https://www.sperryfineart.com/portraiture daily 1.0 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1611499801823-N5G9X5ZPIRI9C2QSKD98/P5038049.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Vanishing Point', 24"x24" oil on canvas In Cape Cod looking along the shoreline as the tide rolls in and the sand disappears below the surf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1611499801823-N5G9X5ZPIRI9C2QSKD98/P5038049.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Vanishing Point', 24"x24" oil on canvas In Cape Cod looking along the shoreline as the tide rolls in and the sand disappears below the surf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105163175-85Y9Y1LTTF00LCPWPLV4/P1208961.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Morning Mist', 24"x24" oil on canvas Before the ocean seas horizon,a lone sail boat drifts, as the sun burns off the morning fog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502066972547-6BMYUXSQVSOA7IQKXECX/P7199533.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105172910-1J0XANJORIY5PQHOPF9O/P2039090.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Days End', 24"x24" oil on canvas As the sun sets upon the Atlantic coast, the towns silhouette appears and a lone fisherman reels in his catch of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105185983-376GW48P4WDZNTJHMTMR/P3179913.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Race Point', 24"x24: oil on canvas A gentle rise in the sand, a seperation in the shrubs, a path to the edge of a bluff that over looks the Atlantic across to sandbar where Race Point Light is a beacon, not just for ships, but the whales that are there to feed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105200139-PUDN9I1PG25QGDAE9LQ5/P3219923.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'On the Rocks', 24"x24" oil on canvas On the east coast on these rocky shores of the Atlantic stands this beacon of hope to travelers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105225826-N6PQ7QCMUBS0LOU8U00H/P4149278.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Walking the Beach', 24"x24" oil on canvas An overcast day, walking the pups on the beach, a small pool of water stands still and is reflecting the figures, whos cares have went out with the tide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105238550-AFOQJ2AGGBW84LVTP3QL/P4168006.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Surfs Up', 36"x36" oil on canavs A cool suuny day, January in St. Augustine Florida. This can be any beach where nothing stops the thrill seeker and adventerous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105212835-HEUO191T8B25XNEA1V0H/P4079956.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Migration', 48"x28.5" oil on canvas Two years ago we were in St Augustine Florida and they were celebrating 450 years of history, when I took a reference photo to do this painting. It is the oldest european settled town in the country. It was settled initially by the Spanish. Most if not all of us (our ancestors) immigrated here at some point. This is indeed what made and continues to make our country great! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105254117-8ACH3GF876Q7YV9OVH7A/P4179968.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'The Windy', 18"x18" oil on canvas The Chicago Lighthouse on Lake Michigan, where tall ship, 'The Windy' sets sail for yet another adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105265708-OB717QTWNYBBCQWXNNMS/P4238024-1.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Meditations on Flight', 36"x36" oil on canvas A cool but balmy morning in St Augustine, Florida, these gulls are in flight formation for destinations unkown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105304253-8U2GX8T8ZFPAFG2TRIK1/P5029322.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Lemme' Take You to the Beach', 36"x36" oil on canvas A friend modeled for this piece, where freedoms are expressed in relation to a trip out east in Ptown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105313705-MOHPWK3JA1M3S90SMOQ7/P5128102.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Behold the Dusk', 36"x36" oil on canvas A hot summer days end, the rolling of the tide, light reflects off the surface or is it an Abstract with a horizon line? You to decide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105330138-NCQEVP0ELB85KAAEVI5X/P5218132.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Blue Haze' 24"x24" oil on canvas (On exhibition 'BLUE' at Jackson Junge Gallery 1389 N Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60622 from Sept. 20 -Oct. 20 2019) Over the Atlantic two birds fly across the sky, high above the rolling sea, in a vast endless 'Blue Haze' while a lone boat sails on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105353108-ISU2CK5TU3EUP54ZB66D/P6130371-001.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'The Cove', 18"x18" oil on canavs It's early spring and another day's closing. Will their be a tomorrow and what will it bring? Breath it all in and be here for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105364088-GY9ZEZ25SWOY1S5HY36R/P6159429.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Tides', 18"x18" oil on canvas St. Augustine, Florida where the North Atlantic Right Whale calving grounds are and many species of sea turtles nest. It's a new day and all things are possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502105380046-KRHEXWD4F0UA4LOEF4L6/P6239443.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Horizons', 12'x12" oil on canvas One persons sunrise is anothers sunset. One persons seascape is anothers abstract. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502107769366-GZR7VDU5SWW79HOD850Y/P3297986.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Morning Glow', 36"x36" oil on canvas A foggy morning walk, the sky, sand and sea merge and the couple disaapear over the horizon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502107844876-R0648615HE5AY8M77V3Q/P5308174.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'End of the Pier', 24"x24" oil on canvas St. Augustine, Florida, where whale and sea turtle are born. Stay here high upon the pier and you may just be lucky enough to see one pass by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502107862794-0MGI4SLMI9Y5BP72I0HC/P6258294.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Morning Flicker', 24"x24" oil on canvas Watching the sun rise over the Atlantic. There's no better way to start the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502107874487-CLAYXMEA5OBQJEGTHYL3/P6280394.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'The Whale Watcher', 18"x18" oil on canvas Spring 2017~ We were out east on Cape Cod to do some whale watching and see the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale. The ocean was teaming with an abundance of food and sea life, it was amazing. These majestic giants are at a cusp of survival. On our way back we stopped at Nauset beach, where I saw this person sitting on a rock, staring out at the sea, hoping to catch a glimpse of this vanishing creature. A serene and pensive moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502107894400-IKMPVSUV99AUIT9IIARP/PA228851.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Hovering Cormorant', 36"x36" oil on canvas Blue on blue, a monocromatic study of the sky, sand and sea with a single bird skimming and reflecting off the surface. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502107907943-BKJMZ1CZ9P8GL0D307JV/PC118949.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Meditations on Love #1' 18"x8" oil on canvas Love, loss and grief, the memories are with us in many forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502107923537-RQCSJLNY604DQ0IYHVJ3/P7228332-001.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'A Meditation', 36"x36" oil on canvas Inspired by the ocean, beach and sky, but is it a seascape or an abstract? Well that's for you to decide. A gentle, serene and peacful piece and place, to be sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502107932407-8XXX9ZTRD5H4RO6E19ZP/PA198839+%282%29.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Strangers in the Fog', 24"x24" oil on canvas. First light of the day, a heavy fog, a salty mist sprays off the ocean, a gulls voice echoes and the two figures meet or do they simply pass each other by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502107950461-7U32C0K5Y157IFI670BD/P7159526.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Boy at the Beach', 30"x20" ol on canvas Saw this scene and it brought back memories. A summer day, all the wonder of the ocean, the beach, the possibilties and what I could create, with just a bucket and shovel inspired by the world around me...my imagination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502108108425-JE8JEVX6N2YANGXSDKUX/P7199533.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Meditations on Love #2', 18"x18" oil on canvas Imagine walking along the Atlantic coast, nothing but the morning light, the sound of the surf, the salty mist and a lone seagull squacks out a single note. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502108121285-ESX65A71YCSRT1TZDN6E/P5129380.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Sunbather', 13.5"x6.5" oil on canvas A sunny spring day at the beach. Listen carefully to the sounds: ocean waves, the wind, and the birds above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502108134196-IJ30C2PDWKFICENPQG7B/P6138254.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Evening Tide', 36"x36" oil on canvas End of the day, where shadow and light meet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502108152085-4714UF7QGB6LYGQP5K78/P8279580.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Ptown at a Glance', 30"x30" oil on canvas Several miles out of town, on a sunny day, when the tides out, here's what can be seen looking along the peninsulas end. The pilgrim monument towers over Ptown, as a symbol of freedom sought, from oppression and tyrranical rule, as we did when it was first colonized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502108167389-ZBJN4PDO3ZWPFH03KVW1/P7249537.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'Study of the Morning Star', 12"x12" oil on canvas Beyond the dunes silhouette, a horizon line, and the morning sun burst with all things possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502108254898-HYQK8DJ2L9V7PCQFC883/P1288982.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Summer Heat', 24"x24" oil on canvas The Atlantic ocean and sky as the sun begins to set on a steamy day or elements of design; point,line, shape, form, space, color and texture, you decide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502108329329-SB7SW7YKEG9OWOZWKN18/P6189438.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Flight of the Brown Pelican', 12"x12" oil on canvas At days end, in St Augustine, Florida, several Brown Pelicans fly along the ocean shores. Break it down in to its essential design elements, an abstract or perhaps a hidden message, uncoded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502200135431-SYAO15IQ3MJFG038D4UX/P5278155.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Flock of Seagulls', 36"x36" oil on canvas Sunrises over the Atlantic and a large 'Flock of Seagulls' pass overhead. A good day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502239825882-NIDV3TQM9L1LEG9EOWZC/P6188290.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Rolling with the Tide', 18"x18" oil on canvas The day begins or perhaps is ending, the tide rolls in and rolls out, today is another day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1504139111539-NQF9BGOYAWRWJW3X4KK3/P8290533.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD 'At the Pond', 24"x20" oil on canvas This is the fifth season these wonderful birds have visited the pond behind our home. A mated pair of Sand Hill Cranes come every spring, have 1 or 2 chicks and raise them over the season. We've become quite familar with them, photograph them often and they seem like family at this point. This time of year they begin their flight training, for their migration south, until hopefully they return for yet another season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1517489030667-HGKK941ZFJ6NP4EWPX54/P1291413.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Chicago Is', 48"x36", oil on canvas Chicago has a Tall Ships event, off Navy Pier, regularly and it's very own 'The Windy' that tours the Chicago, Lake Michigan area giving historical tours. On one occasion I was out on 'The Windy' and captured several images ship to shore the Sears/Willis tower to John Hancock, with Chicago Lighthouse in the foregroundand Navy Pier off to the right. 'Chicago Is' my kind of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1511011119937-J95L7ANIT34XHRVKIUUF/PB161323-001.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Moonlight Surfer', 16"x20" oil on board Off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida, in the Atlantic ocean there's an evolving dedicated group of surfers. Combing the beaches, you can find them just before sinrise until right after sundown when surfs up, they're catching a wave. This surfer was catching his final wave of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1511451270521-H2K17K7TB6UAZ0DP5R5X/PB191329.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Green Surf Board', 20"x16" oil on board All the anticipation and hopes of catching that ultimate wave and riding it, but alas the surfs have subsided. The tides are rolling out and he'll try again tomorrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1519907618438-ZUDIDZ75JG7QUCX14K2P/P2271451.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - Good Day Sunshine, 16"x20", oil on board What sometimes looks to be the sun setting is really the sun rising. The day opens and it closes, one on to the other, just be there for it and take it all in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1520642170336-1VH4O5DSVLOPSAYHJP01/P3081455.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Daydreamer', 20"x16" oil on board The warmth of the sun, a light breeze, the salt of the ocean mist, the sound of waves rolling in on the beach, he's lost in thought and daydreaming of some great discovery that his days explorations have revealed. Then a voice calls out, it's his mother and today, in this moment, all is well with the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1524054793713-TKGZ3K0U03W9Z0DLV3U5/P4171529.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Light & Sahdow', 12"x24" oil A simplified and direct approach, conveying an ethereal silhouette, as the sun beams across the ocean casting a shadow on the sand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1525697643633-KTFNRMRBZRN5V6717DF6/P5041584.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Let's Go Swimming' 12"x24" oil Rushing down the beach, he waits in quiet anticipation. But hurry now, time is fleeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1526996796349-WY7O3XK4RI4LSDR41FHO/P5091608.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - Finding His Wings, 20"x20" oil Out at the beach on the Atlantic Coast, just taking it all in, the sights, sounds, smells, and thoughts. A gull lifts off and I remember a story from when I was growing up, “Johnathon Livingston Seagull,” I presume and am inspired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1528244541633-KPEB0O165RB3A2JQMC0Z/P6031889.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - Adrift, 20"x20" oil on canvas A dense fog engulfs all land, water and sky are bearly disguishable and a lone boat, bob’s gently in the sea as the sun disappears somewhere in the mist. Alone, a sense of Isolation begins to set in, but you are present and realize you are connected to the ubiquitous all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1528979472751-F2EPJN2ABDRN0R8KOTDJ/P6111900.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Passing Brant Light, Nantucket', 20"x20" oil on canvas We left Hyannis on the Cape, upon the Steam Ship Authority, car, dogs and ourselves all aboard, headed toward Nantucket island. The seas were slightly choppy and a light drizzle fell as our 2 hour tour ended pulling into the harbor. The rain stopped, clouds began to disapate and as we got closer the shoreline full of houses , sail boats leaving the harbor appeared, and Brant light circa 1746, stands as sentry to welcome us our arrival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1530793352771-ZE69G9IMEBZOLA45ID42/P7021912-001.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Waiting', 12"x24" oil on canvas The Atlantic coast, St. Augustine Florida, the beach is marked North Atlantic Right Whales and a variety of endangered sea turtle migrate, and populate along this area. It’s also an area where you can catch a wave when the tides swell. This surfer stands looking out into the vast sea searching for a wave or maybe something else, you decide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1531778083013-37XTZKNY6I3ORRYW2TC2/P7151964.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Beach Hut', 18"x18" oil on canavs Out at the very tip of Cape Cod, at Race Point, you can sit for hours taking in the sun, the sand & the sea, most times I've been out there you can see pods of whales from shore as they pass by feeding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1532957668562-SX0AHDEPHFJBULFJF2L3/P7292007.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'A Walk on the Beach', 18"x14" oil on canvas Last year, April 2017, during a road trip we stopped off at Nauset Beach on the Cape. There was an elderly woman sitting on a giant slap rock on the beach. I did a painting of her gazing out upon the sea, entitled 'The Whale Watcher'. This year, May 2018, we stopped off again and there she was, only this time she had already enjoyed her time on the beach and had begun her ascent , walking back up the trail, to the cliffs that oversee this area, the beach, the vast ocean & sky. Just another day in her life, but a moment captured for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1532957685162-C5WC4ZCQLG0IUWN5LG0J/P7292008.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Rooftops of Nantucket', 18"x18" oil on canvas An amazing veiw from cupola to deck, atop the whale museum, on Nantucket. A foggy and misty day, the grey day seemed well suited to the buildings and homes, 100, 200 years or older on this spring day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1532957743362-9R5MC5UWGFT2L8LKLPES/P7282003.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Serenity', 24"x18" oil on canvas Out at the point, just hours before dusk, a peaceful moment captured, as the tide gently covers the beach, clouds are still, a slight fog bank rolls in off the ocean and several cormorants fly along the shore line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1533733033253-DHKKEX21PGN15W739JUT/P8072019.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Island Light', 20"x20" oil on canvas Exploring Nantucket island, Brant Light still stands as one of the oldest harbor sentries in the country. Just off Cape Cod, I imagine, days gone by when the harbor was full of tall ships and whalers. Now the lighthouse stands as a beacon to our nations history and a welcome sign for those who dare to explore and discover it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1534676988064-JN96KRTYDW7D0FRY0NQF/P8172030.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Morning Light', 20"x20" oil on canvas About 6am at St. Augustine Beach, off the Atlantic Coast, a cruise ship passes the horizon and a small flock of pelicans are out in search of breakfast. An amazing and abundant amount of colors flicker, dance in my eyes, and the day begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1535289121897-ATHT4RKKLAKMS2NOH5VX/P8242038.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Along Gitche Gumee', 40"x40" mixed media on canvas We discovered this place, for ourselves, over 15 years ago, on a Lake Michigan Circle Tour. Once we arrived at north end of the lake we decided to drive across the U.P. There we found the Picture Rock National Shores, between Munising and Grand Marais, 'Along Gitche Gumee', that's Lake Superior to you and me. It's translation from its Ojibwe Indian name, means "the shining blue sea water." It quickly became a favorite place to go to, toward the end of summer when it hosts an art & music festival. So much beauty, so little time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1537358300970-UJ1RBFC52RGP1K3J2YW3/P9162241-001.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Kayakers at Miners Beach', 18"x14" oil on canvas Between the 50 mile stretch, from Munising to Grand Marais, MI, along the Picture Rock National Shores, the many hiking trails lead to an abundance of, forest, falls, cliffs & beaches. One such area and adventure has 'Kayakers at Miners Beach'. I’ve been painting this are for over 15 years now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1538743411933-RFSS6DMQAVYHNO8W81X8/PA032257.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Superior, Inland Sea' 40"x40" oil on canvas On Lake Superior at Grand Marais, Michigan, the waters can become as violent as an oceans and fits the criteria for being a sea, except it is not a salt water body. One evening we went out to the edge of the pennisula to watch a storm roll in. The clouds were pitch black, the winds had picked up and the waters behind us were crazy turbulent. The clouds were moving fast, north toward us, but just before they reached us the blew off to the east, the rest of the evening was clear and the waters raged on, leaving me full of awe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1548337049273-U6TB1JBT4DPAJCTH4FFW/P1212354.JPG Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Translations' 24"x18" oil on canvas A day at a time, the sun rises and sets, be there for it. As an artist the medium is the message of our interpretations. We translate our visual and emotional response via the medium to convey our experience and to share it. For me there is nothing more sublime then a sunrise/sunset, one long meditative breath, inhalling deeply, exhaling slowly, in a heartbeat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1560855847637-6OEVVPVGNVZYS0XU8S5H/63663096_10211742548718301_7060509828954718208_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Calm Harbor' 18"x18" oil U.P. Michigan at Grand Marais on Lake Superior, there's a small protected harbor where by, as stormy as this body of water can be, this area is relatively safe. The morning broke after a storm and here's the calm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1561551758859-JZI0AZPWQJT60G4U70MB/sunset+watch.