Mango on dominos

This is another in the ‘stacked’ series of works in which objects are stacked on unlikely objects. In this case they are wooden dominos. Dominos come in all sorts of materials including a kind of synthetic ivory. It was one of the games I remember playing with my grandfather. He was the first one to […]

Kiwi on cork

Kiwis have such a wonderful taste and such a great moist-looking interior. This is one of my “stacked fruit” series. Stacking objects in the composition gives some, like this one, an almost figurative quality. This kiwi sits atop a random cork I found in my studio. Oil on cradled wood panel, 4 x 4 inches. […]

Pear on brass candlestick

This is a painting I did a while ago and today I repainted it. It’s not significantly different but I deepened and grayed some colors and darkened the background and I like it much better now. It’s part of my “stacked fruit” series. I love painting pears because they have such wonderful skin tones. They’re […]