Brown Dive 46x46 inches 1972
Cool Flight (From the Quad Flight Series) 40x40 inches 1972
Cruise (From the Quad Flight Series) 56x56 inches 1973
Green and Red Flight 46x46 inches 1972
Green Movement 46x46 inches 1972
Red and Cool Glide 46x46 inches 1972
Red, White and Blue Flight 46x46 inches 1972
Return Flight [Sold] 46x46 inches 1972
Yellow and Brown Flight 46x46 inches 1972
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Flight/Movement Series +
Concepted and designed purely with objects of flight in mind. Birds and airplanes, gliders and rockets. Anything engineered to fly. Completed paintings were sometimes clamped together to form multiples, and eventually evolved into larger square canvases that were known as the Quad Flight Series. This limited series of acrylic paintings vacillated between using traditional earth-colored palettes, and rich, electric-industrial color.
Graduated Blue and Orange 56x56 inches 1977
Graduated Blue and Red 56x56 inches 1977
Immoderation in Brown 56x56 inches 1977
Immoderation in Red and Blue 56x56 inches 1977
Immoderation in Red and Blue 56x56 inches 1977
Immoderation in Red 56x56 inches 1977
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Immoderation Series +
This group of paintings began in 1973. Based on the circle square format of the Flight Series, this group of paintings related somewhat to what could be described as “calligraphic modulation”. Brush strokes that were akin to the venerable calligraphic designers that the artist met and admired in South Korea and Japan.
Indulgencew in Cool Gray #3 40x60 inches 1974
Indulgence in Gray and Brown 46x46 inches 1974
Indulgence in Blue and Gray 46x46 inches 1974
Color Bands 38x57 inches 1974
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Indulgence Series +
A small sampling of a group of paintings based on hand-made noodle machines the artist first saw (and photographed) while living in South Korea. Most canvases were neutral in color, sometimes accented by a few bands of brighter hues. All were rendered in acrylic, with long periods of masking to achieve each crisp individual band. The overall effect was of precision, and several were purchased by technology companies like Sperry Rand/ Unisys Corp.
An American Artist of Diversity & Play
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