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Kiss the Sky 30"x30" oil One time, about 5 years ago, I was out on a whale watch off the tip of Cape Cod. There was a pod of about 20-25 Humpback Whales. They are an especially smart and social specie of whale. They often, swim, feed, and breach in groups of three or so. On this occassion they were firing off and breaching, across the horizon, 10, 12 & 2 O’Clock, one after the other. This painting is based on my first photo capture of a whale breach and my excitment of being there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1562930151771-WJZG4JURW1YDIK3YZXJL/hang+ten.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Hang Ten, 24"x24" oil As the day begins to come to a close, the tide swells, & one lone surfer slides in on wave to shore. St Augustine Beach Florida is a year round haven for beachcombers, sea turtles, North Atlantic Right Whale & surfer dudes, & dudettes catching a wave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1563619955878-I2ZKNZ42L4JZ1IV6QOTK/Quiet+Harbor+1.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Quiet Harbor 24"x24" oil About half way between St. Augustine Florida and the Kennedy Space Center along the eastern coast, we discovered this harbor. Late afternoon, when we arrived, it was teaming with exotic birds, dolphin & manatee. Toward the end of the day, as the sun began to set, all became quiet, as the hussle and bussel of the day, settled down ot this ‘Quiet Harbor’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1563792082147-L4A0S5YIGQWPR4063SCR/sea+turtle.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Sea Turtle Surfacing, 18"x18" oil It seems where ever we go, there they are, the sea turtle, a favorite of my sisters. A few years ago Cape Cod Harbor was teaming with an abundance of food, drawing an abundance of sea creatures to feed, even the sea turtle. St. Augustine Beach Florida is a nesting area for these creatures. Earlier this year, 2019, we were in Key West and stopped at the aquarium, where several of them have been rescued, rehabbed and set back to sea. This one had been rescued several times from ship strike & fishing lines. That kind of tenacity deserves recognition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1568028444227-GUQCCBGWK6SD13TC65Y0/Dune+Crest.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Dune Crest' 18"x18" oil High upon the dune crest in North Truro, Massachusetts you can see for miles and miles. Beyond the dunes, the shrubs, the road that leads to Ptown, the cottages, & the Atlantic, the view, a scene awaits, while the fleeting light is captured in a moment, in our imagination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1569069268411-RI1K7F98G8BYURS5VT96/hope+floats.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Hope Floats 24"x24" oil on canvas One evening, we ran down to the ocean to watch the sunset. Cause that’s what one does, to catch it setting upon a vast horizon. In this case , it didn’t so much dip below the horizon line as it sunk beneath the lavender haze , wafting up into the sky. A truly stunning color and light show to behold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1570279636820-89MS55FKI5UJTCR2CSBH/Daybreak.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Daybreak, 30"x30" oil on canvas These late summer/early fall morning walks are a speactacular light show. The light, the color, as the sun rises & over 15-20 minutes it's better than any fireworks, to be sure! This is an area we walk daily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1572263636400-4B5XJSYOKY0P7FGSP856/0.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD American Crow Homage 30"x30" oil on canvas 25 years ago, when I moved here, there was a farm across the street from my home. Every year, in the fall, during the harvest and soon after, an enormous flock of crows would fly over descend on the field for food. The angle of the light this time of year, the crispness of the air, makes for a fantastic array of colors, textures and movement.The West Nile virus took out the Crows and the farm is gone now too. But I remember and it's exhilarating to me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1585136021357-HRR5GDQY1RH66FGK4Y9P/91287277_10213459397238441_1674842146550579200_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Let Me Take You To The Beach 36"x36" oil on wood St Augustine Beach along the Atlantic coastline of Florida teams with beach folk for miles and miles. All day long you can find those sun bathing, otheres swimming, & surfing, still others playing frisbee, beer pong and of course, builders of castles and other dreams for this is where ocean meets land meets sky, all seemingly endless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1588509555647-73VS198J3HB88K4NOJ63/the+boys.jpeg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Boys 30"x30" oil It’s March 2020, St. Augustine Beach, Fl. is open to swimmers, surfers & beach combers….and some catching rays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1588849082653-N70DQ5T8C87AN4II69KP/96359475_10213763475360204_5759105163121917952_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ’Fog, Color, & Light’ 24”x24” oil Early spring, late April, We were out walking the pups, camera in hand. A most ethereal landscape revealed itself by way of fog, light and color. I captured a wonderful photograph of it then went about translating it in oil paint. Here’s the result. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1591362051193-1FLFTDK38DSODGNUAEA4/101527781_10213945962922279_4795189063084670976_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ’Wading For The Sun’ 24”x24” oil I paint plein air, from imagination & from photographic references. In this case I had taken 2 photos. One of the 3 guys having an afternoon swim & the other at the crack of dawn. I merged the images into a painting that suggests, either dusk or dawn, any ocean & sky, plus a more ambiguous nature of the people wading out to sea, to capture the essence of being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1593608301124-5ARFU5BM6OCD13MKYUQG/105499376_10214104168677324_4315448803782744947_o.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - That Toddlin’ Town Impression 10 ft. X4 ft. Mixed Media Triptych, See the light before the color. Chicago is that toddlin town for me. From sailing, boating tours & the beaches of Lake Michigan, to the many concert venues, play & opera theaters, to the great museums, clubs & restaurants. Let's not forget the awesome art galleries! On some lists it's the #1 dog friendly city in the country & awalk on Navy Pier will prove that. Chicago leaves an impression each & every time we visit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1594212158654-VP6SLFVY6YV4T5RFIS8U/coiuntry+club.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Country Club, 48"x24" oil on canvas I've driven past this golf course many many times over the 25 years I've lived here in St. Charles, just off route 25 and have often thought about painting it. So now I have. We're having a record number of days in the 90s & a fair amount of rain, so everything is lush, including the St. Charles Country Club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1595934367975-C9SBPNIY9DHGCBF21O52/115912726_10214255643344096_4502275463777955366_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - My Own Paradise 30”x30” oil on canvas We all have a favorite spot. a space that just feels good. For me, its at the beach, the sound of the surf, the smells, the sights, as I look beyond the horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1597489216436-HWMKVVDM9Z877PLWMGAW/117126044_10214367692705260_8087717486745034540_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Morning Fight’ 48”x24” oil A mid fall morning, at a place I walk & visit daily. The air is crisp, and the sun has broke just above the tree line. The angle of the light, creates a glow, across the field and if you look closely reveals 4 Sand Hill Cranes in flight traingin, lifting off to the south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1599649208453-UW88A3ISS9JOP7YVJEIU/clouds.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Clouds Roll By' 24"x24" oil Most see the color, but if you look for the light, the true colors reveal themselves. Sitting at the beach at sunset, the ever changing light, reveals a the colors like non other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1601471514224-JDTVKECI8KQDB82PT8I5/pup.jpeg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ 24”x30” oil on canvas Our pups love the beach. Out in Ptown’s at Herring Cove after a long run and play, this ones catching some rays and napping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1602680631045-6WO2N46N5LGGKN3PDR25/the+great+escape.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Great Escape 24"x30" oil on canvas Along the Atlantic Coast of Florida, from St Augustine to Key West there are several species of sea turtle that try against all odds to survive. If it’s not a battle against nature then its one against man’s shipping lanes, fishing nets or pollution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1604837804981-RE8CFJ3Q98F3QIO4JR0O/123831257_10214742165226839_8531000751884619235_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Sunset Beach 24"x30" oil on canvas This work was created live on video, demonstrating my en plein air from photogragh approach. Watch for it on youtube, facebook & linkedin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1608639349797-MP5E5DPZML5DW1KTQSUO/ar10.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Clearing 36"x36" oil on canvas We were at Starved Rock State Park, Il. earlier this fall, 2020. I captured a photo of an area deep within the woods. I recently decided to translate it into a painting, based on line, shape, color & texture. This is the context from which I worked on this piece, painting the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1609684556984-O3H501B9OGOINCBAGT7J/ab.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Autumns Bounty' 24"x30" oil on canvas Fall 2020, the field across from my home provided the subject for this still-life artwork. Some had been sun dried other were in full bloom of their season. All the color, texture & patterns needed to create a wonderful composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1610453219596-R2OP6EB1RJC4SRZ4AXTR/sb.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Seaside Biking 24"x30" oil Hiking and biking the shoreline along any great body of water, seems a meditative endeavor to me. The sights, sounds and smells, keep you earth bound as you look out upon the vast seas horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1611149860400-BH61YKYPUBK67N781STD/racing+the+sun1.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD Racing the Sun 40"x30" oil It was a great day out on the sea, it’s now the end of a day sailing and your racing the sun for land, but no worries your compass will get you there in any event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1611317685582-RBFCKEHZZJSYC847C7V0/light%2C+color.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Light & Color on a Gray Day 30"x24" oil To the average eye, it’s a overcast gray day along the Atlantic coast. But if you look closely for the light, it reveals the color that exists there too, as a lone person walks along the shoreline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1613743982726-VUXJ4VZY9DROUDG57TRD/Americas+cup2.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Boats Against the Current 40"x30" oil The Wind, Water & Sky. You set your sail and go with the flow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1616413053487-Z706VGPXC05VPEVY63G1/163086977_10215399274254154_103773410223963783_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Light & Shadow 30"x30" oil Sometimes white looks like the sunsetting is really the sun rising, the light and shadows of our mind revealed in images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1616413067930-T98166NFA7TJSXRIC8PH/fm.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD Fleeting Moments 12"x24" oil Morning rises up over the treelines, for a flicker of light in a fleeting moment a lone hummingbird feeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1616413300130-K4AKREXEQFIFGJ5KKQ0J/ip88.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Island Paradise 60"x20" oil A tropical getaway, an 'Island Paradise' for some, a place in the mind for others, a serene and sacred space for us all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1616929237596-15O58U44XE48GML8744Y/pals.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD Pals 12"x24" oil A large open field, a cornstalks on the right create the passage as the trees off in the distance assure there’s room to roam. The 2 pups walk as they’ve done hundreds of times, the lush grasses that have been driven upon more than a few times. The blue sky, with a single glowing & billowy cloud assure us that these two ‘Pals’ will have lots of play time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1617967132933-C8P9IHPSJHOPBOY2XI9G/170760329_10215477654973623_2615227217894891277_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The View 12"x24" oil There’s nothing like watching a sunrise or sunset, just being there for it, a day, a breath, a thought. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1617967480355-4L0VCQ16UO17F2KQV9O1/168812131_10215463365656399_5297048714988839278_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD Historic Water Tower 12"x24" oil The MCA Museum of Contemporary Art is just across the street from the Water Tower. When I saw on this occasion I knew I just had to paint it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1618842287435-VULWSAI9A6KXMRMC48HJ/174245978_10215527975271599_5793238767464023479_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Caverns 24"x24" oil The deep blue sea, the darkness of an undersea world, as illuminated by the flickering light from above. A place where representational meets abstract in the recesses of the mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1619471417004-YZDXNF8EVJBLOOVOFBNM/178373574_10215562024522809_828474247658153744_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD ‘Tulips Along the Pathway’ 24”x24” oil This brought back memories. When I was growing up, my father's parents, my grandparents had a very large front yard too. Rose bushes in the front of the house, below the windows, 2 climbing roses covered a working water pump turned into a wishing well & all along and lining the driveway, were hundreds and hundreds of tulips. There's lots of photos of my sister and I, toddlers, walking the field one Easter, mom & dad in tow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1619471439386-UJ6ENA6AC9X0N3D3GUIE/172491724_10215562315690088_9113805850512496321_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Spring Fields at Dawn "12x24" oil It’s early spring 2021 about 6:45 a.m. and the suns peaking above the horizon line at the nearby park. The light was intense as it beamed across the field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1622726085523-ZFIIU4AZEY0XGG7BKSOU/194350511_10215718206147252_5527313891658110637_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Sandbar Sunbathers’ 40”x30” oil Almost a decade ago, the first few times we went to Ptown, we stayed at the Breakwater Motel, ocean side. At low tide we liked to see how far we could walk out upon the sand. The ocean can be an ever changing and violent scape, on both sand and sea. However, when it was calm, it seemed you could walk out forever and sometimes, every now and then, the water would cut you off, creating a temporary little island shelf. You could set up for awhile, sit in a chair, walk the area, play in the water and mostly, just bask in the serenity of it all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1625141509652-L3XMEX7HV98BYVB05OYL/209367207_10215824419122510_3265666811251644468_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Lifeguard's On Duty' 30"x30" oil Maroni Beach along Cape Cod . A place we like to frequent on our way to Ptown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1625567860119-DE72LCI57QKQRWMQ81VE/212885375_10215850321250047_3482747100866131724_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Walking 18"x36" oil One of the many trails in the U.P. along the 55 mile stretch of Picture Rock National Shores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1625568021127-CJZSWLD1SE68PYGCQ4U8/213000174_10215854153665855_1757723961840543889_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Falling Waters 18"x36" oil Munising Falls is one of the many natural highlights at Picture Rock in the U.P. Michigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1626783273018-KHT39S128ISIP8EE0T7R/219766557_10215907876688897_6683936223531461494_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Walk in the Woods, 18"x36" oil This is a forest preserve, 'Tekakwitha' by my home that I've been walking for over 26 years now. his spot is just before the a wood bridge that crosses a ravine that used to go to the nature center. The nature center was taken down about a decade ago, after the 08' crash, because being deep in the woods, the recently homeless were breaking in seeking shelter. A few years prior to it's removal, I had painted both the bridge and the nature center. I still walk the paths and time marches on too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1627822428797-D5KWOC31LCFRGVPUJGMB/229107770_10215958759400933_3271536430935773790_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD Irises 30”x30" oil Between the recent 2020 Monet exhibit at the Art Institute Chicago and my long time love of Van Gogh, the Irises in my front yard provided a need of my expression, spring 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1627938687158-U2VEYRMJWWSIM7JCH4BW/narw.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Save the Whale 36"x18" oil *The plight of the whales of the world are a cause near and dear to my heart. The many species along the eastern seaboard and particularly the North Atlantic Right Whale have a special place for me, as I've been following them from some of their feeding grounds, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts to their calving grounds around the St, Augustine, Florida, for nearly a decade now. If you've followed me for a while you know my meaning. After 2 recent documentary watches 'Entangled' and 'The Loneliest Whale', both excellent, I've decided to donate the total proceeds from the sale of this painting to Center of Coastal Studies Provincetown, as I've seen them in action numerous times and have even participated in an entangled whale rescue. Message me for further info on how to purchase this painting and help to 'Save the Whale'. Image based on a photo from Secrets of the Whales Book by Brian Skerry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1628457793689-4VM2XCPNI8WV9534R3T6/234773665_10215984990416692_3155275526094713690_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Wildflowers 30"x30" oil I do a morning walk and evening walk with mu pups all year round. The primary area we walk is the park across the street from me. It’s about a 1 1/2 figure 8 walk depending on how you navigate it. The county forest preserve has done a great job of replanting the natural wildflowers of Illinois in an effort to bring back the birds, bee’s and butterflies. The prairie flowers were especially lush and colorful, summer 2021. Here my expression of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1629284316313-K6QYPX7PE2WL9NHCRJKL/238854559_10216013923419999_6754384158984854084_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The View 30"x30"oil A Plein-Air approach from a photo, most often alla-prima, has a direct matter-of-factness about them. I do an annual visit to Cape Cod, paint & get lots of references and photos for paintings. In 2020, with the covid pandemic, I cancelled our trip. Some friends that live there had poste some photos of them out at Race Point, at the end of the cape, which is a great place to whale watch from land and the inspiration for this piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1632921296311-THB42VFVWB827J66LR6Q/rwav2.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Harvest Moon off Martha's Vineyard' "30x30" oil We had boarded the Steamship Authority Ferry leaving Martha’s Vineyard about 2 miles out, as the sun began to set for the day. It was September 19th, 2021 and the Harvest Moon had begun to rise. Luckily I had my camera with me a captured a beautiful scene of the the moon rising near an edge of the Island, one which had homes & a lighthouse a top the bluff. When I got back home, it was the first painting I created on a large canvas. Here are the results…enjoy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1634038930819-O9U8XG4O2T8H3B1MS54V/wftlr.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Waiting for the Lobster Roll 24"x24" oil A little restaurant called the CANTEEN, in Ptown Massachusetts. Here’s the view from the back patio while waiting for our Lobster Rolls & Roasted Brussel Sprouts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1634994550856-NDYEJTZ08QH7FX12SSMC/247404920_10216237210962048_4929629058359504016_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Green on Gray, Lake Erie' 18"x18" oil We stopped at a state park that’s peninsula ran out upon Lake Erie. It was overcast with a slight drizzle. It’s amazing how much light & color can be seen if one looks for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1635331232662-TGW566MD1S4NOJ9WEV2L/le.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Bridge Over Erie Canal 24"x24" oil We had stopped in Rochester New York, picked up a NY style pizza and headed to the Empire Trail with the pups. It runs along the Erie Canal and has many foot bridges that cross it. Here’s one that caught my attention. The green glow of the trees, the reflection in the water, the lily pads floating a top the water on an overcast day of grey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1637617331445-GJ774K6Z269UUXG8JJBM/beacon.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Beacon 30"x30" oil The Pilgrims Monument, was erected in Provincetown MA. a reminder of our early roots, our history, the intention, the reality, its cost. Today it stands as a beacon of hope and a safe haven for people of belief systems of diversity, acceptance & respect, from here & around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1638962044684-9ZNGWHK3ZX6V3535HS2S/Potted+Sunflowers%2C+36x36%2C.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Potted Sunflowers 36"x36" oil A live potted plant, sunflowers in this case, in my backyard, was the inspiration for this piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1640001739337-VKA1EIU6RDUB0OR4IQ1K/overlook.