ARTWORK > On the Horizon

This series began as an experiment in play, smearing pastel ground on small scraps of foam core with no intentional design or imagery as a goal. I layered pastel on the small surfaces, continually rotating the image, undecided on orientation or outcome. I discovered a hint of landscape revealing itself despite the fact that I wasn’t using a photo reference. The emergence of the landscape guided me in this body of work.

Previous to this series, I had been working with narrative and figurative imagery, heavily depending on reference photos but still inventing a new space and environment. The deep space in my figurative work is an imagined landscape which subconsciously inspired the abstracted landscape in this new series.

“On the horizon” refers to both literal landscape and the concept of forward thinking with the possibility of what the future holds. The works in this series depict both realistic landscapes as well as abstractions, alluding to futures that are both foreseeable and mercurial manifestations.

Comet
chalk pastel
18" x 24"
2023
$1400
Moonscape Sunrise
oil stick
29" x 37"
2023
$4500
Pedernal
chalk pastel & acrylic
18" x 22"
2023
$1200
Green Sunrise
oil stick
29" x 37"
2023
$4500
Orange Loop
chalk pastel
16" x 24"
2023
$1100
Swoop
chalk pastel
16" x 22"
2023
$1100
Bridges
oil stick
29" x 37"
2023
$4500
Green Mountain
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Breakthrough
chalk pastel
24" x 18"
2023
$1400
Night Swimmer I
oil & acrylic on linen
24" x 36"
2023
$1800
Night Swimmer II
oil & acrylic on linen
24" x 36"
2023
$1800
Yellow Field
oil stick
10.5" x 16.5"
2023
$750
Raking Light
oil stick
11" x 16.75"
2023
$750
Citrus Sky
chalk pastel & acrylic
18" x 22"
2023
$1100
New Mexico Sunset
chalk pastel
16" x 24"
2023
$1100
Distant View Study
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Purple Trees
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Twisted Tree
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Reflecting Orange Study
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Pink Sky
oil stick
11" x 16.75"
2023
$750
Park Synagogue #12
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Turquoise Field
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Green Shadows
oil stick
10.5" x 15"
2023
$750
Purple-Red Path
oil stick
14" x 19.5
2023
$850
Red Sky at Night
chalk pastel
16" x 24"
2023
$1100
Giverny #7
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Pond Edge Study
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Pond Edge
oil stick
15" x 10.5"
2023
$750
Clearing Study
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Clearing
oil stick
14" x 19.5
2023
$850
Puddle
oil stick
19.5" x 14"
2023
$850
Three Trees
chalk pastel
12" x 19"
2023
$850
Red Path
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Giverny Swamp
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Pink Cross Roads Study
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225
Purple Path
oil stick on aluminum
18" x 24"
2023
$1400
Park Synagogue
chalk pastel
5" x 7"
2023
$225