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Sharon’s photography depicted a sensitivity to the environment, as she had an uncanny way of capturing the light at just the right moment. Of particular interest is her photograph of glass in “Color Swirls” – she pushed the visual envelope causing one to ponder the essence of color and form rather than the discernible object.

My paintings are more synthetic than they may appear at first. The organization and composition are informed by the study of paintings and painters of the past and refined through stages of work starting with drawing. For example, the working method is similar to Corot’s, starting with a drawing to work out a composition and a tonal (light to dark) scheme; I do this, not because Corot did it, but because I feel that it works for the paintings. The painting itself is the acid test for everything that goes into making it. The distinction is an important one to me, if I used a fixed formula, then the formula would be the thing and not the painting.

Visit all 12 facets of 24008 Riverside Drive to experience the making of this painting from the artist’s perspective.

I am currently on a work mission to the MIA, the prestigious Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, in Qatar. I’m participating in the installation of the exhibition, Pearls inaugurated on January 29, 2010. Here’s a sneak peak at some of the Pearls on view in Qatar. I took the photos for the exhibition catalog, as well as the ones to be integrated into the display films. Moreover, I’ve been entrusted with the editing and installation of these twenty videos. A new feather in my quiver. If you view this object by clicking below, you can see a brief film I made.

This painting is appears in the F. Scott Hess Museum’s collection, The Hotel Vide, a murder mystery in ten paintings. Each painting represents a character in the hotel, in a specific room, on a specific day, at a specific time. Each piece carries plot and character clues, but be forewarned: the answer to the mystery has never been divulged by the artist. Good Luck!

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This image (Untitled, 2008) is part of a photographic series entitled, …And For an Instant, Abandon.The series conveys the endless depths of freedom through its human subjects while never revealing their identity. With no identifiable features, the viewer is able to relate to the subjects, imagining themselves in every circumstance presented.

In this particular photograph, the subject is suspended in time and space. At the height of its leap,the subject has discovered a true understanding of freedom before falling back into a material bondage. Presenting both the glory of this newfound freedom and the looming weight of its descent, the image seizes this moment in time, freeing the subject forever.

Since we couldn’t carry dozens of toasters back to England, all our guests in Bogota very kindly gave us pesos and we went shopping for one perfect gift. There were many so-called “precolumbinos” in the antique stores, but not like this couple. They looked so wise and so innocent and so sure that they would never change for anyone or anything. Just like two people about to get married. Also, their noses were disturbingly similar to our noses. They’re about 8 inches high. They weren’t together in the shop. We brought them together. But they were way, way out of our price range. With some ferocious haggling, we could barely afford one of them. But it had to be both or nothing. I never thought we’d be able to own them, but I revisited them throughout the day because it was love at first sight. Eventually the man took serious pity on us or maybe he just wanted to close his shop. But just like in a Disney film, he agreed to sell us the two figurines in return for all the money we had. We literally emptied our wallets onto the counter. The figurines have Certificados de Autenticidad that state they were made by the Quimbaya people and were 1,000-1200 years old , but it wouldn’t matter to me if they were fakes. They’re my favourite objects in the whole world. They’ve travelled across the globe with us, from South America to England to Vermont and I feel that, like us, they’ve mellowed over time and crept a little closer together on the shelf.