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Overlook' 24"x34" oil You take me to the beach, so let me take you there too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1640864738808-Z80E52FJ246AMXMGOO0E/270205202_10216493947020289_3533300235543779229_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Georgia On My Mind 12”x20” oil A walk in the woods where a stream with falls runs through it if fall. So much to see, think and experience on a nature walk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1644500909758-AGKG0N6Y9O38SWMBQPD6/273743561_10216659869248241_7236303345616299899_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Good Morning 30"x30" oil Flagler Beach, A little place along the Atlantic coast. Another person enjoying the view told us, that just the day before he watched a North Atlantic Right Whale, mother and calf, play in feed in these waters, for 45 minutes or so. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1645976680198-RYXG7KT8ZKIC4F7LJ2S5/274917310_10216719139649964_9169895611684773537_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - New Day 30"x30" oil While in Key West I recorded the sunset from Mallory Square, one evening. When I got back home, I got out a #30” canvas and went to work. It was difficult to decide which colors to lay down as they changed rapidly over 20 minutes or so. I ended up blending a transition between the more cool and warm tones. Here is the results. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1646998406230-DHCGN1LNZDFUW1EZVJEP/275432869_10216747995051331_2888642602006504055_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Sun, Moon & Pier 40"x16" oil When we arrived in the early evening, before sundown, the moon hung over the Atlantic & when we left the sun had began to rise over it. I had taken several photos and videos of each event as they happened, then blended them together on a single canvas as I experienced them. I’m so grateful, for every day I’m given. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1646998249259-VVI5XMM486QCYR48PFGH/275461683_10216760182476009_4175994577786877174_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - My Blue Heaven 40"x16" oil When you wake up at 4:30am with a title in your head, you say…I know what that looks like…and paint it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1647695615480-DYXTICWPSEMCCQ2MTVFG/275817924_10216781408646650_3790539059504262625_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD/Donation, Stand With Ukraine 16"x40" oil At the bottom in green, is a map of the country of Ukraine. Each of the sunflowers within it, symbolize the Ukranian people in the areas that are being heavily bombed. The area with the most sunflowers is the capital city of Kyiv, that has taken some of the heaviest shelling, and where an artist friend was in hospital when it all began. He has been fighting for his life since. The single sunflower symbolizes Volodymyr Zelenskyy, its most brave & courageous president, standing his ground and leading his people. It will be available at Proud Fox Gallery & Frame Shop, where a dozen or so of its artists will be making a stand and offering their artworks as support of the Ukraine. Proceeds from the fundraising event, will be donated to UNICEF USA, Children's Campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1647947784942-9W4V5PFPR3LIL1C1VWO0/277159433_10216797423006999_1693569630520308959_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Dawn 24"x24" oil Kick off your shoes, walk down to the beach and watch the sunrise, paint it if you can. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1649105440604-V4XDG2OK07T2F6K9RCB7/twilight.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Twilight, 24"x24" oil The period of the evening when twilight takes place, between daylight and darkness. The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the refraction and scattering of the sun's rays from the atmosphere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1649941395650-DTDUBZZ6JVQPKHILNRZW/277811588_10216878934884745_1590476877399129889_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Shoreline Seagull & Sand Pipers’ 30"x30” oil The serenity of the beach, the quiet sounds of the waves rolling in as the birds, seagull & sand piper alike , spend their time looking for breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1650920275110-43RRLS6S9PT9SP4X3PK3/0gbh.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Great Blue Heron' 40"x30" oil I love painting the colors of a partly cloudy overcast day. It’s amazing the colors that display & make themselves known, when you search for the light. We stopped in Erie PA. and headed for the Presque Isle State Park, on Lake Erie, and went walking about the peninsula in the slightest drizzle. I took lots of photo references, the one that got away had a Great Blue Heron in it. Back at home I took a photo of a local one and added it to the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1651323994303-7YWMVC9ROKVFJV0S7CYD/279073508_10216912810891624_9035624107662189088_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Flight & Light’ 24”x24” oil 5 pelicans fly in formation, high above the sea but not far from land in search of breakfast, I’m sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1652959930942-C2EMDJP39HXQSBEERVWG/ctso1.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Chicago Theater-Sold Out 22"x28" oil We had went to see Carol Burnett at the Chicago Theater, a fantastic show. As 3500 people, including ourselves poured out of the Sold Out show, I took a couple photos to reference for this painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1654113357450-IAZKHZYHK8DYZEW78RQR/280373620_10217069393126082_4283191416020713990_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Endowment `The Paths Ahead 22"x28" oil One of my nieces recently graduated from college and has set a course This image of her riding a horse in her new home in Georgia best captures both her confidence & bliss. Here’s my translation into paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1656937324500-GH5T7QTKSB6HIMS69MEQ/291630049_10217185728274388_1243842086222708241_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Visible 16"x40" oil There’s things we see & other we do not, sometimes even when we’re right on top of them. This ariel view of a a boat floating on the water with a whale just beneath was to convey that notion. There is a Polynesian saying: 'Standing on a whale, fishing for minnows.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1657106707755-R4RXMNR5B0XWZACPB4TL/280406256_10216971437757259_7388329715033648893_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Race Point Lighthouse’ 48”x36” oil This scenic little spot is at the end of Cape Cod...the view from Herring Cove beach to Race Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1658753007811-DFBC6KE4UO1S2OT8HB18/294946744_10217255360415148_3304581198633440423_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Rooftops of Ptown 30"x30" oil I walked up the Pilgrims Monument to get an aerial view of the harbor & town from above. As I have a fear of heights, it was somewhat of a challenge to walk up the 252-foot-7+1⁄2-inch-tall stairway and then look out the windows below. But I did it and it was good! Here's what I saw... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1659442018220-FI26IKKET7KJ7WASYWIX/297234091_10217277826736792_3902162836980256660_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Bohemia 40"x40" oil I first visited Provincetown Massachusetts about 10 years ago and discovered among other things it had a huge art community. I took lots of photos of the artists painting in the Dunes that overlook Herring Cove. I too have painted, written and been inspired by the area and people, as well. Since that first visit I've learned that Artists, writers, poets and actors have been flocking there since the early 1900's. The creative minds of Charles Hawthorne, Hans Hoffman, Robert Motherwell, Eugen O'Neil, ersenst Hemingway, Scott Fitzgerald, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock, Anthony Perkins, de Kooning, Rothko, Tennessee Williams, Edward Hopper, E.E. Cummings, Max Ernst, Norman Mailer, my guy Kurt Vonnegut & the list goes on and on, Bohemia, where the creative thinking types have been hanging out for over 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1660578249488-C2FYCTP9S8Y7MPUYYR0Q/298370264_10217315096468512_8939932984654058620_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Three of a Kind 28"x22" oil We have a pond behind our home where these three Sandhill Cranes hangout. I've been thinking about painting them, again, for weeks now...so, today, it is done. .I am so grateful to be able to observe & live side by side with these sentient creatures...this morning I acknowledged out loud that the parents always flank the chicks, not only for protection, but love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1662814487960-7NQXBY78CGNR78GZZ9PB/305621120_10217383420096560_7357692171989953114_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘It’s a Long, Long Road’ 24”x24” oil Inspired by this lyric~… The road is long With many a winding turn That leads us to who knows where, who knows where But I'm strong Strong enough to carry him He ain't heavy, he's my brother ~The Hollies https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1666272021196-NEDZQA4BMUB29RL07C7C/311818167_10217583179890430_3576672725315837318_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Nature, Lightness & Being’ 30”X30” oil The intense Cape Cod light in fall, beans across the beach at Race Point…the people and a single seagull are in shadow, a silhouette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1666435475556-B4BA47NWZRVMO1CH6R6A/312634596_10217644842271951_8038010192393343742_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Lily Lake 40"x20" oil My morning is a visual orchestration of color vibrations & this is my spectrum…yet I wonder if we’re on the same frequency…See me, feel me, touch me, heal me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1670459613093-EZDMW0JCRCEZ2M90IYSE/m1.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD ‘The Majestic’ 30”x24” oil An artist friend posted a photo of him peering over the Glenn Ellis falls in Jackson NH., I knew I had to paint it, translate it into my language. We had driven to Mt. Washington and the surrounding areas ,on our way back from Acadia in Maine, many years ago, but hadn’t painted the area yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1667645353929-Y7OKKNK5OXBB7VK5U86R/313917824_10217709829936602_1887363617660955076_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Misty Meadow’ 30”x24” oil The fog rises at the break of dawn, the light is diffuse, but the colors burst forth setting the stage for a few end of the season sunflowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1667645492267-R6EZXUE97472CD3WRF1X/313192564_10217697827316544_4911890144097309138_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Serenity 30"x30" oil Here's an example of subtle simplicity, expressing a misty fall morning, with boats on the water and a fog rising. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1668263853669-BYTBNC241LDYHKYDVTSA/314936936_10217732909553578_3987353595972791390_n+%281%29.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD ‘Rainy Day Chicago’ 24”x30” oil I love Chicago & the Land of Lincoln, I grew up a fifteen minute drive from downtown Chicago & we visited it often for events, such & the like…I still do regularly, even though we’ve moved, a bit further out into the burbs & country. The cultural diverseness and the arts has always beckoned me there, my 2nd home. This piece came together as more of a statement, ‘Along with the sunshineThere's gotta be a little rain sometime.’ Our lives are mostly a view, a perspective, an attitude & choices, so grateful to be here for all of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1669063984517-ZI5AEHYMVIAYD46UEVHB/316522356_10217788599745798_594061985535741266_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Great Blue Heron 24"x30" oil What a beautiful creature. One joined us at the pond, along with the Sandhill Cranes & and a Snowy Egret, this past summer, but this GBH was on the Fox River, near our home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1702210284490-AAG7ZOYAP0LR3GNIFNO0/318111485_10217845990860540_1914022228298214639_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Cliffs at Highland Light’ 30”x30” oil One one the oldest lighthouses on Cape Cod, in the country, is situated on this property, initially commissioned by George Washington, 1797, the original structure has been rebuilt and moved back 500 hundred feet from the 125 foot tall cliff it currently sits on . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1702210263632-FWUOCSF7MPPX11UVZXTW/319696673_729918171814776_8834431785862234921_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘MACK’s a 1st Snow’ 24”x24” oil see website blog Art, Nature & Soul #70 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1674223411659-GT1F89XTOA5WK9GPQMSV/cs.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Contemplation & the Seer' 24"x 20" oil A man and his dog walk the Breakwater unto the Atlantic. It’s extremely windy day and they’re about 2/3 the way out, at low tide, so they stop and look upon Ptown & the Pilgrims Monument off in the distance and what a view it is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1674827360146-OBSHGHJV6Z5RAJB8Z2FJ/326474493_1379500169483946_8289310897035339282_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Breakfast's Ready' 24"x20" oil A boy, his dog & pup awake for another day as superhero’s, but breakfast first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1676328513656-EMVJLIKPH4NRYZX3YAYS/328712424_936209164230778_1905618642648353907_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘The Paramount Theater’ 20”x24” oil Most recently we saw a fantastic production of “Sound of Music” there, but we’ve also seen Grease, Tim Conway & Olivia Newton-John there, to mention a few. A great suburban venue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1677232955958-QHZ2HWN6VW6G8MZCBKAR/331965812_924842088868558_8739642541137537381_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Beacon’ 30”x30” oil One of our favorite haunts out east. Center of Ptown, stands this symbol, a sentry, a tower, a monument, a beacon of liberty & equality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1677505247965-NDA1O557OHIMBAIVLZ6G/333166463_6647969268549785_3476313034416232067_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘The Walk’ 30”x24” oil We were driving through quaint village of Wayne, Il. last Sunday on our way back from the Art Institute when off to the south I spied 2 riders and a walker in the field, off in the distance. I quickly grabbed my cell and I got a couple photo references. Here’s my painterly impression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1678746197241-ZZ6FTTOFKA3716GENQFY/wr.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Within Reach' 24"x24" oil When we were in St. Augustine Florida in 2020, I painted these 3 , kicking back on the beach, people-watching. Well, watchers are also watched on a beach. I took lots of references for future paintings while we were there, as I always do. I recently shuffled through and found this one and gave it a go, in paint, on canvas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1679920226567-BZCGEW5QRQGX5V7YOIL4/337562917_778292707245534_6182241503403141941_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Salt Shed, Chicago 24"x18" oil A new indoor music venue that we had to check out. Iggy Pop at The Salt Shed, March 10, 2023…absolutely phenomenal… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1680344905779-RLYN6IZUN9ACEZAFNQRV/339138831_6815078938520604_106169967683094281_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Bean, Chicago 24"x18" oil We were on our way home after seeing 'The Life & Deaths of Alan Turing' at the Harris Theater. A clear blue sky, I captured the photo of Millennium Park as we drove past. I felt it a really goof photo and thought I'd paint it, although I feel the subject really lends itself to a more illustrative approach or maybe the photo was enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1681649769216-324DLKS34J8Q36GPGKIY/341352486_1696263207496145_3375344806461160172_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Summer Beach Party 36"x24" oil Marconi Beach on Cape Cod was the inspiration for this piece and yet it can be almost any beach , so lay down in the sand & make yours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1685186626491-W1YUP492DN8ZH8XS5JSY/349660940_981001909737411_3325370605153079706_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD Little Rascal 24"x18' oil It’s not often I scrape off the paint. But this started as an elaborate interior scene that went all wrong. After scrapping it off I tried to turn it into an abstract on grey background. Still not happy with the results, I then ran across this photo reference, a FB friend had posted of a raccoon sitting in the bottom of a garbage dumpster. Knowing I had a great color for the background I sat out building & scraping together with palette knives a heavy impasto rendition of this little rascal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1686225281913-LP5NVWRAGCQKE25DXYXH/352519290_1984329115254979_8907455779902998210_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Welcome to Provincetown 30"x30" oil I captured a photo reference from a cliff that overlooks the road entering Ptown. I wanted to capture the faltering light & the glow of the color on its surroundings. Where all things are possible, my happy place and the lights incredible, taboot, even as it dims. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1688556279251-IP9BK2DQW4GI72R2X12F/349963684_3287580541532474_4958347602699527358_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Springtime Park Dweller’ 12”x24” oil A nearby park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1688556293037-QUXHLJSL8J9FVSDJ4MBX/357368808_10218864373119460_5153179573624738988_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Summer Blossoms’ 12”x24” oil The potted sunflowers on the table in my backyard provided thisinspiration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1688556301419-YQBIF5VPXT7Q7VMSBYOH/357128596_10218873170139380_8836566223568198030_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Light on an Overcast Day’ 12”x24” oil It's amazing the color that shows it self even on a grey day if you're looking.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1690547885782-CPUW2H98FP9FO77PJCDO/zz.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - A separate Peace 30"x40" oil on canvas Inspired from a FB friends photo. For more info on this piece refer to Art, Nature & Soul #77 on my blog page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1690889364131-I7927VBI8PJP5NXHZZC8/364678836_10219038837680965_2977687456149417486_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘River Light’ 24”x18” oil Along the Fox River , here in the far western suburbs, is a lighthouse that sits on the banks, as a bit of humor to warn any sea going ships that ‘lands ho’…there’s also a windmill off in the distance, as well as a Japanese garden within walking distance. In any case the view is wonderful and the occasional Great Blue Heron swoops down and glides across the water too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1691928780979-PXSQJOL5MWV22ZHRTID9/366685555_10219094727318171_4387590821448427940_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD ‘On the Fox’ 18”x24” oil There’s all sorts of parks and forest preserves around us, a dozen or so, that we walk and hang with the pups at. Here’s a little spot in Geneva along the river called, Bennett Park, we’re apt to picnic lunch it, here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1692443701064-XX83HPF9AXR62UG9ENT3/367999321_10219121980439482_7937436997691604440_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD ‘The Aragon’ 12”x24” oil One of the many venues in Chicago. On my top 5 list. The Aragon Ballroom or Brallroom as it’s been nicknames over the past few decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1692646696646-EEC4VRJ86P1465CZ7QFR/368242966_10219144002030008_4314033296112720450_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Eisenhower to Chicago’ 24”x20” oil We were headed downtown when I saw these billowy clouds hovering over the city. I said Don quick take a photo, but he didn’t, so I had to paint it while driving in….ha, ha, just kidding Growing up I lived in the burbs, about 16 miles out you could see the city on a clear day. That’s how flat Illinois is … lol https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1692794851755-XBM5C9UCR2WIMX2JOI4P/370434110_10219152982614517_8389750286967430013_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Calypso’ 24”x20” oil I’ve always wanted to learn to sail. Here’s what it might have looked like had I in my teens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1694694328735-7E8QM1RRAHWKO43UFR46/376245018_10219237914337757_3702611538530504277_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Good Morning America’ 24”x20” oil This time of year the light shifts & lowers as it , with ever changing color, sweeps across the tops of the forests & meadows in this sleepy little town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1696417967374-Y56M2K6C9ZHTAYD1DXYQ/hsmonb.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Sirens, Harpies & the Maiden of Nauset Beach 24"x24" oil On our way off the Cape, we've got in the habit of stopping off at Nauset Beach in the morning. About 7 years ago we happened upon an older woman, mid to late 70's I'd say, sitting on a massive rock at shoreline before the tide rolled in. I painted her as such. A triple nor'easter wipe out the cliff and it had to be modified and redesigned. A year or 2 later I saw her again there, only she was walking up the new path up to one of the over hang to the cliffs. I painted her then too. We haven't seen her there since covid. This year we again stopped, it was early morning with grey skies and a light drizzle. We stayed at the top of the cliffs that overlook the beach, tide was in and beach mostly covered in water, as a storm, hurricane watch was in effect. As I watched I looked over to the homes a top the taller cliffs. I imagined she stood a top the cliff looking out on this world, this day. Here's my vision shared & homage to that woman of Nauset Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1697987725957-A04678L196YKXOHMZ3WE/395222171_10219469107117432_9199612316645688284_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Schooner Out of Ptown’ 30”x24” oil We were headed out on whale watch when I spotted this scene developing, as a sailing craft headed out of the harbor, leaving Ptown in the horizon, featuring the Pilgrim Monument center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1699365448634-FAC3K22Q1MQF1B4URPYN/ootb.