Symbolic Portraits
My symbolic portraits are about capturing the essence of the subject– real or imagined. I study my subjects as they relax into natural postures. What qualities emerge? What is feeling in the room? What gestures and emotions arise? As an artist I am drawn towards mystery, sensuality, softness, innocence.
I bask in the energies that emanate from my subject. The painting emerges.
“And your childhood, love, your childhood. The train and the woman who fills the sky. Not you, not me, not the air, not the leaves. Yes, your childhood: now a fable of fountains.“
– Federico Garcia Lorca
Dark Angel
oil on canvas
36″ x 44″
Painting available for sale
Mary Magdalene
oil on canvas
32″ x 34″
private collection
(San Francisco, CA)
ARTIST PRINTS AVAILABLE FOR SALE – full size 25″ x 28″ prints have a 2″ white border; medium size 18″ x 20″ prints have a 1″ white border
Arab Woman
oil on canvas
27″ x 48″
Painting available for sale
Lady in Red
oil on canvas
24″ x 32″
private collection
(Willits, CA)
Haitian Poet
oil on canvas
32″ x 42″
private collection
(San Francisco, CA)
Magdalena II
oil on canvas
36″ x 36″
private collection
(San Francisco, CA)
Luna
Oil on Canvas
36×36 framed
Framed painting available for sale