The nude has been a central subject of art since ancient times. My series of paintings and sculptures aims to celebrate the human experience with harmonic idealized forms and a tinge of eroticism. Fortunately, because my models were inherently attractive, I could focus on creating distinctive auras through color palettes of choice in the paintings and stylized contemporary sculpting approaches.
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 22" X 27"
Provocative, yes. Beyond the boldness of the bare masculine presence, this nude torso painting of a live model incites with divergent energies: the contrapose of a Renaissance statue, the dramatic light-against-dark chiaroscuro style, the feminine pinkish lavenders against the masculine grays. As such opposites create a symmetric whole, the piece provokes again – but beautifully so.
Exhibit Prize: Honorable Mention, “I’ll Be the Judge, “ Art Center Sarasota, FL, May-June 2015.
Painting Limited Edition Print - 20" X 24" | $2,800 $300 $250 |
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30" X 30"
Signature colors of ancient Egypt elevate the exotic queenliness of a contemporary beauty relaxing on a throne-like winged back chair. Her darker rich skin in a tawny palette (instead of lighter flesh tones) and carnelian-colored lips vibrate against the various complementary background blues, especially the lapis lazuli chair. Shadowing brush strokes in reddish orange and gold along her body reflect the dancing sunlight that completes her royal radiance. Painted during live model sessions.
Painting Limited Edition Print - 20" X 20" | $3,000 $300 $250 |
The interlacing of various colors and unusual forms creates shadows and brightness as well as the shapes and structures of the human body. Notice the unique ochre-blue-green shadow of the line behind the left arm: it is reflective light bouncing off the dark phthalo green pillow upon which the figure rests.
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 23" X 37"
Major transitions are hopeful and sorrowful. In this representative painting, the woman’s somber face and light-and-dark sides of her body capture the growing pains of stepping toward a bright future while also letting go of past burdens. The passionate reds and purples of the palette affirm the feeling of aliveness during life’s evolutions. Painted during live model sessions.
Painting Limited Edition Print - 24" X 36" | $2,700 $300 $350 |
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 30" X 13.75"
Madonna meets Venus in this rendition of a classic nude female pose originally sketched during a live model session. The rounded tummy hints of growing life. The figure also floats atop a blue comforter that undulates like the sea from which the love goddess rose. An energetic impasto technique awakens the serene subject matter with dimension and texture.
Painting | $1,800 $250 |
Medium: Acrylic Paint over Clay
Size: 6.5" X 8" X 6"
My love and appreciation of the human body's beauty -- first expressed in figure painting -- is expressed in another form through sculpture. The unusual twists of a very challenging pose exposed a rich range of muscular ripples of a male model. With only two, three-hour sessions to view the model, fingers must work fast to shape the clay. Hence, the uneven molding in a style reminiscent of Rodin. I am no Rodin, obviously. But Yoga Man still stands up strong.
Sculpture | $1,000 |
We should all be so lucky -- women and men! Muscle detail of shoulders, blades, back, spine, and posterior spotlights the body as a marvelous work of art .
Medium: Acrylic Paint over Clay
Size: 16.5" X 7" X 10.5"
This female nude abstraction capitalizes on negative space in the Henry Moore tradition. Hence, her name. While the model's pose naturally created the gaps between the right arm and leg and bent legs and floor, the hollow chest was a choice forced by the limited time to sculpt. As was the uneven molding. Both are testimonies to trusting the artistic process to cash in on accidental golden opportunities.
Sculpture | $1,200 |