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘One of the Boys’ 24”x24” oil A FB friend was in the Caymans with his Bois and posted a photo at the beach. I took it translated it into my language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1699801981117-UR5D6IUPXJOARLPQ0641/400622196_10219538831860507_662405214206432389_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘An Early Frost’ 24”x20” oil The fall, when the angles of the light begins to change, creates a wonderful opportunity for capturing a wonderful color display, such was the case in this scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1701010734013-KKVSZA28IFAT9GUQ4MXD/chitown.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - CHITOWN 18"cx24" oil One of my most favorite venues in Chicago, the Chicago Theater. I recently met someone who used to determine the placement of cell towers. He took a photo from the roof top of the Chicago Theater. Here's my translation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1701948112857-5YG2KS3NNJ85VNXNTTEM/407231262_18237296578223697_2755983515835336046_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Midwest Sunset’ 18”x24” oil The seasonal changes in the flora and fauna at a place I frequent on a weekly basis. The light and color at this time of year just twinkle and glow with the angle of the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1702210445011-IY5HO01890BDE8NH6FY0/409015725_10219638021900196_5590031394326224101_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Christmas Carol at the Goodman’ 12”x24” oil 2023 was the year we went downtown to the Goodman Theater to see Charles Dickens, ‘A Christmas Carol’. I photo captured a scene modified it to my vision and translated it into a wonderland of paint & canvas image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1703120793646-UM3GTRNIEX41ZGZ8JHI2/412354980_10219682342728189_1945770018056087082_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘All Are Welcome, U.U. Geneva’ 24”x18” oil I discovered this sanctuary, about 30 years ago. At the time Lindsey Bates was the minister. She was featured in a documentary film called 'A Secret Love'. Here's the, OUR MISSION STATEMENT The Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva is a diverse, welcoming community which endeavors to make its Covenant a living reality. We provide religious education and opportunities for spiritual growth. We encourage individual and mutual responsibility as together we work to be a liberal religious voice in the community and a force for compassionate social justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1704198276774-TQ36FLWW479WT5LQ9R3S/414823500_10219705267901304_1563760874845052761_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Long Point Light 10"x10" oil There’s several lighthouses on Cape Cod, Here’s one you can reach on a nice hike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1704203700405-IKXLD9UYH053CN79AWTO/414880340_10219719005164727_3173117507352823291_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘A Frosty Morn’ 24”x18” oil This is the park, near my home, I walk daily. Even on the greyest, foggiest & frostiest days, the colors are there, if you really look and seek the light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1704644768223-UGS2Y2KLJIIP4SF7EDW4/415014551_10219736620925110_5953627827302710979_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Cliffs at Nauset Beach 10"x10" oil An area off Cape Cod we frequent, usually on our way back. I’ve done several paintings off the area, as it has some unique qualities I adore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1705243281522-SBKZUES1J8I8OK5EK9DC/419746076_10219771174028916_1787956040691511145_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Winter Glow’ 12”x24” oil This is the area the pups and I walked out to this morning, so I could get a photo reference to paint. I softened the glow of the light to create a vibrating halo effect. It’s winter miles west of Chicago, here in the midwest January, . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1705843090815-E3TPUMOU48HF0YAK09VG/421458601_10219792022950126_3569125615378822762_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Sublimation in Blue’ 24” x18” oil An FB friend posted a photo of the water evaporating off Lake Michigan in Chicago, over the past few days of - degrees. It was an awesome photo of the water, snow, ice & clouds that I decided to translate in to paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1706443031948-MRX5BCPX1V5KHJBKFIJS/423004389_10219818029800281_3777243329650851230_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Golden Hour’ 24”x12” oil This is near the entrance of the park I walk daily. In the morning the suns behinds us, but in the evening we can watch the sun go down. Sun up and sun down, it’s a day in the life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1706962831034-CQPLP7CM79O6LN8DOAE4/425425916_10219841284341630_5744749451026716865_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Winter Thaw’ 20”x24” oil I love to search out & find the color, even on the grayest of days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1707657712250-90U16QZZZCYW5TV7YKB0/426722832_10219878954803368_5634042532816385752_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Nocturne: 875 North Michigan Avenue’ 30”x30” mixed media on canvas I was in downtown Chicago, about a month and a half ago, one evening. This is what I saw and how I see. It was breathing, alive & happening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1708776153533-Q0W7FUXV0HTTG7L249LH/426512828_18245946718223697_4233739727877456992_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - A Dog's Life 24"x24" mised media I took this quick pic of a friends/ clients / collectors pup and decided to give it the Sperry treatment, so fun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1708776180101-JAD9INT58T3XHZX1ZC52/429591238_10219953578628917_1743522966791680108_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD Chicago Shakespeare Theater 12”x24” oil It felt as though we had just witnessed an emerging new form of art expression here last weekend when we saw Sufjan Stevens “Illinoise” performed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1709203330555-X142ZTAXP7PTZHKM04ME/429981495_10219972769948688_3375824719406248132_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Red Roof’ 20”x24” oil With yesterdays 74 degree high in February, I felt inspired to paint a midwest summer. Whatever will come out of me now,with 50 degree drop in temperature in less than 12 hours?Stay tuned 2-28-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1711362685097-QM7ANYMIZNV95P7OVAVV/434050375_10220049395384276_493681144072428990_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘As Above As Below’ 30”x30” oil St. Augustine Beach, Florida 2024 during spring break. The tides high so the beach is covered in beach goers and land, water, sky and the people all become one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1711362720175-KM4XHWS4SKWVMASWCAVM/432991223_18249984151223697_4420947036190235090_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Back to the Beach’ 24”x20” oil It’s St. Augustine Beach, Fl. and we ran out to the beach to watch the sunrise on a grey day just before we haeded back to Illinois. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1712666885293-JHZWR8TQWSSSTLDDBP2R/432882865_18251524510223697_7567372046343969703_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Boys on the Rocks 1’ 40”x30” oil We found this oasis at Fort Zachary Taylor, at the corner where the fort and picnic beach areas merge. My first thought was Henry Tuke Scott, I have to paint this. Working title, "Boys on the Rocks, Make Mine a Double" haha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1715080767298-P3T6KJT1YLSL0FXW2EUI/440937770_10220217723992386_722258646149424174_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘River Mist’ 24”x36” oil This is one of the many many parks we hop around to with the pups. It's Bennet Park, Geneva Il. looking north down the Fox River. This past winter 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1716206984553-WEEGU4IXPGS3CCXFJHKD/436097605_10220254104141867_1351473763387472200_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Irises & Yellow Cress” 30”x30” mixed media Sometimes you need go no further than your front yard. Such is the case here, painting and waiting for the irises to be in full blossom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1716751165894-F9YJKFJGOLRJ7MRQTRLK/444167237_10220290686896413_9110109195437395445_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Salt Shed Presents The Decemberist’s’ 12”x24” oil It was out 5th time seeing the Decemberists live, another live streaming & our 3rd time at the Salt Shed since it opened in 2023. Live music is an awesome thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1718622443187-D4KLNMMEV3B9QTWXSBG5/448458122_10220374526752357_5093637437574989142_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Aragon After Midnight 12"x24" oil We had been at the Aragon Ballroom twice in June 2024 in about 4 day timeframe. Once to See Jacob Collier, then to see Orville Pech, both fantastic high enbergy concerts. Here's my homage to those expreoiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1718972289759-P21UGP5IBDR5MG3LHOP4/448535972_10220381977378618_3642802002252370186_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘River Bend Park’ 20”x24” oil The Illinois prairie wildflowers are blooming like crazy lush this year, here at the park We walk daily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1720789089437-NZLV0MW9TOOIDY9ZQJXR/449788720_10220473793033952_3598319921060612316_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Serenity’ 30”x 30” oil A meditation on peace, love & light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1721515796363-19HPEHNJPR5LPCBNYXBZ/451867744_10220547554597945_5871086284097764609_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Moonage Daydream 24"X20" OIL I had wanted to paint a nocturne and the field across the street provided ample inspiration for this piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1721676879016-GYI64U18HU5D7URFT6N2/frv.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Fox River View 12"x24" oil A friend took a photo of a Bald Eagle perched overlooking the Fox River, so I decided top translate it into paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1722168438242-VO10Q16DJ1R5LZGGVH22/452957311_10220587369593295_9021386864045554897_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Art Institute Chicago, 24"x36" mixed media One of my most favorite places in Chicago. I am inspired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1722897018531-S97DAF7YW80YFCYOEON0/go+fish.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Endownment~Go Fish 20"x20" oil My eldest neieces 3 children provided ample inspiration for this blissful summer day and those childhood memories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1723632658806-NNWSMO7VJHPA3IUBL39Z/454529857_10220680774808367_2497614589932472758_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Back To The Beach, 20"x20" oil I love watching the sunrise & set upon the waters horizon line. The vastness of the plain and the amazong colors are uniqur everytime, beyond the immense serenity of the moment, it also provides me with a hush as I ponder the awe & wonder of being. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1723810301788-71LXUEOIPAY03MFEY2FB/mmlg.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Millie, Mather & the London Guarantee 24"x36" mixed media check out my blog Art, Nature & Soul #90 for the backgroud story on this piece/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1724075225286-57N5DZ2GVG1KMHTD8F3Q/456135144_10220763265830591_5716490064348354958_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Chicago Harbor Light’ 20”x20” oil We had went on a boat tour of Chicago, when I got this photo capture. One I had decided to translate into paint. On Lake Michigan both a beautiful & treacherous body of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1724496529074-C44JWR7M0ARNMBA3AEFJ/456588227_10220787760442941_1986296813473718297_n+%281%29.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Thy Neighbor’ 9”x12” oil Watch for an upcoming post & blog for the backstory on this piece, Art, Nature & sSoul #91 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1724672949679-BVI4X3J6ELE54O9EQH4U/457137776_10220811263630506_6790832321324527845_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD Southbound Michigan Ave. 20"x20" oil I had painted a northbound in front of the Art Institute Chicago in June. The lion bronzes had been cleaned up over the last year or so and it seemed they were posing for me, so a southbound on Michigan Ave. was needed as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1725293062731-BL6RBNHYHC6GW49JQDVS/457622808_18267873571223697_8534716569200588418_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Hancock 30"x30" mixed media The John Hancock Building with the ferris wheel in the foreground on Navy Pier as observed from a boat on Lake Michigan provided ample inspiration for this piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1725370044309-QEOGI9Y3R116M4XDKLFL/458160785_10220883497356304_6741506033649610139_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Canteen 20”x20” oil A great little place with a view, to stop for a lobster roll, some fried pickles and a beer, even on a grey day, out in Ptown & thats MacMillan Warf in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1726833642322-LGQJYLJV538BDR2U6XVX/459407572_10220954327287008_2575172317139695640_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Pecos Ruin 20”x20” oil A bit of Spanish & Peublo history ourtside of Santa Fe. One day I set up and painted it. There were "Danger Rattlesnake" signs thoughout. I suspect they were more to keep people from removing the structure, but you do never know, do you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1726833654829-ZOICY5ZRMBKK8XH94DF3/459310092_10220962798698788_3301644725151378247_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Nambe’ Waterfall’ 20”x20” oil One of the natural areas we visited while in Santa Fe NM. It was a more rugged climb then anticipated and I had decided on going full contemporary impressionist with the translation into paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1727175642187-412IUF1Z3MXUP3I2RB7O/461179696_10221054102501326_4609718468508780705_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Cliffs at Nambe’ 30”x30” oil This is one of several places we hiked while in the Santa Fe New Mexico area 2024. I had painted the Nambe Falls while there and this piece in the home studio. Whether or not I'm plein air painting I strive for a more direct approach with a sense of urgency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1729080681323-37TGQC6ECS6TARSL7HNZ/462840611_18272563132223697_1697316457547808061_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Pond 20"x20" oil The pond behind my home provides a lot of inspiration. I sometimes wish that it faced the pond and that I had a balcony that overlooked it. Then I’d paint it more regularly in a Monet succession of seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1727779733282-RTDW68G4YDB5O0FAJMII/461525622_10221106737577170_5914366567408062710_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD ‘Nevermore’ 30”x30” oil Between a conversation with a birder in Santa Fe NM regarding the honored Raven, a trip down Canyon Road through the art galleries, the approach of October & the harvest, & my long love of the Raven or Crow spurred my inspirarion to create this fusion of thought and ideas, allowing the abstraction of filtering light. The title is of course a reference to Poe and his poem, The Raven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1731331719237-8RAUBEA50ML8AK31QWV8/466411210_18275972521223697_3977542131999687717_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Light & Color When Darkness Falls’ 20”x20” oil I was out doing my morning walk with the pups, trying to decide on what t o paint. I had just been to the Copernicus Center to see a concert, took some photos. Post election I looked around at this gloomy grey rainy day and thought, Paint it. so I did. Then thought, “I always like walking in the rain. so nobody can see me crying.” Charlie Chaplan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1731849056065-JOIYAAZM5513SNHIUTIY/466988909_18276445948223697_7230725657309734946_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD Mediations on Hope’ 30”x30” oil About a decade ago, I was out on one of my first Cape Cod adventures. Early one morning we were packing up and getting ready to head back home. We walked out to the beach to say our good byes to the ocean and it was covered in a dense fog. I got my camera and took about 20 photos. When I got home I began a series of paintings entitled meditations. I painted about a dozen pieces, had several exhibits around the Chicago area in which many were included. Most have sold over the years. This morning I ran across the photos I took and was inspired once again. The vibe is a bit different than the first ones and I hope you enjoy this one’s too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1732112005414-HNZ3QVOXHCYPSD4I24D9/467720223_10221888217713685_6140868771946470731_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Reaching for the Sky 12"x24" oil An overcast day as we near the forest preserve on a mid fall day provided the inspiration for this piece. A flicker of color & light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1732462782390-Z3I29HQ6CSHUP9BPVF3O/467912787_10221896284795357_1629882243146321423_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Fall Paths’ 12”x24” oil Pratt Wayne Woods in Wayne Il. one of our spring /fall haunts, makes for an inspirational place to paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1734305029701-T9WGDT68GQKG55Y2K4M7/469721336_18279478672223697_8437434785676154089_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Big Sur 24"x24" oil One of my nieces was at Big Sur and one of the photos inspired me to translate it into paint and emotion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1734305265433-FDD1S9HJ4KERBW88MWKW/470220645_10221991491975477_6028293809679566647_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - SOLD Arcada Theater 12"x24" oil It’s a live music venue we go to at least once a year, sometimes more. Most recently it was a blast from the past to see Tommy James & The Shondells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1734305548659-CVZSQTTCWA11CSTEWRX5/468670700_10221928701365751_5175658310317995385_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Last Colors 12”x24” oil The park I walk with the pups everyday, provides an wealth of inspiration all year round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1734789561598-QOV9YTHVEQAH2H1LH6H7/470885612_10222014217143592_5718448250475797984_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Windmills in My Mind’ 24”x24” oil A recent visit to Mt. Emblem Cemetery inspired this piece. This was considered the most beautiful cemetery in Illinois when I was growing up. It has a wonderful English Tudor building & Windmill that surrounded be wonderfully sculpted hedges overlooks the pond that once had a mated pair of swans in it overseeing the beautifully landscaped grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1734974175745-02AGIEF68BVG7WSE7476/471169558_10222021980737677_1063451410799663985_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Snowbirds’ 12”x24” oil Here’s the Sandhills Cranes in the winter pond behind my home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1735398200070-QNZ4NVIUMG73BJT5873O/f24.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Freedom 24"x24" oil 5 pelican fly above the Atlantic ocean and nothing seems freeing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1736257153886-NQ671V5N7CNPFWNRDI2O/472771774_10222087473094945_6277487866096501065_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Morrissey-SOLD OUT-The Genesee Theater , 24”x24” oil After several try’s we finally saw Morrissey perform t the Genesee Theater. He was as expected, awesome. Here’s my take on the theater and marquee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1736682078546-XWSAU8LXLSZXHNMGY322/472785388_10222096714805982_2618378067547640003_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Green River, Downtown Chicago’ 24”x24” oil Over the summer 2024 I had taken a Chicago River architectural tour and took lots of photo captures for references for potential paintings. On this day I couldn’t decide between representational or abstract when a got ready to paint. I had a palette in mind and here’s what happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1739285692466-8TPW5RPPL0PVTFZIY8JZ/poa.