In Progress

Several painting projects are usually underway in my studio at the same time—each in a different stage of exploration, refinement, or completion. This page offers a glimpse into that ongoing process, sharing work as it takes shape.

A New Series

Currently, I’m developing a new series that evolved from my earlier symbolic animal and bird paintings. The project focuses on a single subject—the black Angus cow—approached through repetition as a way of deepening perception. Inspired by artists who have explored one form in depth—such as Picasso, who drew the bull repeatedly in countless variations—I approach the cow as a study in form, mood, and transformation.

In some pieces, I combine oil pastel or graphite drawing with expressive layers of paint; in others, I rely on paint alone. The results are hybrid works—part drawing, part painting. Each 8 × 10 inch composition centers on the standing cow, the subject in profile, sometimes facing left, sometimes right, or the grazing cow in the simple act of lowering itself toward the ground, absorbed in the gentle act of nourishment—each form always within a consistent scale. Created on Arches cotton paper, these works reflect my ongoing interest in how repetition deepens perception: how a single subject, revisited again and again, can yield infinite possibilities through experimentation and quiet discovery.

This work grows out of long-standing themes explored across my paintings.