Understood. 2025. Oil on canvas. 16 x 20 in.
Confirmed Potential. 2025. Oil on canvas. 20 x 16 in.
Quite the Moment. 2025. Oil on paper. 11 x 15 in.
Unearthed Providence. 2025. Oil on canvas. 8 x 10 in.
Transport Setting Sail. 2025. Oil on canvas. 16 x 20 in.
Hope Maketh Not Ashamed. 2019. Oil on canvas. 52 x 86 in. Romans 5. A therapeutic community business in the S.S. Pierce Building, a historic Brookline, MA, landmark, acquired a print (31 x 49.4 in.) in 2024.
Comfortable Discussion. 2017. Oil on canvas. 48 x 60 in. McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Belmont, MA, bought a print in 2024.
And There Was War In Heaven. 2017. Oil on canvas. 36 x 48 in.
In Spring 2024 at Harvard Extension School, I created a photography book called Engaging Revelation. Visuals around Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA, evoke in me the Book of Revelation.
In my art, I like to express mental and spiritual states. Thoughts, feelings, and Judeo-Christian values inspire me. While the work has meaning to me, often suggested by the title based on experience, mindfulness, and imagination, the meaning is open to interpretation by the viewer.
When painting, I use elements of abstract art to create the work. I used to rarely use shapes. With my photography, I make some abstract work but more often rely on recognizable objects. In some projects, objects represent the abstract. I use them as symbols. With words about the work, I share my intended interpretation. My drawing, including representational, initiates some abstract work.
I feel that expressing is therapeutic to me and perhaps the viewer, whether the work is light or dark, calm or dynamic, or both. Some work brings peace of mind; some underscores mystery or heightens curiosity, raising more questions than answers.
To see recent work, including digital and drawings: www.InventingVision.com
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