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Pan of Arcadia' 30"x30" oil Inspired by current events, a personal happening, followed by a great read “sacred Disobedience” by Sharon L. Coogan and a call of the wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1740930180726-BIG0WCT38RKM6BQRUJ1P/481075040_10222409329741160_4375463456551109564_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Last Snow’ 24”x30” oil The park I walk daily with the pups provides year round inspiration. The overcast and morning breakthrough light with its shades of blue really did it for me on this occasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1741622356340-NO61JQNWWHYGEADCCOO9/482244397_10222481009013097_8960621306373236480_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Chicago’ 30”x30” oil A favorite view of mine, from Lake Michigan To Chicago skyline, flanked by the Sears (Willis) Tower and John Hancock, with so many of the newer buildings and skyscrapers as seen the summer of 2024, with the Vista Tower front and center, formerly known as St. Regis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1742897761713-7M6PGDPPM7OALGPMR9TS/486388742_10222612798907762_2362294020107555645_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘The Nederlander’ 12”x24” oil We were over at the Goodman Theater to see the play “Betrayal” and do dinner at Petteroni’s when I the Marquee and captured a photo to work from. It was The Oriental Theater, then The Ford Theater of the Performing Arts, as of 2019, it’s The Nederlander…I’ve seen many great plays there, America Idiot was a favorite, it was an updated variation of Hair, but brought to you by Green Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1743592153042-5L61D51PBOSWK6J7NBGV/487068903_10222682797137674_2037350032654811510_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘The Goodman Theater & Petteroni’s’ 12”x24” oil We had went downtown Chicago to see “Betrayal” at the Goodman Theater, with Helen Hunt, Robert Shaun Leonard & Ian Barford. We stopped afterward at Petteroni’s for dinner. The Salmon dish, brussel sprouts and cannoli were fantastic. I captured several photos to put the memory on canvas in paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1744982513260-D90V1X754BAO6I9NND2Y/489928872_10222853988737357_2348824204534021250_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Picasso 12"x24" oil Growing up, this Picasso was synonymous with Chicago, the symbol before the Bean. We had been in Chicago to see Betrayal at the Goodman Theater and couldn’t get a good angle. Several weeks later we were downtown for Twyla Tharp 60 celebration in dance at the Harris Theater and as just before we drove down to the parking garage I captured a photo I could work from in my Plein Air from photograph immediacy approach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1746104926085-T7GR5ZSCGEGBRB9A57AT/487777988_10222719043563812_7457595100349927215_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Overcast’ 12”x24” oil A grey foggy morning. A meditative walk on the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1746363745029-Z6SY2E3UXDU8QG1ZFX9O/495056386_10222996909310282_1814550422488869547_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Spring’ 18”x24” oil Growing up my fathers parents front yard was filled with Tulips. I remember walking among them as a young boy. Here in Geneva there's a resident who draws quite a bit of traffic to see their field of Tulips, as well. Here's my impression and a bit of history too. Yes, during the Dutch Golden Age, in the 17th century, tulips were highly sought-after and considered rare and valuable, especially certain varieties. This led to a phenomenon known as "Tulip Mania," where prices for rare tulip bulbs, particularly those with striped or speckled patterns (called "broken tulips"), soared to astronomical levels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1747824022921-YL1Q7A7WRYQKQA5DJLXX/htsj.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'High Tides Snack Jack' 30"x30" oil Here's a spot we frequent when we visit Florida, St. Augustine or en route to Key West. Just a bit further down the road from the Flagler Beach Pier and the Whale Watch Motel, both retro & quaint, that we've also stayed at. The absolute best Coconut Shrimp & Scallops, plus a dog friendly stop on the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1748258625473-V3F5TJB87D2IAAO5T3MW/499781878_10223199549336156_1020368680018248851_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Saint Clement Church, Chicago 18”x24” oil We had just parked and started walking toward Wrightwood 659 for an art exhibition we were attending. When I looked up, saw this and knew I had to paint it. It was overcast so the dome on Saint Clement Church stood out and the juxtaposition the Chicago city buildings provided a great vanishing point, while the more subtle colors called out to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1750018422331-ZQ1OE0VZZ5XWNPBRJAUQ/508014369_10223453558206219_1158221573056012621_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘54’ Chevy Pick-up’ 24”x18” oil When I was about 4 years old, I helped my 2 year old sister up unto the floor of the passenger side of my dads Chevy pickup truck and decided to make our great escape, unfortunately rather than backing up out of the drive way, I drove it through the garage door, immediately halting our hasty departure. This vehicle is about 1/2 mile down the road from us, parked in the front yard and has spot lights on it in the evening hours. I’ve thought about painting it many times over the years. Recently I figured out that while the color isn’t the same, it’s a 54’ Chevy pick up truck, likely the year and model I drove through the garage door, lol. Being Father’s Day , I decided today was the day to paint it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1751831223752-2GSW3W667V1W055GY11K/516699508_18301176169223697_2001987845586468811_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Daybreak Leaving Ptown 30"x30" oil his little area is just off Bradford, before it merges with Commercial as we're leaving town. More often than not we pull over and get a photo capture of the sunrising, then stop at a little store that makes homemade breakfast sandwiches, head for Nausett Beach, eat it and walk the pups on the beach, before heading off the Cape and heading home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1753273568431-0H2TFPIZ290FYQGOHJEP/522796446_10223825313899879_8495668634342908310_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - The Wind 12"x24" oil Simplify, simplify, simplify...sometimes says all that needs to be said to capture the feeling, the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1753273577963-Z1KJ24NMHT9NDOLLIS8W/522368118_10223836677823970_5402808907935945936_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Sentry 12"x24" oil I grew up near route 83 and 290. Back then I could get to the gates of downtown Chicago in 15 minutes. Entering on Congress, now Ida b Wells 2 bronze sculptures flanked the entry serving as guardians or sentry’s. Just past them is Grant Park and Buckingham fountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1753964823055-MXK7YB9S2488A95U101L/tp.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘The Paramount’ 12”x24” oil A local theater venue with the highest production values. Recently saw a production of Sound of Music, another favorite was GREASE. But my absolute greatest thrills we’re seeing Tim Conway there years before he passed on and my beloved Olivia Newton John, about 15 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1753964832641-QSC2AWJ6OFY3O91PAOT7/bh.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Belmont Harbor, Chicago 20"x20" oil We had spent PRIDE weekend in downtown Chicago at the Hawthorne Terrace. Belmont Harbor was a short city block away. A great place to spend the early morning hours with the pups. Bikers, joggers & walkers were everywhere along the shoreline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1754649514972-NJLE1ZK5D2ADPT6I3HM6/515474142_10223986432047732_1741789084961104883_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Day at the Museum’ 20”x20” oil Inspired by a recent visit to the Art Institute of Chicago. Immediately after viewing the Caillebotte exhibit, walking out I thought I should do more figurative works. I walked into one of the flanking American artist wings and took 2 photos of these 5 persons in the space. Knowing I was going to do a contemporary rendering with it. I figured out how to change it up, as a statement piece. So I changed the artwork on the walls too. The piece to the far right, graffiti that simply says, 'This Is Art', the middle piece is a painting of a banana and duct tape and the far left I switched the direction of the person in the painting either, wearing a face mask or making her expression, one of being appalled, as If to say “oh my”, the choice is yours! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1755439837552-DLGR7UEVI0KU73Q5IV3T/g.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Gabriel’s’ 12”x24” oil We stay here, the Dorian Gray’ toward the back, in a studio apartment, with a loft, that overlooks the Pilgrims Monument Park, when we’re in Ptown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1755439867394-L41NACPEURD47GSORXK7/cwt.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Chicago Water Tower’ 12”x24” oil We were at the MCA exhibit ‘City in the Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago’ , when I got a photo capture for this translation. The Chicago Water Tower is a contributing property and landmark in the Old Chicago Water Tower District in Chicago, Illinois, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1] Built to enclose the tall machinery of a powerful water pump in 1869, it became particularly well known when it survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, although adjacent buildings burned to the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1756738069983-LDGEFTBT081ZBJHO1CIE/541173542_10224252355215645_3772667544179343600_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Prelude’ 20”x20” oil We’re heading out east soon, to do some painting & for a bit of r&r. 1st stop Cape Cod, a week in Ptown, then on to Mystic CT for a couple days, finishing up a 3 day stay In Philly PA & seeing YUNGBLUD at the Fillmore before heading home. So when an artist/fb friend posted a photo of North Truro on the Cape, I knew I had to paint it as a prelude to our trip, fall/2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1758889073035-9CX09Z91N00IEXN0EJTS/547296346_18307881133223697_7461820084162816568_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Dorian Gray Nocturne’ 20”x20” oil Blog Art, Nature & Soul #105 for details ~ https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/9/22/art-nature-amp-soul-105?fbclid=IwY2xjawNDY_lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE4Y0gyM25mUDRXU05YUGtRAR4XEJJ41_sEW_q60bM21aR2MJle4sR3X4ptGTuQLX5LToKy9ODaZb0xQ1q6Ig_aem_42OENrV-EM7bC6ZzGomByg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1758889084945-GXWRIYKRA7AXSUJC45PA/551736416_10224456981051163_5685947460478821976_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Mainmast 20"x20" oil Looking up through the mainmast of the oldest whaler Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Seaport Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1759188578752-GOY096ISSKU8DPJUBMP3/557736797_18309976003223697_5740085652924309179_n+%281%29.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Seasons in the Sun 20"x20" oil I have painted numerous views of this spot, at Herring Cove on the Cape, more times than any others. Most seasons, from April to October. We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1760102294677-UXQ9P3QXIATBVDKOSO3B/shchubas.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Schubas 12"x24" oil I was a fan of Material Issue a power pop trio from the 90s when they hit the scene, here in Chicago. Early on Jim Ellis, the frontman & founder took his own life. Ted & Mike still get together with Phil doing the lead, to pay homage to Jim and what might have been. Such was this occasion and so I painted the marquee as my artwork is my autobiography of life happenings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1760367135278-D1AIX16HVC9PZKCNYTLB/561294748_10224685263958093_872204808019482223_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Evening Sky’ 36”x18” oil In 2014, the very first time we went to Ptown on the Cape, 12 times ago, Herring Cove was the first place we went too, a rainbow appeared at the entrance and we knew we were home. Over the many times we’ve visited it still captures my imagination. The ever changing scape and the seasonal skies, make it a place I’ve painted more than any other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1760960519601-YN496TM13G1I70I3KS61/565925318_18312674242223697_7597141876418567004_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘The Docks, Mystic Seaport #1’ 24”x24” We spent several days in Mystic CT , one wandering the Mystic Seaport Museum. I have several dockside pieces in mind, here’s one, for now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1762263310516-MH238HKYKAF921HNLFA6/573816940_18314994127223697_2297613286811540280_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Rocky Horror 50th"x" oil We had attended the the anniversary at the Chicago Theater to see a live screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show with actors Barry Bostwick, Nell Campbell & Patricia Quinn. It seemed only appropriate to commemorate it in oil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1763214358358-A7J2A4ELMIUS1EOE5V0R/582067623_10225025801751325_4769527448519392066_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - A Day at the Beach 36"x18" oil Another piece depicting Herring Cove, on Cape Cod, this time a small group of people emerge, ever so slightly, as part of the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1763638492071-582A2P6JL20IA6BH4C5Y/586321296_10225068032327063_3541954811107887112_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘The Docks, Mystic Seaport #2’ 24”x24” Like stepping back in time, Mystic Seaport Museum, is a wealth of history. The docks and ships carry your imagination away. Mystic Seaport Museum features a diverse collection of ships, including large historic vessels like the whaleship Charles W. Morgan, the schooner L.A. Dunton, and the training ship Joseph Conrad. The collection also includes smaller traditional small craft, such as catboats, dories, and canoes, as well as operational vessels like the steamboat Sabino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1764504228176-ZPWL7A1PBNGYGWXXL5YB/589822916_10225145922714274_128454957521157165_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘MacMillan Wharf Dusk’ 36”x18” mixed media On Cape Cod, the very end is Ptown that has become a regular haunt for us. This is the view from the back patio at Bubala’s by the Bay. The patio shown is where Leah DeLaria’s THE CLUB, used to be and just beyond it is Aqua Bar, all regular stop for us. The wharf in it’s self if a happening place, art shacks & where the Dophin Fleet launches from. When we first started going there 13 years ago, 2025, The Wydah Museum was at the very end of it. Its since moved further down the cape, closer to the elbow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1766410071626-SOXR8N0N8P8ANIU31HM9/ta25.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Arcada Winter Show’ 12”x24” oil One of the very first concerts I saw here at the Arcada Theater, St. Charles, Il, one winter about 15 years ago, was 'America'. A childhood fav of mine, Sister Golden Hair...Horse With No Name...etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1766410161178-OJ7L45AD0RIH60NEVHR9/602976151_10225408330834313_1847305231495563812_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Morning Light, Ptown’ 24”x24” oil We stay at the Gabriel, which has a park for the Pilgrims Monument. Every morning we walk the pups by walking a horseshoe, up a steep road, to the monument then back down the other side. Usually we begin our walk near sunrise, so by the time we get here the sun is saturating the rooftops as we descend. Here's one view of what I see. We stay at the Gabriel, at Provincetown Inn, Dorian Grey, which has a park for the Pilgrims Monument. Every morning we walk the pups by walking a horseshoe, up a steep road, to the monument then back down the other side. Usually we begin our walk near sunrise, so by the time we get here the sun is saturating the rooftops as we descend. Here's one view of what I see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1766410279767-ORTBLTSXAIADGUBH241J/ctd.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Chicago, Theater District 12"x24" oil We were headed to the Chicago Theater for the 50th RHPS when I saw and captured this scene, The Neaderlander with the Cadilac Theater off in the distance on the right. Chicago’s the hip & happening kind of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1769781260262-5Q4R0KA5B5YKUW943MP5/623978450_18325482052223697_3852646458863636547_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - Peaceful Easy feeling, 60"x40' oil This is a reboot from the Mediation Series I did 2015-2016 Being generally energetic and colorful in my work I sometimes feel compelled to do more subtle calming pieces. Serenity, Peace, Love & Light, were 2 of the 3 working titles before completion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1770816729347-1TLC1FGU8RQ0JIKYE42U/es.jpeg Gallery 1~Transitions - 'Endless Summer' 30"x30" oil Memories of my teenage & early 20s provided the inspiration for this piece and it speaks for it self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1771502124919-7BDU53BS7VM0IKFVLA73/7flags.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘7 Flags of Chicago Pride’ 18”x24” oil Apparently I forgot to post this when I completed it May 2025. When I titled it I realized I only painted 6 flags and had to go back in to put the 7th, ha. oops. So here it is better late than never. We were near Center at Halsted, during Pride parade. We had donated some funds over several years to the establishing of it, the Center at Halsted. a couple decades ago when it was still Horizons Community Services. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1772795899990-2W381AL27GLSN3YF857Q/645902448_18330071257223697_7479919434415785519_n.jpg Gallery 1~Transitions - ‘Shelter’ 14”x18” oil The park by my home and it’s near surroundings, make for great inspiration, all year round. https://www.sperryfineart.com/humannature daily 0.75 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502108997125-GCK5PUMJIVZI74QE1OHS/PA039624.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD 'The Conversation', 70"x40" mixed media on canvas 'The Conversation' is a mixed media extravaganza. With each medium, a new layer is used in the message thats being communicated. But what is the story being told? It's different for each person, to be sure. Mediums used~(acrylic, oil, oil pastel, charcoal, 18k gold leaf & ebony pencil on 20oz, cotton duck canvas) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502108997125-GCK5PUMJIVZI74QE1OHS/PA039624.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD 'The Conversation', 70"x40" mixed media on canvas 'The Conversation' is a mixed media extravaganza. With each medium, a new layer is used in the message thats being communicated. But what is the story being told? It's different for each person, to be sure. Mediums used~(acrylic, oil, oil pastel, charcoal, 18k gold leaf & ebony pencil on 20oz, cotton duck canvas) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502109078262-XU5B0NYU0NFD4MQHRPSL/P4269288.JPG Gallery 2~Translations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502240290702-2A4KXX717S8CP55I09W7/P8070496.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD 'Mapping Tomorrow', 30"x30" mixed media on canvas Where do our thoughts travel? Do we free associate our thoughts and knowledge or possibly is there a design more fractal with bits of chaos throw in for good measure. Tomorrow is here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502240298179-3F9U9IK4NLAMFGD9GU42/P8070499.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - 'Touch of Night', 30"x15" mixed media on canvas Like the night sky, looking out on the universe and all of creation with complete awe and wonderment. We connect the stars or dots and ask, why am I here? What is this all about? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502281610053-NG80V8V6I4WZPCKVZMD5/P7049482.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD 'Primary Changes', 30"x30" oil on canvas The basics, yellow, blue and red, patterns within patterns are echoed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1502281662349-JIJ5X31FSPSLX4HC59SW/P4179964.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD 'Minds Eye', 24"x24" oil on canvas How we see things, what we value, the enviornment we're raised in and their influences on our mind, body and soul, define our perceptions and perhaps our 'minds eye'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1520253423524-JTZVL0RIBXLTAB4OXAGG/Tmeless+Beauty-Sperry.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - 'Stardust Origins in the Constellation of Love', 40"x40" mixed media on canvas This subject and composition, are a dreamlike mixture of expressed human physical gesture, juxtaposed against a nightsky petroglyphs symbiotically, thus emerging from stardust. A Timeless Beauty~tats, piercings and guages, it's a communal, yeah tribal thing. Just puttting yourself out there, complete, with raw, spontaneous and natural honesty. Now thats sexy!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1523185205575-RAIXCG3YG80ROOOTDLNN/20180407_161530.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD 'Eye Of The Fire', 30"x30" mixed media on canvas Like the thin layers when peeling an onion, so are the layers of this mixed media abstract piece. While the mediums layered are acrylic, oil, oil pastel, charcoal, ebony pencil, 18K gold pen & leaf, so are the levels of meaning so layered. Seek to unravel the mystery within and find what you are seeking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1532259832968-L0GL4WXL4GFELNJ0XFMV/P7191969.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD 'Catharsis', 30"x30" mixed media on canvas These pieces generally take months to build to completion. Their fnished state and appeal hinges entirely on my final emotional state or mood. I begin with one medium, and emotion and each time I come to the canvas, a new medium, emotion and layer are added to the complexity of life that I’m trying to convey on canvas. Toward the completion of this particuliar piece my overall emotional state, did a 180 and so there you have it. But what do you see, is the real question. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1539529822631-SVMTR6HHPGBJQQXMYIKL/PA122279.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - 'Shadow Life', 15"x22" mixed media on board All things that exist in the shadow, exist in the light, or do they. Shed a bit of light on the subject and see if they don’t disappear or indeed, what remains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1546777619418-F9KBRHC9YSPTG9I08FWZ/P1032349-004.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - Algorithms, 36"x18" mixed media Life has its own set of ‘Algorithms’ , a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations . Nature is fractal with sparatic moments of chaos changing those algorithims. We are here sharing the human universality of it all, as expressed in this artwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1552395832002-IL3ELMVXIFPX5SRACK92/2-P3112561.JPG Gallery 2~Translations - 'ATM' 18"x36" mived media An edgy & provocative figurative abstract, 'ATM' 18"x36" framed (gold & warm black floater frame) Mixed Media (acrylic, oil, ebony pencil, oil pastel & 18K gold) Two figures in an intimate dance, but whats the meaning behind the dance? Only the two in it know and we can only observe & speculate from a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1564924144191-D42X8VAVXYGO1BUI6ZPQ/time1.