhibition invitation, set against an indigo background. It felt perfect. The centerpiece of newness and great heights for me.

Then I found out I had cancer, and everything, every single thing changed.

In the end, my show was canceled, as my year, and basically my entire life, unraveled. All the other beautiful work I made for the exhibition has sailed into the hands of collectors around the world. All except the centerpiece, this painting that has been saved and favorited by more collectors across every platform where I sell my work. It is still here, with me.

I am one of those people who believes (or at least I used to believe, it’s definitely harder now!) that everything means something. I wonder what this means?

 

"The Ecstasy" is a painting of power. Of rebirth. Of freedom.

I believe it is time for this one to fly.

I am ready to fly.


As of the date of this writing, "The Ecstasy" is available in my Colorado Studio.

 


Wild abandon

70 x 100 cm

Oil on canvas

2021


"Wild abandon" is an expressionist creation dedicated to cutting all the chains binding me to this earth. It is a painting inspired by wildness, by instinct, and by spontaneity, all elements found in nature and reflected in my artistic practice. It is layer upon layer of brushwork and changing color, totally without guise and control. Creating this painting was like dancing, like running through a forest in the body of a child, fast, free, uninhibited.

This painting says everything about where I want my paintings to go and to grow.


"Wild abandon" is all that. Wild. Free. Alive.


As of this writing, "Wild abandon" is available in my Italy studio.


Earth angel

60 x 60 cm

Acrylic and oil on canvas

2021


"Earth angel" was a departure painting... a departure into a free flowing abstract expressionism, very intuitive and spontaneous. While all of my works are expressive, the loose brush strokes and energy in this painting convey energy and vitality. This is one of the most recent paintings in my 2021 Italy studio series, and is a symphony of earthy, alive greens and soft light filled lights. It bears my trademark movement upwards, towards the sky, towards the light, towards life. It moves in an every-changing dance on the wall where it is hung.

Painting this piece was pure joy. Exciting. Free.

As of this writing, "Earth angel" is available in my Italy studio.

WHERE AM I?

I live in Colorado for half the year and Brescia, Italy for the other half.

Right now I am in Italy!

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