Welcome to the Gallery Page. I've currently blocked in the rough drawing on three new plein air paintings from Hudson River Park. I hope to have them done and posted on the website before the weather turns cold. Maybe I'll end up a Fauvist by then.
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Above: Hudson River Late July, oil on canvas, 20" X 28", 2016
Below: Hudson River Early August, oil on cnavas, 14" X 26", 2016
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Hudson River Late August,
oil on canvas,
20" X 24"
2016
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Left, "Best Dressed - Black and White Warbler", 2013 watercolor and gouache on linen paper 10" X 14"
This was a concept development piece for ecologist and historian Dennis Burton's guide, Nature Walks of Central Park. See the chapter illustrations that made it into the book on the Book Plates / Covers page of this site, and go to the News and Events page to find where to purchase a print on demand copy or ebook version.
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Above: " Crowded House - South Brother Island Colony", oil on canvas, 30" X 32" 2015.
Below Left: " Music on the Wing - American Woodcock", watercolor and gouache on paper, 14' X 20", 2015.
Below Right: " Split Second: Blue Jay and Cooper's Hawk", watercolor and gouache on paper, 14" X 20", 2015.
These three works were created for, "Conserving Our City of Nature: the Artwork of Alan Messer" Presented by NYC Audubon. March 5 - April 23 2015, Central Park Arsenal Gallery.
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Above: "Morning Light at Yaquina Head", oil on canvas, 26" X 56", 2014. This is a recreation of a scene witnessed from a different angle under a overcast sky. When the eagle flew over head I was much closer to the base of the headland, at the position of the gulls on the beach. The sky evolved from field skethces and remembrances of mornings past as well as inspiration from Perry Wilson's Wapiti diorama in the American Museum of Natural History Hall of North American Mammals. Below shows a detailed section of the painting.
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Above: "April Squall, New York Harbor", oil on canvas, 28" X 54", 2013.
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Above: "Morning Fog, October Gulls", oil on canvas, 34" X 42" 2013.
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Above, Returning Home - Jamaica Bay Osprey, oil, 24" X 48", 2013
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View of Roosevelt Hospital, Oil on canvas, 34" X 54", 2012 This painting is a commission of the Hospital and image rights are the copyright of St. Luke's and Roosevelt Hospital Center New York NY.
See the evolution of the painting on the, In the Studio Page.
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West Side Red-Tail, 24" X 20" Oil on canvas 2012. Commissioned work.
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| St Luke's Hospital from Morningside Park, Oil on canvas, 38" X 43", 2011
This commission shows the old side of the hospital. Spring migration was happening during the collection of field notes for this painting and there was a black-throated green warbler above my head singing. He made it into the painting. And in reality several mature trees block the view of this side of the building. I didn't cut them down-just pruned them with paint. I can paint you in, and I can paint you out.
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"Wall Street Stop" oil on linen, 24" x 24', 2009. This work was completed for the, Eye on Wall Street, show at Federal Hall 26 Wall Street. The view is looking toward Broadway on Wall Street with William Street as the cross street. This painting is on consignment at the shop of the Museum of American Finance. To find their contact info please go the News/Events page of this site.
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Above: "Oche and Rose, the Bridge in April", oil on linen, 24" X 48", 2010. The crystalline structure of the Brooklyn Bridge stonework allows it to nearly mirror the surrounding light.
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Left. View of Brooklyn Bridge, Water and Dover streets Manhattan. Oil on canvas, 18" X 22".
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"Brooklyn Bridge from Frankfort Street", Oil on Linen, 22" X 18", 2013.
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Squall Over the East River, oil on linen, 28" x 22", 2009.
This painting was completed in fits and starts while toiling through deadlines. It evolved far from the field notes as I improvised in its atmosphere.
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Brooklyn Bridge Snow Squall, oil on linen, 20" X 28', 2008. This work is based on a watercolor sketch dashed off as the storm passed over the river.
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Sunrise Fog, Brooklyn Bridge. Oil on canvas, 20" X 26".
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Sunrise East River 20" X 24" oil on linen, 2011 This is out of rehab. See it in its flunk-out state in the In The Studio page.
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The falcon appears as a dot above the bridge. A pair nests nearby at 55 Water St. in lower Manhattan. The original drawing for this canvas was made in many segments, over many visits to the site. It was reduced and transferred to the linen surface for the subsequent field-studio-field work.
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| Peregrine Falcon Over the Brooklyn Bridge oil on linen 15.5" X 31" 2008 |
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Firethroats-Blackburnian Warblers, Oil on Linen, 18" X 13.5" This painting was based on a field sketch of this male singing from a low branch in front of this black cherry in Central Park. It took two years to develop the painting through subsequent field color notes and museum study-skin work.
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Wood Asters in the Loch, Central Park 18" X 24" Oil on canvas 2010
After finishing the Brooklyn Bridge painting, as a relaxation exercize, I brought this once mothballed oil wash sketch
back into the park to rework it. The original log, from the Ramble section, had rotted away into the soil. In the North Woods section I found plenty of pieces left from an October storm cleanup to re-model the original.
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Above: "Circle of Blue", oil on canvas, 32" X 40", 2014.
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Above: "First Summer", oil on canvas, 28" X 54", 1999
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A view of the Cariboo Valley in north central British Columbia. Oil on canvas, 2002. This painting was damaged in storage. I like the scene and will paint another version when I can dig out my field notes.
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Above, two paintings of , The Pool, at 103rd St in Central Park. The views exist side-by-side in nature. The painting on the left has been sanded down a bit and is being reworked. The painting on the right was aided by photo references but is idealized and not photo accurate. It is in a private collection. Both works are a lie.
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View from Marin Headlands, Oil on Canvas 25" X 20" !989 & 2010.
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Milarepa Lord of Nepal, oil on canvas, 1988. Milarepa was a Bodhisattva who legend tells us could take the form of a snow leopard. This image is from an old slide we found in a box in my folks garage. It including pieces from my teenage Picasso phase (yikes!). Some of this stuff is amusing, some embarrassing, and some I think worthwhile. To access the Archive page please click here.
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| To see new paintings in development and unhappy paintings sanded down for ressurection
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