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Persistence of Time, 2"x24" mixed media Everything or nothing at all, time is fleeting, crcuitous, a mobius strip flipped ubside down on itself , ever moving and still. It is present, tomorrow is our today, that is all. All the layers touch together in an instant and yet are seperate and individual. Time as we know it is a human construct to make a 3 minute egg and get you to work on time, nothing more. So than what is time if not persistant in its march? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1570530007991-O9HBHEGA2EME47SLJIXK/Gray%2C.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Gray, Shades of Narcissist, 30"x30" mixed media Gray~He was a hunter of sorts who loved everything beautiful. Narcissus was proud, in that he disdained those who loved him, wanting them to prove their devotion to his striking beauty. Narcissist is one who has a fixation with oneself and one's physical appearance or public perception. Once, during the summer, he was getting thirsty after hunting, and he was lured to a pool where he leaned upon the water and saw himself in the bloom of youth. Narcissus did not realize it was merely his own reflection and fell deeply in love with it, as if it were somebody else. Unable to leave the allure of his image, he eventually realized that his love could not be reciprocated and he melted away from the fire of passion burning inside him, eventually turning into a gold and white flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1570711236143-N6XAHVEU4M6K3L1V2LD4/color.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - 'True Colors' 30"x30" mixed media, acrylic, oil, oil pastel, ebony pencil and 18k gold leaf and paint. What if the whole of life were made up ,of the stuffs, that are stardust. What if the entirity of the universe was conciousness, a universal mind...What Is..Is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1583237208382-3BY6GXIHRTAFM1CUA6VA/narw.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - 'Plight of the North Atlantic Right Whale From Above' 24"x24" mixed media on panel I've been on about 10 whale watches, each a new adventure, on 2, I had occassion to see these majestic creatures in person, several years ago. I've taken to following their migration route from calving grounds around St. Augustine Florida to the feeding grounds in Cape Cod Massachusetts, over the past 8 years now. I have been lucky enough to attend seminars on, clean up/educational festivals for & even participated in a rescue of a mother & calf, one year. Critically endangered, with about 400 left along the eastern sea board, I wonder. with low birth rates & high incidents of death from ship strike, fishing gear entanglement, plastics pollutions & military sonar interference, just how long they will survive, if we don't take more immediate measures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1588509242645-7TQWBTDYD6ARNG2BN535/95944351_10213735454019688_3526112422815334400_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - 'Refraction' 24"x24" mixed media A phenomenon of light & color being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface between one medium and another or through a medium of varying density playing upon our imagination, thus emerges the coyote & raven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1590497387528-GJ85XUTYM5WDRD6P9HBH/99295069_10213875584802870_5104694903334502400_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Scribbles, Marks & Erasures, 36"x36" mixed media This piece has more scribbles, marks & erasures then most of my other artworks of this nature. They are very difficult to photograph and capture their true depth and scope. More so they are best appreciated in person as the layering of mediums draw us in with an hypnotic quality. The mediems used are oil, oil pastel, ebony pencil, charcoal , 18k gold paint marker & gold leaf. The 18k gold leaf has become my trademark, a signature of sorts, on most of these artworks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1592224629101-WEHSSYI9AX7YO26FQSA0/103216280_10213986220168685_6620975366294631701_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - A Rainbow Within 24"x24" mixed media on wood panel. An abstract with lines, oil paint, ebony pencil and 18k gold leaf. This piece speacks for itself, on many levels & it just is, my reality. A PRIDE 2020 vision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1595503124769-S6NZ9LKNVQP576XNEDS6/61090128_10211617015940060_5406064602351927296_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Thought & Memory 20"x12" oil on canvas In Norse mythology, Huginn and Muninn are a pair of ravens that fly all over the world, Midgard, and bring information to the god Odin. But what’s the message being communicated & did you receive it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1603018709033-H6885SDMXUQ8WX8XTQ5V/21768416_10208116294424210_2386758563598899930_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Red, White & Blue 24"x18" oil on canvas Your interpretation applys to current events in the history of the U.S.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1600949859221-S17U7K3GRIDYH1NTE192/120073042_10214556306180479_4583616210483450018_o.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ’Wild Abandon’ in 3 parts, each canvas is 36” square & mixed media as follows acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastel, ebony pencil, charcoal, 18k gold paint & leaf. Life and all it's complexities. Especially in my abstracts, layer by layer, pattern by pattern, expressing the idea of fractals, chaos, unity plus the thought that all life is connected, in these things, from the tiniest to the largest. Sometimes what looks like the sun setting is really the sun rising. For contiunuity, I used a cardiac rhythm, a heartbeat as the vehicle in which to carry through the 3 images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1607089512257-1UPXPJO1UC1ORH8HQXPB/Garden.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD Vonnegut's Garden 48"x24" mixed media on canvas I read 'Slapstick' it was my first Kurt Vonnegut read in 79’-80’ish. I was immediately hooked. If you haven't read it, it's a futuristic tale in which all the people of the world are assigned middle names, of flowers randomly. Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain, is the main character. Which ever flower you are connects you to all the other like flowers, as family, so you are never alone. I'm partial to sunflowers, so that makes me Richard Sunflower-1 Sperry. What’s your flower? Here’s where we all gather, mingle and dance, in the sun and a light breeze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1613484873452-NVB5ZV237OKS2JI79LMU/abs2021.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD Portal 30"x30" mixed media A doorway, gate, or other entrance and you’re on your way to places only your imagination can take you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1617407593814-2PPHN7UVXKW33MDRHCB1/166124280_10215437580451785_4134646446064997994_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Shattered Gold Edge’ 24”x24” mixed media Color my world, add a bit of white line, some black scribble & break the gold off so it trails off into our day dreams, then we can imagine the wonder of it all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1619471740491-0R6JQ5Q1BTCY697QT15B/174376507_10215552757491139_8249717639295347046_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘United’ 30”x30” mixed media ~Acrylic. oil, ebony pencil, 18k gold paint and leaf We kiss & embrace, creating a human mobius strip of love. Gender identity and sexual orientation united. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1621342977022-VSOD6FIAL13UIYYGKE3Q/bb2.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘B/W & Gray Scribbling’ 24”x24” mixed media Fusing abstract and representational ideas on a single canvas in mixed media here. The black, white & grey palette was chosen as an experiment that led to the sketched figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1621686750522-FQ719K8BZNAXMWMB8PP1/186530615_10215662542635699_3085687792024340792_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Love's, Lines, Circles, Angles & Rhymes 40”x40” mixed media on canvas Took a photo and broke it down into a more abstract form. I especially wanted to convey a sense of universality of the figures & space, creating a more transcendent reality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1622987011000-NZ9QIYXGUS72XWA5O64X/193339310_10215730553295923_4201728456644759803_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD ‘Thought for the Day’ 30”x30” mixed media Our thoughts connect in a more free associative way, as our senses ,vision, hearing, smell, & touch, triggering memory & thought as we create stories and our imagination takes away on a journey far far away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1625567730411-BKQ3IF1GSUY4P0Y24G5A/scribble+1.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Scribbles, Marks,Erasures & A Touch Of Gold 24"x24" mixed Media The meaning is in the layers, some lost, others found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1633001144586-OQKVD9YEIM6ENW4ZXKOO/239581950_10216054051183168_1788173391415299800_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - The Puzzle 30”x30” mixed media The mystery of life, it’s the ultimate puzzle. Here I’ve layered it up with a multitude of mediums, which ultimately begs the question…What’s it’s all about? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1634994278413-HVEJTPDV6C8HYYK8ZA2Y/lsd.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Light & Shadow Dancing, 18"x18" mixed media 18K gold represents the light, the charcoal scribble represents the darkness it’s chasing in a symbolic dance in a field of color it intensifies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1639663800414-N1EG2ZQVE5AD3FIT02WV/sd2.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Shadow Dancers 24"x24" mixed media One of my FB friends is a dancer. He posted a photo of him and I transformed it into a more contemporary statement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1641211887335-PAXPNRL5METRIH0REZKG/270687770_10216516517864546_7304119034953577772_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Blue Veil 18”x18” oil I used 6 different blues, a violet & magenta, for a more dynamic heating & cooling of the blues...then did some sgraffito, scratching a male dancer into the paint, hence the veil. A veil hides things for many reasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1644156682720-Y3J09FH18VF6TIVXX6EM/273502964_10216646637317451_355632542800042230_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Sacred Spaces, 30"x30" mixed media I used a photo reference of an undersea cavern to create this more abstract image using mixed media of acrylic, oil paints, oil pastel, ebony pencil & 18k gold leaf. Does it speak to you? What does it say? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1649016640546-UYQ900TKB7C942V4QJPH/277532560_10216843178510858_4423234492226971422_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD Monoliths, Mirrors & a Mobius Strip’ 36”x36” mixed media-acrylic paint, oil paint, oil pastel, ebony pencil, 18k gold paint & leaf. Like peeling an onion, so then are the thoughts in ones mind, as are the layers of meaning within this piece. Adding & subtracting, making marks & erasures made until finally the vision is complete for others to ponder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1650026009175-2HK9B3KQHERNKMKU1RZM/278300597_10216868263257961_5747128322044735496_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - 'The Longing' 30"x30" oil Two together, no words, only body language and the doors open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1650460993755-PRWHDQU6MUBNF34S8Y6B/ascension.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Ascension 16"x40" mixed media To rise above all expectations, all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1653483425858-6CBAKUD9DUSCIHI2UR2K/fr1.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Fractured Rainbow 36"x18" mixed media *As we head toward PRIDE month, 2022, I wanted to remind everyone from 18-118 years of age, to register to vote & vote, make your voices heard, you are the difference... the changes you want to see the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1656114867984-LYD0SYMO0UVMFFI0NR81/essence.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Essence 30"x30" mixed media Pride x Infinity Squared = Love, was the working title as I built this painting up, layer by layer, medium by medium. An aerial view, of us, the viewer, hovering over the two figures… 2 people as they float face to face embracing in water, contemplating leaning in to kiss. They are the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, that determines its character, hence the essence of being, their being complete in a sort of mobius strip configuration, of pure energy, infinite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1663974263028-9FXILJFGRYD7A4WOFCIM/307742657_10217419260552549_7526076837535485328_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘T.N. 2022’ 40”x20” oil /adding final details Is it representational or an abstract? Do you know the image that inspired this painting? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1664199741479-D4IRIWY0LMKIAC0L1YTG/308446305_10217432801131055_8266912175171305156_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Dysphoria 16"x40" mixed media In many of my abstract works, I begin with a representational concept and break it down into its essential forms, such is the case here as I began with a figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1673783347570-XMZIWXLJ7URNEM0P5BOB/325349992_534729625288599_456337178247172959_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘The Prettiest Star’ 30”x30” mixed media Design elements with a touch raw energy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1674649866055-Y0KLPEAZ3KOLZ3GRQ9UC/327421415_988928468735003_5947838751158588075_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Blue Monday’ 24”x24” oil Somewhere between graffiti & primitive art within the abstract milieu and a tonal vision with a pinch of color & mood is this pieces inspired revelation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1677233092087-IHQWAFUI8DV0I89D55RO/rg.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - 'Rainbow Goth' 24"x24" oil A FB friends photo had me think all things ,manga, goth, glam & glitter, so, let's paint that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1678369232389-QGT6SN665O3NJY4WHFQF/fd.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Four Directions 24"x24" mixed media Just completed~a little bit of this & a little bit of that....marks the transitions and layers on this piece....scribbling & scratching away in four directions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1680874265475-63CW2X0EMLRVQ1NLHUXJ/339768003_6151064881628392_6703240093292356792_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Imagine’ 30”x40” mixed-media We create our own realities, what we see, how we live, and who we are…without borders, makes it a more fluid connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1682513752984-97V4V29FI2L4B2QLYK8D/0.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD 'Parable' 30"x30" mixed media side notes ~ *It's overcast today, so I'll take a better photo later. **When I'm walking the pups and I see a robin, I start singing 'Rockin Robbin'. ***I had a mystical experience at the CSO concert over the weekend, during the Rachmaninov piano concerto #3. It was good. ****I'm listening to Elvis Double-Dynamite on the cd player today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1688472839645-6ML2WB4HWW0F6JIUDA0P/353842676_10218779416635601_1048280747962808792_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Boy-Blue’ 24”x12” oil An Fb friend posted a photo and it inspired me to translate it in to oil on canvas…here’s the result. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1690546578590-J3ERNUAIN7MUR9S9RZ3J/363939101_10219024044191137_4098491520178386881_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘THON, The-One or That-One’ 30”x30” mixed media At the PRIDE parade this past June in Chicago, amongst a million or so, give or take, persons, this divine creature stood out and I thought, yes, ‘that one’ and so I knew I had to translate into one of my more contemporary mixed media pieces…so I present to you, for your consideration… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1691928924082-Q37JRD2BXSEDZ4Z4003V/362923193_10219069419285486_3989948081788181870_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD ‘Splash’ 60”x40” oil A wave splashing down on the rocks broken down into a more contemporary abstract form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1691929070456-RMB39EDFQ2D272BSUWUJ/366317769_10219085821815539_516127597781702594_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘A Universe Within #1’ 36”x36” mixed-media “You are a universe inside a universe. Galaxies are born within you.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1691929092948-FNOOFV9IFJN1S38LZRTO/366632394_10219090782299548_5964215995730314956_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘A Universe Within #2’ 36”x36” mixed-media “Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.” — Rumi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1691929113678-GHP0MN4PRHSV1HNG6JJM/366740171_10219089339663483_2954048068877988889_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘A Universe Within #1’ 36”x36” mixed-media “Everything amazing about the universe is inside of you, and the two are inseparable.” — Carl Sagan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1693845207019-YTWI84QZEL83D2J5NJFM/370391798_10219203071266702_3962614162132035451_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Satellite of Love’ 30”x30” mixed media We are all satellites orbiting/wondering through the universe in search of love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1698231545439-JZNLY6NRK403EEP55EUQ/cc.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - 'Crossroads of Change' 24"x24" mixed media Where we’re at and where we’re going, as humans and a planet. In the immortal words of my Grandfather Clyde Virgil, “Anne, I’m at the corner of walk and don’t walk, which should I do?” This and an aerial view of a desert road washed out in a flood, provided ample inspiration for this piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1699802208578-QJ6RHNNWFN1PHEQV2RIF/396731831_10219509647530917_7495513896609713143_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘7 in 1 = Infinity’ 24”x24” mixed media Some of my favorite color combinations was the initial inspiration for this piece. Then 7 square/rectangle shapes in a larger one makes 8. 7 & 8 are numbers that factor significantly in my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1702822856730-TCT790SDL81VZMUNUGLC/411141053_10219671535818023_6847782719052262844_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Mystery of Love’ 24”x24” mixed media The reasons why, when and what for are many and variable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1705671961434-LREOBM2XR5LZR2I2B2UH/419742000_10219774017019989_2841106459049409605_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Secret Messages’ 30”x30” mixed media Above as Below, what we thinkk, we believe, is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1709381355595-TE853RKVSJIA5U7MC7AG/ppower.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - 'People Have the Power' 24"x36" mixed media Toward the very end of 2023 we saw Patti Smith at the Salt Shed, Chicago. Ever the consummate rebel & activist, her encore was PEOPLE HAVE the POWER and the crowd was feeling it. see blog #85 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1709726080570-3MBQ0P2020PXSINM9RW3/patchwork.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Patchwork 30"x30" mixed media Patchwork is a contemplation of the 4 corners with earth wind fire and water as its compass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1711538245000-KKDDI4I5C55MQDFIDGAG/433001530_10220066485931529_6340636259462387866_n+%281%29.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Tower, Tail & an Endless Blue Fog 36”x24” oil I've been out east on Cape Cod, upon the Atlantic, where visibility was dim from 50-100 feet in front of you unless you could get above it for a moment and when the fog was so dense all you could do is hear the whale songs. This piece was inspired & created from several photos of Humpbacks, the Pilgrims Monument & my general emotional state atm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1714568871711-P74NPBFHUZKGM0DFSYTX/440782595_10220200030990072_8410103550621407303_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Loving the Aliens 30"x30" mixed media Another starrry night themed about our place and the meaning of life, the universe & everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1715003635749-RYKWEUT3TWUCTVR7167V/438079496_18254169892223697_6678991943551753024_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - SOLD ‘Singularity’ 30”x30” mixed-media A centrifuge of color & light being drawn to the center of things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1715942416233-1QOC2COEH47QF4CBV6NO/443695550_10220245916457180_6217361115528995384_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Urban Landscape’ 30”x30” mixed media This piece has many a cultural symbolic layerings involved in its creation, subtly, but there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1718370965312-48SFBXSE8U32VTTMESL7/448142078_10220356765028325_3455044747323598408_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘5 Graces’ 57”x63” mixed media This was the first time I built & created one of my contemporary abstracts/ absrtact realism pieces in public. It’s usually a more solitary endeavor. It was an interesting challenge and exercise. I had several conversations about my process along the way, so here’s the inside story, blog Art, Nature & Soul #88 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1722688500881-5AWQWT3GXPUS755H1AWF/453731089_10220625141897579_2029617408445662899_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Assimilation 30"x30" mixed media Some titles I was considering, Return of the Pink Triangle, Silence+Death, Safe-Space and the like. The artworks I create, have specific meaning to the time in which I've created them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1722688525547-VR2QEHO0CSVR6ABCYSNH/450464382_18261799840223697_1203375193906710224_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Hidden Pleasures 30"x30" mixed media He covers his privates in his modesty, but his smile says, I am here. The figure is juxtaposed a puzzle like relief of abstraction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1731074372399-CY7JIF20LY7X157MZWTL/465784198_10221585373062758_5915914783810041525_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Rise Up’ 30”x30” mixed media I came home after voting and put the finishing details on this abstract. It’s a bit graffitiesque, as I’ve incorporated words in the background. Words & ideas I value…like respect, compassion, love, hope & humanity. There’s lots more words and symbols added in their too…I had hoped for a better outcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1736086509549-BCH8LNG6UCFK5C1XYACO/472322321_10222063959627123_4555940674828373882_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Urban Mosaic 40"x60" mixed media "I'm at the corner of walk and don't walk", in the immortal words of my grandfather Clyde Virgil Sperry. There's much layering of symbolism, mythology & meaning going in it that most wouldn't see at first glance, especially seeing it in a photo form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1737380838736-6AH26CU54T0UC3EIE0AU/474499279_10222143533856429_1578478115349611264_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Trial By Fire 30"x30" oil Both the fires in California and the current political environment spurred and inspired this piece. Both literal and abstracted in its interpretation and execution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1738159561880-DLSZX1RQAYL7TNJSTFXU/475440207_10222186951381840_8229241301559615482_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - “Erasures for the Red, white & Blue” 30”x30” mixed media If you look closely you can find these 13 words hidden within: compassion, sympathy, equality, empathy, freedom, love, hope, peace, faith, charity, justice, liberty, privacy & diversity. These are the values of the U.S.A. , but you’ll need to search hard because they’re disappearing quickly. Watch for an upcoming blog #96 on the inspiration and backstory for this piece~ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1740403666852-H7R737F28M7TG1MHQ889/480752212_10222337943956560_3827151387146165544_n+%281%29.