Songbird

Category: still lifes, animals
Year: 2014
Dimensions: 12h x 12w (square)
Medium: oil on canvas
Status: for sale

Comment: I took the antique vase (from the Sung dynasty (9-12th century) from an auction advertisement and combined it with a goldfinch and an imagined Deruta ceramic. Hence, songbird.

Tags: vase, bird, finch, napkin

Feelin` Groovy

Category: abstracts, scapes
Year: 2013
Dimensions: 12h x 12w (square)
Medium: oil on canvas
Status: for sale

Comment: View of the 59th St. Bridge from my office at the US Mission to the United Nations. The name comes from the subtitle of the 1966 hit song by Simon & Garfunkel, "The 59th Street Bridge."

Tags: bridge, water, building, new york

Teapot

Category: still lifes
Year: 2012
Dimensions: 12h x 16w (horizontal)
Medium: oil on canvas
Status: not available (sold or gifted)

Comment: This unplanned arrangement was in the kitchen from the village home in southern France where we stayed. I immediately snapped a picture, adding only one tangerine for balance.

Tags: canteloupe, pear, teapot, blossom, fruit