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REACH BEYOND, the the first painting on the left of the top row below, is my logo and general theme and goal. Go ahead and click on it now to open it up for a much better look. And if you're interested, then just go on to more of the paintings. You can always come back and read this about me. But I seriously hope that the paintings present more of various facets of my perceptions of our world -- of the 'real me' than writing can -- and that perhaps they will touch some vital part of you, too.
I am a retired English Professor who began painting about 10 years ago. I studied representational drawing and painting techniques with Jean Eliott Jones at StudioJean in The Hague, The Netherlands for 7 years. It's a handy place to live for traveling to the major museums in the countries of western Europe, and I spent a lot of time informally studying both the old masters and contemporary artists. I became especially intrigued with portraying light and reflections on water; there is so much water in The Netherlands! Before moving back to the United States with my wife and our young son, I had four personal shows in The Hague, with encouraging reviews in the Nation's largest newspaper (granted, the country is not very large, though!). I also had works in business places: internet cafe's, banks, etc.
After 9/11 I felt an urge to move more toward non-representational paintings and have continued more and more in that direction. Most of the work I did with my teacher became portrait drawing and painting.
I have been doing a lot of painting without a teacher or group during the last two years in Virginia. I have not tried to get exhibits or gallery placements and have published paintings only on the internet at Webshots and Google's Picasa.