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Peace, Love, Light, & Blue Skies’ 30”x30” mixed media Throughout this piece are the written words, love, equality, peace, liberty, justice, light, freedom and many others. You’ll have to look hard for them, as they’re fading fast. If our democracy falls I’m going to take a large block of charcoal, on a live reel, and scribble over it. It appears that some in this country are willing to forfeit, these things, not just others, but their own basic human rights to life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness, as well. Think on it, think on it hard. I do not need to make others wrong in order to live my truth & you can live your truth too, just https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1744801666363-MA1WQWQ889JBN9YKV35J/489960069_10222824767606847_5110149955659191097_n+%281%29.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Matrix’ 36”x36” mixed media Free choices become the matrix of human life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1746105055749-IZN0BZD991ODPSNBKT42/486698332_10222634449169005_61576177526079132_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - Tides 24"x12" oil By design, color, texture and movement or an aerial view of a beach…tides wash in and out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1746365895075-K28T9A86Y94A7VRNORH9/494754474_10223006647873740_2334766632535432577_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘ Finding Beauty Within the Chaos’ 36”x36” mixed media. The working title was…’peace, love & light in the WTF’, current events and all 2025. I had posted this piece a little over a week ago. I had been procrastinating on adding it on my website. This morning I added my final mark to it and I’m feeling much better now…lmao Now complete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1750853984381-OAOELLRVJ2FE4GQO8NBB/512683056_10223535635258094_6790628711519649562_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Opening & Closing’ 30”x30” oil Watch for an upcoming blog Art, Nature & Soul #102 for the backstory on this piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1751633980773-C57NFW0W4672HQ45HQMH/504433163_10223640758526110_6258085519383283316_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Attempted Erasures’ 30”x30” mixed media✌️ I posted this piece the previous month being unsure that it was complete. This morning I completed it. It was missing my unadulterated anger and frustration with 47, his cabinet, the so called Republican Party and maga. I renamed it "Attempted Erasures", but be assured that every targeted minority & every marginalized person, regardless of gender, color, religion, ethnicity, and sexuality, will continue on, together. We will power through and fight the imposed oppression, united. We will prevail over these dark days, back to the full spectrum of the rainbow and light. Make no mistake about that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1763214231316-WLEHJHKTIDLWJDNB4N8O/581496472_18317855638223697_3438826276071633468_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Odyssey’ 30”x30” mixed media A journey, an odyssey, how we get there is half the fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1763645872164-0ENMK56HB9FPOO3ZU1YD/571567560_10224812096488827_6436670990349867855_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Contemplation’ 30”x30” mixed-media con·tem·pla·tion /ˌkän(t)əmˈplāSHən/ noun the action of looking thoughtfully at something for a long time. "the road is too busy for leisurely contemplation of the scenery" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1765546699989-RXNYN0QFEMM5DBROWONK/hope.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - 'HOPE' 24"x24" mixed-media The myth of Pandora's Box, from Greek mythology, tells how Pandora, the first woman (created by the gods as punishment for humanity after Prometheus stole fire), was given a sealed jar (mistranslated as a box) with a warning not to open it, but her overwhelming curiosity led her to do so, releasing evils, diseases, and suffering into the world; **sickness (plagues), death, pain, war, poverty, hatred, envy, greed, wrath, however, hope remained trapped inside, only emerging after Pandora quickly shut the lid, signifying that hope endures despite hardship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1767620676445-ZVFIIUBK3G836UX6FXF8/610744261_18322784584223697_8429725497237888136_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Anticipation’ 24”x24” mixed media “We had the stars, you and I. And this is given once only.” ― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name The phrase "We had the stars, you and I. And this is given once only" is a famous, poignant quote by André Aciman (author of "Call Me by Your Name"), reflecting a unique, fleeting moment of profound connection, often interpreted as the magic of first love or a deep, unrepeatable experience, inspiring art and merchandise celebrating that singular beauty and bittersweet memory. Origin and Meaning: Author: The quote is from André Aciman, known for capturing intense emotions and nostalgia in his novels, especially Call Me by Your Name. Context: It speaks to a perfect, magical time shared between two people, a singular event that, once passed, can never be replicated in the same way, leaving only memories. Common Interpretations: Love & Connection: It's widely used to describe the overwhelming feeling of a perfect romance or deep bond. Nostalgia: It evokes a sense of bittersweet remembrance for a moment that was beautiful precisely because it was temporary. Universality: While tied to Call Me by Your Name, the sentiment resonates with anyone experiencing a profound, once-in-a-lifetime connection. Cultural Impact: The quote appears on numerous items like posters, journals, and art prints on sites like Redbubble, showing its popularity. It's shared frequently on social media as a powerful expression of love and loss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1772372884431-1S7MLKUYXKIYSPCGIYNG/sperry_pride+symposium+allegory.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - PRIDE SYMPOSIUM ALLEGORY 30"x30" mixed-media PRIDE SYMPOSIUM ALLEGORY: The origins of love.~ full inspiration, meaning & description can be found on my blog site, Art, Nature & Soul #111 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1773093240863-TATTT5LVKJOPFLH4BHI9/649340269_10226287510653259_1293269280258105604_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘The Gathering’ 30”x30” oil I was inspired, to do an abstraction painting, based on a photo by National Geographic’s photographer, Brian Skerry, photo of a gathering of Narwhals resting on the ocean surface in the Canadian High Arctic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1775134492084-61DG1IDW9FDYQFE6K4DW/659973894_10226681481342280_8299708652261793498_n.jpg Gallery 2~Translations - ‘Allegory of the Cave’ 60”x40” mixed media Plato's Allegory of the Cave, from his book The Republic, uses the story of prisoners chained in a cave to illustrate the effect of education on human perception, contrasting the world of shadows (illusion) with the world of true reality (Forms). Narrated by Socrates, it describes prisoners who mistake shadows on a wall for reality; a freed prisoner who escapes the cave to see the sun (the Form of the Good) and true objects; and the philosopher's difficult journey to enlightenment and the challenge of returning to enlighten others. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2026/2/21/art-nature-amp-soul-111 monthly 0.5 2026-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/fa529ddc-7236-4175-a06f-e1046a6c9917/psa26.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #111 - Make it stand out PRIDE SYMPOSIUM ALLEGORY 30”30” mixed-media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/32690f34-839a-40a3-9299-ab0b8abca72f/psa26.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #111 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/a96ba5b3-8aea-4281-8b03-1910d7a7eaed/Plato-quote-about-love-from-Symposium-1a9741.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #111 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2026/1/23/art-nature-amp-soul-10 monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/a94faf6d-2917-4285-a5d7-33143afd7a88/0.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #110 - Make it stand out ‘Birds Of Paradise #1 & #2, mixed-media/ SOLD private collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/a7103908-63ed-4660-8115-87ce38798f52/616269432_18323916862223697_3045564146625796583_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #110 - Make it stand out ‘As a Crow Flies’ 14”x18” oil/ SOLD private colection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/247eef7b-62fb-43b7-90d5-0e7d64542ca8/619125388_10225771180225321_7869495165214755225_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #110 - Make it stand out ‘Cliffs’ 14”x18” oil/ SOLD private collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/e7a26cdd-afe0-4b6a-83ee-7c63963562dd/624172626_10225857615906159_7600458944183912602_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #110 - Make it stand out Peaceful Easy Feeling 60”x40” oil available at Proud Fox Gallery & Frame Shop, Geneva Il. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/8be19cdb-cecb-4734-9603-55a188a875c5/638870147_10226059985845281_9088048950327828759_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #110 - Make it stand out ,Peaceful Shores 18"x14" oil https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2026/1/5/art-nature-amp-soul-109 monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/65c48f41-1e7d-434d-85f6-b788e2456761/602337138_10225400588920770_6136460857176584433_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #109 - Make it stand out Color Study #198, ‘Cabin’ 12”x12” oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/2bbb49f3-9045-41a8-a5da-1a8c711fac88/589132320_18319147549223697_3363334361916759194_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #109 - Make it stand out ‘Holly Leaves’ 6”x6” oil in private collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/a793812b-f2be-49cb-a4c3-feaf459970d7/18e5cbe2-061f-413e-a0dc-8b96a636ff8f.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #109 - Make it stand out ;American Crow Homage’ 31.5”x31.5” framed oil in private collection. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/12/10/art-nature-amp-soul-108 monthly 0.5 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/fbd6908b-d7f2-4e5f-9c79-d451de366e8e/whales25.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #108 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/10/31/art-nature-amp-soul-107 monthly 0.5 2025-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/de73e928-edac-498f-958a-556dbf7d84d0/season.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #107 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/573da037-7fec-4b66-a664-30ae3b8f02aa/uusg2.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #107 - Make it stand out ALL ARE WELCOME-UUSG https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/10/13/art-nature-amp-soul-106 monthly 0.5 2025-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/8febf9b2-085e-41ce-a78a-3b293deb8bc3/ships.jpg Blog - 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Art, Nature & Soul #104 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/58f519dd-1886-41fa-9864-6f8ce5a2e9ec/515508385_10223630137020579_6314463144778959060_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #104 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/7/16/art-nature-amp-soul-103 monthly 0.5 2025-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/c085b077-481d-4279-ba55-a133297d7e25/522298088_10223882192841817_1995073330703934339_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #103 - Make it stand out The artist as a young man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/ee957046-4ba8-41f8-a9d0-8094eed415ae/60years.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #103 - Make it stand out from left to right that define eras and were I created in a a decade chronologically in the first 10,20,30,40,50,60 and the now as we move toward 70. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/d6135931-6a61-4d79-ae8f-753e1226e98c/434314526_10220073904476988_8701127093202526853_n.jpg Blog - 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Art, Nature & Soul #101 - Make it stand out At the oil pastel stage of building, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/2c0bcb00-5005-42c8-ac00-159f2098582c/m25.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #101 - Make it stand out My process in 8 reveals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/5d28a2e1-aaa7-4e97-bbda-9eb1a2a92be2/251.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #101 - Make it stand out ‘Matrix’ 36”x36” mixed media https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/5/13/art-nature-amp-soul-100 monthly 0.5 2025-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1bd785da-b795-4436-bfe9-50d7c57c9062/chicagoex3.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #100 - Make it stand out 24 CHICAGO themed artworks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/ad4bf960-219d-42fe-ba7a-14a890a55e1c/ar25.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #100 - Make it stand out Fox River Arts Ramble https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/a0754960-234d-4d39-a315-84b69102e23a/482244397_10222481009013097_8960621306373236480_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #100 - Make it stand out Chicago Skyline tower to tower https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/4/14/art-nature-amp-soul-99 monthly 0.5 2025-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/83ba9af5-5226-4c39-a3dc-806224407c68/cs20251.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #99 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/3/12/art-nature-amp-soul-98 monthly 0.5 2025-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/15841b6c-664f-497e-9516-b8fa94e98f3b/481339557_10222357980737467_8621755291093764460_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #98 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/91a985d6-be95-4268-b149-6b26a5b88577/blog98.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #98 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/3a86b4f9-6f79-444e-a8ae-86ecc92f059c/umj.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #98 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/499a5b66-835e-40e6-ba2c-761bcccf7b16/472322321_10222063959627123_4555940674828373882_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #98 - Make it stand out URBAN MOSAIC 60”x40” mixed media https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/3/2/art-nature-amp-soul-97 monthly 0.5 2025-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/71a0b061-faf2-416e-95fa-23b3ed6c4e07/wed.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #97 - Make it stand out 4 weddings & a pup https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/2/1/art-nature-amp-soul-96 monthly 0.5 2025-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/ef65550c-2bbd-445e-bc33-7202ad6ba52b/475440207_10222186951381840_8229241301559615482_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #96 - Make it stand out Erasures for the Red, White & Blue 30x30” oil on canvas https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2025/1/14/art-nature-amp-soul-95 monthly 0.5 2025-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/2eb90f00-57e6-4c9d-b774-43cd1a46932c/319696673_729918171814776_8834431785862234921_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #95 - Make it stand out ‘MACK’s a 1st Snow’ 24”x24” oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/47a52da9-d2b3-4f07-b626-63d7b4dc7995/m3.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #95 - Make it stand out Me, Dad & Don Christmas 2022 https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/12/13/art-nature-amp-soul-94 monthly 0.5 2024-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/df46b586-6df0-4b9b-a38c-1c59ee5bbab1/470226421_10221980226813855_3491421790793307183_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #94 - Make it stand out ‘Millie’ 22”x28” oil on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/8199dc5a-94fe-4c0e-905c-0e46b473196c/ks1.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #94 - Make it stand out Sketch of the client and her beloved pup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/aa28403f-3a55-4a7d-b45a-d80848da7e32/471151864_10222008155872064_7703381626259249148_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #94 - Make it stand out awaiting it’s frame https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/11/16/art-nature-amp-soul-93 monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/42402f74-0237-4781-9185-878b38f0ee1c/mini24.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #93 - Make it stand out Mini Me’s 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/6c3bb8bf-0c0f-4163-bdc2-584f1a015114/434314526_10220073904476988_8701127093202526853_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #93 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/10/6/art-nature-amp-soul-92 monthly 0.5 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/eca61dc5-5e07-42fe-8c0b-a221c77ff592/Queer+af+ex-001.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #92 - Make it stand out A small selection of figurative artworks over the past 40 years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/0fbda535-3d6f-4a86-8112-497ed90fc112/11pride241.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #92 - Make it stand out The life we've created https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/570a9b8d-281b-40ba-9dcf-698ff8343ad3/fosmf.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #92 - Make it stand out Freedom of Speech, My Foot 36"x 48" oil on canvas (1989) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/d4935383-2c12-4a13-9772-feec79269450/186530615_10215662542635699_3085687792024340792_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #92 - Make it stand out . Love's, Lines, Circles, Angles & Rhymes 40”x40” mixed media on canvas (2021) https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/8/20/art-nature-amp-soul-91 monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/fc634b66-da74-47ab-b497-45eccfb7bc07/456588227_10220787760442941_1986296813473718297_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #91 - Make it stand out Thy Nieghbor 9"x12" oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/ec900d63-efbe-450d-891b-9d63480af0f1/f24.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #91 - Make it stand out History will record which you stood by. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/8/6/art-nature-amp-soul-90 monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/0da507ad-c90f-4b64-a22b-d9f2157d69e1/mmlg24.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #90 - Make it stand out Photo translation into mixed media painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/6e0e2a02-1a14-45f3-924e-226b14a06d24/P1013648.JPG Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #90 - Make it stand out photo capture from a boat on the Chicago River https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/7/14/art-nature-amp-soul monthly 0.5 2024-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/a0ca20a5-4cc2-4079-95b5-93437cc367a1/Equal+to+the+Proposition%2C+28x22%2C+Mixed+Media%2C+Richard+Sperry.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #89 - Make it stand out I painted this in 2013 just before marriage equality was passed as law https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/ad83d186-1a91-486c-a547-368d817e5066/122035859_10214665816038157_8376108593477146677_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #89 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/6/9/art-nature-amp-soul-88 monthly 0.5 2024-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/aa047fe5-797c-4d9c-bf75-339dbb21d7fe/ar.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #88 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/00aac604-3b6c-4be6-afe0-a21ab3bab2fa/arblog.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #88 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/5831b159-5363-4e19-9555-3c4a97f57f36/5g.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #88 - Make it stand out 5 Graces https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/5/1/art-nature-amp-soul-87 monthly 0.5 2024-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/0d043e40-4880-4eaa-b0ce-965e290dc201/meeeeee.