The "Archives" page includes paintings that are sold (designated by "private collection", or paintings that are particular favorites of mine that I keep in "artist's collection, and some are simply paintings that have not been shown to the right person at the right time (that is artistspeak for no buyer). There are a few sculptures as well as several that have "disappeared" one of which was stolen in New York City in the sixties and some are very early works, the whereabouts unknown.
 

Alison and Allan, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 24, 2003

My friend Alison Kent (who is also my cousin) commissioned me to produce this painting as a gift for her husband on the occasion of their marriage. She chose all the elements of the painting and sent me many of the items that are in this painting. It was one of those projects that one can really be absorbed in, and I loved doing this painting, even though I worried it was so small and would be difficult to include everything she wanted in it. One item she specified was a Labrador Retriever. I couldn't imagine how this was going to be accomplished, but only a week later I spotted this dog figurine in a gift shop in Tarpon Springs. Sometimes I find things like this on EBay.

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Carnations and Poodle, Oil on Canvas, 35 x 27, 1977

This painting was done in my studio in Stonington, Connecticut. I set up the still life and my toy poodle "Mousse" would lie down in that spot and I would shoo him away and five minutes later he would be back. He patiently posed in that position for may sessions of this painting and since he was so insistent that he wanted to be in the painting I gave up and painted him in. During this time I also was into making my own frames and this painting has one of my handmade frames.

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Black and White, Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24, 1983

I painted this to try out the light in a new studio in Mystic, Connecticut. It occurred to me that a very stark, black and white painting would show values more than a lot of color, so I set up a black Wedgwood tea pot and a white hobnail pitcher and went to work.

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Amaryllis and Mangoes,
Monotype on Honshu Paper,
32 x 45 (frame size), 1999

During the nineties I did many monotypes. I love doing them because it keeps me spontaneous and it is easy to throw out paintings that don't work since there is not the amount of time invested in a monotype.

$400

The Clown, Oil on Canvas, 28 x 18, 1951

I actually remember doing this painting in school when I was ten years old. I think it was inspired by the famous clown Emmet Kelley who singled me out of the audience at the circus and said some funny things to me, but I could only see how sad he was. My grandmother had it framed and shown all over the place, much to my embarrassment. However, because of both my grandmother and my mother, who had it over the mantelpiece of her summer cottage in Mystic Connecticut it has survived many moves and attempts to rid my life of all old work that I didn't like at the time.

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Dahlias, Oil on Canvas

If you ever see this painting please let me know. It was stolen from a gallery in New York City in 1965 (approximately). I hope whoever took it is enjoying it.  Click here to see a photograph of me just after completing it at the Madison Art Gallery in one of Brackman's summer classes during the early sixties.

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Eclipse of the Tides, Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24,
date unknown

I had a dream where I was supposed to know  some complicated oceanographic and meteorological science, none of which I understood. For some reason, which I have since forgotten, it was very important to paint the essence of this dream, and the result is this painting which has an equally strange title. The view is of Fisher's Island sound looking out to Latimer's Reef Light.

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Chesapeake Bay Hideaway,
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9 x 12, 1981

From 1979 to 1985 George and I went sailing. We moved aboard a 31 foot sloop and started cruising north and south from New England to Florida. The Chesapeake was one of our favorite spots to dally in, and this cove was a wonderful hiding place from all the traffic and activity on weekends around Annapolis. These two paintings are priced quite low due to the fact that they are pretty old and painted on canvas panels and not on my usual stretched canvas.

$65

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North Carolina Low Country,
Oil on Canvas Panel, 9 x 12, 1980

This is another painting I did during those years on our boat. It was very difficult to paint on a 31 foot sloop, but I managed to paint a few while we lived aboard. These two paintings were mounted on our locker doors and were nice additions to the hominess of our quarters.

$65

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Mr. Mallery's Legacy, Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24, 2003

This painting was done as a gift for David Mallery, on his eightieth birthday. It was a tribute to this brilliant teacher which my class at Germantown Friends School  was lucky enough to experience in 11th grade. We were the last formal class he taught, as he went on to a very distinguished career in education; teaching teachers to teach. The books were class reading  assignments  and various items in the painting were relics of those days from high school in 1958. The wall paper includes the names of everyone in the class!

Giclée prints are available (click here)

See my blog entry January 19, 2010

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The Bedroom, Plaster Low Relief, 31 x 23,
date unknown

I learned to do this type of sculpture, which I liked better than three dimensional work, at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, in a class taught by Laci deGerenday. I would love to do more of this type of work, but unfortunately I no longer have the space or the time for it. Plaster casting is very messy!

$1250

Pastel Nude, Pastel on Canson Mi-Tientes, 25 x 19,
 c. 1951-1963

This pastel shows the Brackman influence! I do not know when I did it but it was in one of his classes. I was so proud of my parents who decided to hang this pastel in their formal living room of their house in Philadelphia. It was very bold of them to do that! Its whereabouts are now unknown.

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Homage to Cézanne, Oil on Canvas, size unknown, 1975

The book is open to some pictures of Cézanne's works. This painting is also "gone". I am not sure what happened to it, and I also am not sure why I named it the way I did, except that Cézanne has always been one of my art heroes from whom I have learned a great deal about painting.

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In Memoriam, Oil on Canvas, 26 x 20, 1991

This was painted for a dear friend who's youngest son was born with Cerebral Palsy. He was one of those beings with an incredible spirit that went beyond his years and spending time with him, however short, was an unforgettable experience. I wanted to commemorate his essence in this painting, and his picture is in the photograph next to the vase of sunflowers.

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