ARTWORK > Time Travel

Fire Drill
oil/acrylic on canvas
48x68
2021
Moving on Up
oil/acrylic on canvas
41x66.5
2021
Bunny Slippers
oil/acrylic on canvas
38x38
2022
Merry Go Round
oil/acrylic on canvas
42x42
2021
Barbecue Rescheduled
oil/acrylic on canvas SOLD
38x38
2020
Gene Pool
oil/acrylic on canvas
2020
Making the Fire Great Again
oil/acrylic on canvas
38x38
2020
Lava Field (large)
oil/acrylic on canvas
2020
Lava Field (small)
oil on aluminum
16x14
2022
And Then Her Head Caught Fire
oil/acrylic on canvas SOLD
26x38.5
2019
66 Malibu
oil/acrylic on canvas
2020
The Photographer
oil/acrylic on canvas
2019
Taking Flight
oil/acrylic on canvas
2019
57 Chevy
oil on canvas
2020
Mom at 10
oil/acrylic on canvas SOLD
2019
Spring Formal
oil/acrylic on canvas
38x38
2019
Shut the Front Door
oil/acrylic on canvas
38x38
2019
Great Grandma's Blue Dress
oil/acrylic on canvas SOLD
2019
Sunday Conversation
oil/acrylic on canvas
2019
Sunday Snooze
oil/acrylic on canvas
2019
Swimmer I-Day
oil/acrylic on canvas
24x36
2019
Swimmer II-Night
oil/acrylic on canvas
24x36
2019
Top of the World
oil/acrylic on canvas SOLD
29x39
2019
Yellow Leaves
oil/acrylic on canvas
2019
Sunshine Corner
oil/acrylic on canvas
24.5x25
2019
Spring Shoes with Azalea
oil/acrylic on canvas
23x27.5
2019
Red Shoes
oil/acrylic on canvas
2019
Wet Dream
oil/acrylic on canvas
2019
Easter House
oil/acrylic on canvas
50x36
2019
Camp Ohio
oil/acrylic on canvas
24x36
2019
Buh-Bye
oil/acrylic on canvas
24x36
2019
Dick's Picnic
oil/acrylic on canvas
2019
Burnin' a Hole
oil/acrylic on canvas SOLD
2019
All the Way to China
oil/acrylic on canvas
2019
4th of July
oil/acrylic on canvas
29x37
2019
Grandma's Flowers
oil/acrylic on canvas
2019
Sparks
oil and acrylic on canvas SOLD
2019
One Great, One Grand
oil ,Acrylic
2019
Couch Surfers
oil on canvas
28x37
2018
Grandma
pastel on board SOLD
18x24
2019
Melvin- Lakeside
oil on canvas
38x28
2017
Easy Rider
oil on canvas SOLD
36x29
2017
Patio Party ll
pastel on board SOLD
18x12
2017
Patio Party
oil on canvas SOLD
43x28
2017
Purple Martin House
pastel on board
18x24
2017
man with red flannel shirt
oil on canvas SOLD
30x40
2017
Voyeurs
oil on canvas
28x28
2018
Mom & Gma
Acrylic
2019
Reaching
oil
2019
Miner
oil
2019
Pick Axe
pastel on board
24x18
2018
Memories of Spring
pastel on board
24x18
2018
Mother's Milk
oil on canvas SOLD
2017
The Three Graces
oil on canvas
30.5x37.5
2017
Blue House
oil
2017
Catch of the Day
oil on canvas
29x40
2017
Man by Doorway
oil on canvas
2018
Easter Parade
oil on canvas SOLD
28x28"
2017
Car Wash
oil
2017
Camera 2
oil
2017
Canoe 2
oil on canvas
2017
Matriarch
oil on canvas SOLD
2017
Above it All
oil on canvas SOLD
2017
Car Trouble
oil on panel SOLD
2017
Midnight
oil on canvas SOLD
2017
Bike Ride
oil on canvas SOLD
2017
Snow Storm
oil on canvas SOLD
2017
Reaching
oil on panel SOLD
12x12
2018
Matriarch-study
oil on board
2017
Richard
oil on board
9x12
2018
Ruth
oil on board
9x12
2017
Lou
oil on panel SOLD
12x9
2017
Gma Reams and Nancy (Sarape)
oil on board
9x12
2018
Walking
oil on board SOLD
12x12
2018
Cookie
oil on board SOLD
12x12
2017

This body of work was inspired by a treasure of fifty to sixty year old family movie reels. Painting memories documented in the moving images transforms the grief and allows for interaction with lives no longer present. An appreciation of time occurs as we can look both forwards and backwards yet remain present. The sting of the relentless march of time came into focus as the artist reflected on the childhood of his now adult children.

The undefined lines and gestalt reflect the fleeting nature of recall, the movement of the image, and the efforts to push and pull and capture the memory and grapple with time. The result inspires a more universal experience that asks us all to complete and animate the memory. The intention is not to fix or memorialize time but instead excavate a specific memory, perpetuating movement, and inviting participation. The work depicts the slippery efforts of the mind's eye to pause and preserve disintegrating memories. The contemporary color palette represents the modern mind breathing life back into an image obscured by time's patina.

Opening doors to the memories of others, both familiar and foreign provides room for the work to expand beyond nostalgia. Exploring unfamiliar images allows room for interpretation and injected narratives. The stories woven into the lives of strangers are filled with mystery, fantasy and humor. Often unrelated figures from multiple photos are combined to create new, otherworldly tales. It serves as an opportunity to connect with others, finding familiar strings holding us together.