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #87 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/f520f749-cb58-4109-8a46-4330045c00ac/60promo+email.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #87 - Make it stand out 60 pieces for your enjoyment & consideration https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/e1f93d59-57a1-438a-af6a-241d4044cf69/60promo.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #87 - Make it stand out some of my favorites to have created. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/ad827dc1-06ee-4407-818b-53609b6bd6ab/unnamed.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #87 - Make it stand out Enter to Win, in person, at the gallery, A 500$ Value Morning Light 14”x14” framed oil https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/3/27/art-nature-amp-soul-86 monthly 0.5 2024-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/9b2cb2e3-dd96-48d0-a10f-a0985efbd179/ans24.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #86 - Make it stand out Boys on the Rocks 40”x30” oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/0b7d702c-24d0-46b8-9996-8f27fac105a0/ans.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #86 - Make it stand out progressions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/c4c35d5c-8866-4b1f-abca-72f374d11da1/P1013630.JPG Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #86 - Make it stand out ono of my photo captures in Key West https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/2/24/art-nature-amp-soul-85 monthly 0.5 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/8b682c13-5c4b-4d20-a0c9-c8008e9761a2/potp.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #85 - Make it stand out PEOPLE Have the Power 24”x36” mixed media https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2024/2/9/art-nature-amp-soul-84 monthly 0.5 2024-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/5a9cea78-7314-42b6-9f87-627807d8c0fb/selfie.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #84 - Make it stand out Self Portrait, 11”x14” oil on line, in a ornate Gothic frame circa 1989ish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/fbc78102-7882-470c-ac58-5003c3ab368f/426514882_10159763952877283_1178463175298782274_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #84 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/30d94ad9-7b83-45c4-9509-a8347baac0d2/241131_1564518651983_7216248_o.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #84 - Make it stand out ‘Boy Blue Jeans’ 40”x30” oil (1988-89) https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/12/31/art-nature-amp-soul-83 monthly 0.5 2024-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/ea476adb-4c4e-4f1e-b602-5ac867127788/ltm.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #83 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/4508d02e-7902-45d1-a5af-ea09d1c01529/this.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #83 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/12/10/art-nature-amp-soul-82 monthly 0.5 2023-12-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/5c38782d-c86f-4e80-8c5e-f2190e541d1b/now23.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #82 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/07e5c92d-8515-4698-ae92-cbefdf67f571/186530615_10215662542635699_3085687792024340792_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #82 - Make it stand out Love's, Lines, Circles, Angles & Rhymes https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/11/12/art-nature-amp-soul-81 monthly 0.5 2023-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/4405a245-db1a-464c-b678-042fc3275284/rrs1.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #81 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/4d83c959-93c4-45eb-a66d-d5eed33adaff/rrs2.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #81 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/4a60986d-28b4-4a58-ac6c-72dd5af2ee01/rrs3.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #81 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/d4b2528a-c624-461d-9afe-616280260657/15170783_10206056554491999_1283693691391681531_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #81 - Make it stand out Rodney Sperry, my brother https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1e30318b-e285-475d-bdb7-b7d97740a976/rodney.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #81 - Make it stand out HEROES, just for one day. 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Art, Nature & Soul #80 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/9/14/art-nature-amp-soul-79 monthly 0.5 2023-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/6a70f28a-f486-4d1a-8229-607944044a5d/cs20231.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #79 - Make it stand out A selection of 10”x10” & 12”x12” from 2023 https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/8/13/art-nature-amp-soul-78 monthly 0.5 2023-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/85850f5d-08db-4578-a17f-1947aa3536da/zone.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #78 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/7/14/art-nature-amp-soul-77 monthly 0.5 2023-07-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/a6facd6b-c1f1-4040-ab3b-ec72fa6e5cf2/asp.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #77 - Make it stand out The Process~‘A Separate Peace’ 30”x40” oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/e46d5e88-11cd-4408-af4f-f9e8d99d04b9/zz.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #77 - Make it stand out A Separate Peace 30”x40” oil on canvas https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/6/17/art-nature-amp-soul-76 monthly 0.5 2023-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/a3a7cd48-9712-477a-957f-cc77e1876f89/male1.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #76 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/5/16/art-nature-amp-soul-75 monthly 0.5 2023-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/fe6dfe6a-c37f-4afd-b879-24eb289b8386/ascension23.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #75 - Make it stand out Ascension 40”x60” mixed media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/f4e4e2a9-0af5-4980-b2dc-624ebe146e5b/ascension0.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #75 - Make it stand out placement in home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/24c6fe2a-224f-4310-a8db-3bc8d2ff1fce/ascension1.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #75 - Make it stand out placement https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/4/13/art-nature-amp-soul-74 monthly 0.5 2025-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1bc8efd1-5835-4612-8156-938b43da76e1/download+%281%29.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #74 - Make it stand out Pot at the end of the Rainbow by Robert Owen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/0ba2a3c1-ace5-4867-a449-6a87b9414549/b794c36359704329833000c391ac8ff5.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #74 - Make it stand out Top of the World by Robert Owen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/477df8c9-f0c8-411c-902d-f0ebd484056a/s-l1600+%281%29.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #74 - Make it stand out Surf’s Up 24”x36” oil original https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/3/9/art-nature-amp-soul-73 monthly 0.5 2023-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/9c96fba1-557b-450d-948b-0ac05b81a246/331539268_797884341966778_2442804136911324522_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #73 - Make it stand out artist Vachagan Narazyan from the Disappearing Landscapes exhibition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/96bcd379-aff4-4a13-bae5-bfe4a45a4f24/vn.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #73 - Make it stand out Entertainment by artist Vachagan Narazyan https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/2/6/art-nature-amp-soul-71 monthly 0.5 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/392ddd4c-b2d4-455b-996f-f8bc10d0435e/329176774_1366399570801356_2436344511106156936_n+%281%29.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #72 - Make it stand out ‘Real American Hero’s’ 20”x24” oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/6443a0aa-d592-4a5e-b56f-b3441611c104/326474493_1379500169483946_8289310897035339282_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #72 - Make it stand out 'Breakfast's Ready' 24"x20" oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/6288c688-bc9d-4969-94d0-1e2233b506ac/h.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #72 - Make it stand out Detail https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2023/1/23/art-nature-amp-soul-71 monthly 0.5 2023-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/353f6e25-113d-408e-9452-2a001402dd1b/325349992_534729625288599_456337178247172959_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #71 - Make it stand out ‘The Prettiest Star’ 30”x30” mixed media abstract https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/7a9a987e-6b7c-48bb-b7c5-97b35a3db311/325422654_857727148813973_5809909642747934339_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #71 - Make it stand out New Day 30"x30" oil representational https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/12/3/art-nature-amp-soul-70 monthly 0.5 2022-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/0fd96abf-ce6a-4e63-906f-beabe5f4bc2a/319696673_729918171814776_8834431785862234921_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #70 - Make it stand out ‘Mack’s a 1st Snow’ 24”x24” oil https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/11/10/art-nature-amp-soul-69 monthly 0.5 2023-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/dd272731-5434-4c68-969b-0853ce56f793/314936936_10217732909553578_3987353595972791390_n+%281%29.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #69 - Make it stand out ‘Rainy Day Chicago’ 24”x30” oil https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/9/30/art-nature-amp-soul-68 monthly 0.5 2022-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/ec097722-63bc-4758-8af8-145140240dc5/tn.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #68 - Make it stand out ‘T.N. 2022’ 40”x20” oil https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/9/11/art-nature-amp-soul-67 monthly 0.5 2022-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/85cc0545-27c3-4316-b9da-77f07f92ae47/sd1.jpeg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #67 - Make it stand out Evening Glow 36”x24” oil on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/88c36c6c-6cc3-4be4-ba60-b782429f7ef5/sd0.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #67 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/f3d7bf06-b630-48dc-b5fd-fe4fc886169b/308838715_10217445267082696_6388001428118327688_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #67 - Make it stand out COMO, 30”x24” oil on canvas https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/8/22/art-nature-amp-soul-66 monthly 0.5 2022-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/5be178ad-facb-4717-b75f-b765f7ef01b8/beach22.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #66 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/7/20/art-nature-amp-soul-65 monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/015b4907-2d1d-434b-b1dc-2cb8916cc68f/w1.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #65 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/6/19/art-nature-amp-soul-64 monthly 0.5 2022-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/9d7bae48-2d41-4c36-9192-58b87b4a7c67/essence.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #64 - Make it stand out ‘ESSENCE” 30”x30” mixed media https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/4/30/art-nature-amp-soul-63 monthly 0.5 2022-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/a6233258-110d-44ff-8bc7-0fd3f21dabf3/99295069_10213875584802870_5104694903334502400_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #63 - Make it stand out ‘Scribbles, Marks & Erasures’ 36” square mixed media by Richard Sperry https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/4/11/art-nature-amp-soul-62 monthly 0.5 2022-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/5648fc37-ac96-4289-93f7-edf7b74d9d0a/277811588_10216878934884745_1590476877399129889_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #62 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/43573ed3-3bd0-469f-97c8-54a382de1f8b/sandpiper-flock-flying-ocean-land-france-bird-nature-beach-shoreline.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #62 - Shoreline, Seagull & Sand Pipers 24”x24” oil https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/3/19/art-nature-amp-soul-61 monthly 0.5 2022-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/98dbbbe6-893e-4135-a963-713d9ad94bca/275843505_10216779875888332_34291586918214285_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #61 Sold/Donation - Make it stand out 'Stand With Ukraine’ 16”x40” oil SOLD/Donation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/ba5abd2c-111a-45d1-b737-cc574876621e/275059969_10216729402786536_164771039566359067_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #61 Sold/Donation - Make it stand out Color Study #114 'Let the Sunshine’ 12”x12” oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/9806a93d-2760-45c9-aae2-a5126d200342/safe-image.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #61 Sold/Donation - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/2/22/art-nature-amp-soul-60 monthly 0.5 2022-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/8047ba95-c3d2-405e-a6eb-5d331ae7f7f6/blog601.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #60 - Make it stand out www.richardsperrygallery.com https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2022/1/7/vqvs5pyubamso24140kj3vb5xzncxu monthly 0.5 2022-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/270fcc07-2b54-4e3b-8593-c4cef7b4a05f/174245978_10215527975271599_5793238767464023479_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #59 - Make it stand out Caverns 24"x24" oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/b907e561-612b-4103-bc9a-bedf5e51db44/11-P1013394.JPG Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #59 - Make it stand out Me snorkeling for the first time, in Key West 2022.. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/12/10/art-nature-amp-soul-58 monthly 0.5 2021-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/7a21f264-979e-44c0-8923-d2b18a327dab/243042889_10216158116544737_2164558179170772180_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #58 - Make it stand out ‘Harvest Moon off Martha's Vineyard' 30"x30" oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/68038d1a-8f6e-4866-8e1f-53197a8181c0/242594676_10216140336260241_6010862911784881997_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #58 - Make it stand out Photo taken from the ferry leaving Marth’s Vineyard, Sunday September 19, 2021 https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/11/24/art-nature-amp-soul-57 monthly 0.5 2021-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/bf19e203-8dbb-4ba0-8df8-32333e02adc4/beacon.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #57 - Make it stand out Beacon 30”x30” oil https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/10/23/art-nature-amp-soul-56 monthly 0.5 2021-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/009c38f7-00b6-42f1-86b3-f90063fe83aa/241021752_10216074652258182_5310532099000732526_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #56 - Make it stand out Broke out my ebony pencil and did some scribbling. ‘Angelo’ 12”x12” pencil https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/9/26/art-nature-amp-soul-55 monthly 0.5 2021-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1632686860067-4JZVAEOZZNSW3W724HR2/242117418_10216119915149726_7022842127442494532_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #55 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1632686911746-82M5ZVPMCDN50YQ5G9ZA/242003623_10216111922589917_5312988715860275613_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #55 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/8/5/art-nature-amp-soul-543 monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1628171172801-BSCDMPURHYALKGSHNVRT/231577587_10215963437877892_5637649605393329907_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #54 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1628171195405-OMM2797IUGBBM6N70S6V/225823946_10215971166631106_3111084172792109951_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #54 - Make it stand out Image based on a photo from Secrets of the Whales Book by Brian Skerry https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/7/22/art-nature-amp-soul-53 monthly 0.5 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1627043096254-4VGEI9BF97UBLM5E0VW9/1-minime9.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #53 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/b6e97060-db8e-4a3e-b085-6c01b77f2f57/244775319_10216194036842722_6456544387189650597_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #53 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/6/19/art-nature-amp-soul-52 monthly 0.5 2025-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1624453953865-73B7Q56PIBXDMVXKN38Q/195930587_10215746674418941_5014089021981171457_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #52 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1625052337032-AC38KY2H05OLSGWWNAL4/1-P8162724.JPG Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #52 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/5/22/art-nature-amp-soul-51 monthly 0.5 2022-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1621687129456-P13I87HMRL6WRD1PFIEM/186530615_10215662542635699_3085687792024340792_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #51 - Make it stand out ’Love's, Lines, Circles, Angles & Rhymes 40”x40” mixed media on canvas. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/4/5/art-nature-amp-soul-50 monthly 0.5 2021-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1617627388827-1E7TP82WEKEUV1LKLTQT/fd8.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #50 Mark and Dorthea circa 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1617627411266-WDWLCH5DY0GXC2X2RDI6/46747933_10210583119973307_7796416895615238144_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #50 Michael & Naomi circa 1993ish https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/3/24/art-nature-amp-soul-49 monthly 0.5 2021-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1616629643952-MSMDM4IDD32BSXF7P054/1-collage21%60.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #49 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1616629691176-XVWWRTZ274DBNMTRIP8B/1-minime-001.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #49 https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/2/27/art-nature-amp-soul-48 monthly 0.5 2021-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1614515255327-IXP3TBF9KEQ8K4AY7OPV/44953679_1871988469521404_8478284816901472256_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #48 ‘PRIMARY COLORS 30”x30’ oil on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1614515210911-FR742J1ZFSF874OI447G/82614387_10212931495761234_1869462731233427456_o.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #48 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1614519086726-UL72TCHO7CFG78SL57TY/close+up.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #48 Paint this close up, of an area of the above photo and you have a new abstract painting. https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2021/1/17/art-nature-amp-soul-47 monthly 0.5 2021-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1618148335744-S7GSYXNWT24EKRSFLC4H/queer+1.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #47 ‘Portrait of the Artist in His 50s’ 40”x40” mixed media on canvas $57,000.00 available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1618149951160-L2YDWO6WATAZKWK2FVKI/queer+1.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #47 DETAIL~ https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2020/12/7/art-nature-amp-soul-46 monthly 0.5 2021-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1607366319354-ODH2IUA1QXESNEWKH1C2/vg1.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #46 preliminary underpainting, an abstract https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1607366373496-YN8QQIXYO2LWPJ8Y9GLV/vg0.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #46 Vonnegut’s Garden/completed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1607366419962-6SUKZWFSB7O0983VZAUU/vg2.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #46 Center detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1607366464412-08OD0Y50RZBLDJ604I5T/vg.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #46 framed in a traditional white, though a contemporary clean line black, works well too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1607523265377-8GM8A1OCJ2EOO55XCEBX/vg5.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #46 a more contemporary, clean line, black frame https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2020/11/18/art-nature-amp-soul-45 monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1605959277656-3O04MZC9FHEYUR5LPN5O/FRANCIS+2.jpeg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #45 Homage to Francis’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1605959309081-7NQE7OV0USSAWDWP1CC6/78210102_10212708088176184_3346435042967552000_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #45 Detail https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2020/10/24/art-nature-amp-soul-44 monthly 0.5 2021-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1603543742449-ZV85R6HWZIXQ69M8AITS/120073042_10214556306180479_4583616210483450018_o.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #44 WILD ABANDON, in 3 parts, each panel is a 36” square mixed media on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1603543827558-SBMESU5S5HXYNAYTA657/119709080_10214543765706975_4304438460671642125_n.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #44 Detail from 3rd panel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1609287769344-61KBMC3FRSUOCRDAKPQH/wa2020.jpg Blog - Art, Nature & Soul #44 Framed 112”x38” and available at Proud Fox Gallery & Frame Shop https://www.sperryfineart.com/blog/2020/9/9/art-nature-amp-soul-43 monthly 0.5 2021-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5987b810bf629a081ff201ff/1600086348103-FBZ3I8GO2U18VUIQWWEK/new20201.jpg Blog - 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