“To represent terrible and questionable things is, in itself, the sign of an instinct of power and magnificence in the artist; he doesn’t fear them. There is no such thing as pessimistic art. Art affirms”.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The figure is central to my expressive needs. Before I ever held a brush I pondered unanswerable questions: what is Man? What does it mean to be human? What are we here for? What am I here for? What is the nature of good and evil? Being human involves a complex interplay between kindness and cruelty, empathy and fear, inner light and dark impulses within each individual. How is our human experience defined by the opposing elements present in every aspect of life? Even within a molecule there are elements and components that have protective and destructive roles. “Behold the Man” continues to bring me bewilderment, wonder, terror, magnificence, and beauty.
Agnus Dei
24"x32", Oil on panel, 2007
"Oh Ravenous hunger in satiety" Nietzsche
24" x 16", Oil on panel, 2002
Eternal Recurrence
61"x48.5", Oil on panel, 2001. Private Collection. Oman
Joy, deeper than heart's agony
30"x48", Oil on panel, 2002
Companions
48"x48", Oil on panel, 1998
The Self
48"x48", Oil on panel, 2002
Pieta: You and I
48"x48", Oil on panel, 2002
Piety and Profligacy
30"x40.5", Oil on panel, 2001
Loneliness
48"x72", Oil on panel, 1997
Struggle and Becoming
25"x61", Oil on panel, 1999
Resurrections
49"x30", Oil on panel, 1999
Body and Soul
30"x48", Oil on panel, 2001
Dread and Desire
48"x24", Oil on panel, 1997. Private Collection. Boston, MA
Forever Salome
48"x24", Oil on panel, 1997. Private Collection. Düsseldorf, Germany
Alma Mater
32"x24", Oil on panel, 1997. Private Collection. Wilton, New Hampshire
Consolation
30"x20", Oil on panel, 1998. Private Collection. Boston, MA
Temptation
32"x24", Oil on panel, 1997. Private Collection. Boston, MA
Homage to Kollwitz
32"x24", Oil on panel, 1997. Private Collection. Boston, MA
Pieta
24"x32", Oil on panel, 1997
Loving and Perishing
20"x30", Oil on panel, 2000
The Gateway
48"x72", Oil on panel, 1998
These are my question, what are yours?
48"x30", Oil on panel, 2004
Heart and Reason
24"x24", Oil on panel, 2000. Private Collection. Belgium
Narcissus
25"x49", Oil on panel, 1998. Private Collection. New York, NY
We have killed him, you and I
24"x49", Oil on panel, 2001
The Ultimate Solitude
61"x32", Oil on panel, 2001
Thanatos and Eros
32"x24", Oil on panel, 1996. Private Collection. New York, NY
Tadzio
32"x24", Oil on panel, 1997
D'où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?
24"x32", Oil on panel, 1997
"Pieta" or "Buddha"
32"x24", Oil on panel, 2003
A Priori
60"x20", Oil on panel, 1999
Amor Fati
60"x20", Oil on panel, 1999
Forgive my sadness
32"x24", Oil on panel, 2004
Happy 40th
18"x12", Oil on panel, 2000
Every soul is a world of its own
30"x20", Oil on panel, 1998. Private Collection, Boston, MA
The Great Longing
30"x20", Oil on panel, 1998. Private Collection. Boston, MA
Le Petit Prince
32"x24", Oil on panel, 2004. Private Collection. Boston, MA
Self-Overcoming
24"x16", Oil on panel, 2003
Somewhere in this Holy Land
30" x 48", oil on panel, 2005
Beautiful and Sad
24" x 48", oil on panel, 2005
Will we ever learn?
24" x 48", oil on panel, 2011
Where are we going?
24" x 48", oil on panel, 2011
Yearning
24" x 48", oil on panel, 2021
Does my art make sense?
18" x 32", Oil on panel, 2000. Private Collection. Waltham, MA
Sebastian
32" x 12", Oil on panel, 2008
What is Man?
32"x24", Oil on panel, 2007
Waiting on Apollo and Dionysus
48"x36", Oil on panel, 2006
Sacred and Profane Love
24"x32", Oil on panel, 2006
The Plank and the Speck of Dust
32"x24", Oil on panel, 2006
The Eternal Idol
24"x32", Oil on panel, 2005
This is not Bacchus
24"x32", Oil on panel, 2005
And you, will you choose life?
24"x24", Oil on panel, 2005. Private collection. Boston, MA
Love and Fate
30"x30", Oil on panel, 2005. Private collection. Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Ultimate Solitude
48"x36", Oil on panel, 2005
Guilt and Forgiveness
30" x 48", Oil on panel, 2003
Compassion
11.5" x 13", Oil on panel, 2002. Private collection. Washington, DC
Sensuality
32" x 24", Oil on panel, 2002. Private collection. New York, NY
One Day You Shall Love Beyond Yourselves.
24" x 24", Oil on panel, 2002
Keep Holy Your Highest Hope
24" x 24", Oil on panel, 2002
Son of Man
24" x 24", Oil on panel, 2001. Private collection. Boston, MA
Alone
40" x 30", Oil on panel, 2001
Death, Art and Life
32" x 42", Oil on canvas, 2001
Goldmund
30"x20", Oil on panel, 1999. Private collection. New York, NY
Oh Solitude of All Givers!
25" x 49", Oil on panel, 1999
Where images stop, philosophy begins
48" x 96", Oil on panel, 1997
Who do you say I am?
18"x32", Oil on panel, 2005
Hypnagogia
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2019
Broken Justice
36"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2019
Deliberate Dereliction
36"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2019
The Least of These
24"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2020
Your bombs made us refugees
36"x 48", Oil on canvas, 2020
In your name, they threw the first stones
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2020
I am the Immigrant Copy
36”x48”, Oil on canvas, 2021-2023
I am a Man – A tribute to the struggles of African American
48"x30", Oil on canvas, 2018
Robbing the Poor to Enrich the Affluent Copy
36”x48”, Oil on canvas, 2021-2023
I Am Not an Oreo
48"x36", Oil on canvas, 2018
Love and Let Love – Be and Let Be
48"x30", Oil on canvas, 2020 -2022