"Karen", acrylic on canvas, 24x18, 2009

Every once in a while, I like to do some representational painting, and here’s my latest…

Happy New Year!

My painting, Passages (acrylic on panel, 24×24), is included in the group show “Point of View” at Gallery 125 in Trenton, NJ (125 South Warren Street).  The show runs from Friday, November 13, 2009, through February 6, 2010.  The opening reception is Friday, November 13, from 6-9pm.

Passages, acrylic on panel, 24x24, 2009

On Tuesday night I finished hanging the paintings for my half of the upcoming two-person featured show (with Marc Reed), Internal/External.  Whew!  The exhibition starts tomorrow, Friday, September 11, and runs through Sunday, October 4.  The opening reception is on Saturday, September 12, from 4-7pm, and I hope to see lots of you there!

Artists’ Gallery is located at 32 Coryell Street in Lambertville, NJ.  The gallery hours are normally Friday-Saturday-Sunday from 11am-6pm (or by appointment; if you’d like to see the show off-hours, send me a note).

Here are a couple of new paintings that are part of the show:

Reflection, 2009; acrylic on aluminum on panel, 12x12

Insight, 2009; acrylic on panel, 12x12

I recently finished this painting, entitled Multiple Drafts (acrylic on corner canvas, 24 x 12 inches).  The title refers to a theory of consciousness by Daniel Dennett.  Although it’s hard to tell in the online image, this piece consists of perhaps a dozen layers of marks each separated by a thin, glossy glaze layer.  Some of the areas that “pop” the most are in fact the most deeply buried physically in the paint layers.

Multiple Drafts, 2009; acrylic on corner canvas, 24x12 inches

This small 12×12 inch painting was up at Artists’ Gallery last month.

Tangled Reference, 2009; acrylic on panel, 12x12 inches

I’ve recently finished another painting, this one entitled The Reality Problem.  This painting will be included in my upcoming show at Artists’ Gallery (which runs from Sep 11-Oct 4).

The Reality Problem, 2009; acrylic on panel, 24x24 inches

I recently finished this painting, Nebulous (acrylic on panel, 24×24 inches), and hope to exhibit it at Artists’ Gallery in July.  It’s difficult to capture the look of this piece in the online image as the painting is comprised of approximately a dozen layers of paint with lightly tinted glazes providing physical separation and depth to the mark-making.  The surface is super glossy and almost mirror-like.  For this painting, I was interested in working on a dark background and keeping the color scheme minimal, with light turquoise marks playing against the layers of very lightly tinted red glaze (hard to see in the online image).

Nebulous, acrylic on panel, 24x24 inches, 2009

For the June show at Artists’ Gallery, I’ll be exhibiting five small paintings, including this new one entitled Conscious Conscience:

Conscious Conscience, acrylic on panel, 12x12 inches, 2009

I’ve painted this image using a slightly different process than in most of my other paintings, though the difference will be hard to see in a reproduction.  This piece contains many layers of glazing to produce the color gradations (as opposed to palette-mixed colors), providing both a physical as well as optical depth to the painting.

Also on display is another recent work, Any Which Way, as well as Perceptual Present, Sines of the Time, and Yin/Yang.

The show runs from this Friday, June 5, through Sunday, July 5, and gallery hours (as usual) are Friday-Sunday from 11am-6pm (or by appointment).  The opening reception for this show, which features Alan Klawans and Michael Schweigart in the front room, will be on Saturday, June 6, from 2-7pm (CORRECTED TIMES).  Artists’ Gallery is located at 32 Coryell Street, Lambertville, NJ.

I recently finished a new painting entitled, Any Which Way.

Any Which Way, acrylic on panel, 24x24 inches, 2009

I recently finished a painting I’m calling “Secondary Process”.  Enjoy!  The term “secondary process” is a Freudian term, with many sort of confusing definitions on the Internet, though I like this one.  In this case, I’m using it to refer to the use of secondary colors (along with optical primaries) in a structured way within the painting.  Several years ago I titled a painting “Primary Process” which only made use of red, green, and blue.

Secondary Process, acrylic on panel, 30x30 inches, 2009