Artist’s Statement: These paintings explore the visual qualities of natural landscapes that derive their unique characteristics from the limiting stresses of repeated natural disturbances, in particular: fire, flood, and drought. Due to these natural stresses, landscape features that would normally be obscured by vegetation become clearly legible. The resulting spatial configurations are often suffused with abundant light and atmospheric effect, but it is typically the coherent patterns and textures of the endemic vegetation that establish the essence of the scene.
As natural landscapes go, these environments are, on the whole, not very complex from a visual point of view, and it is in part their simplicity that attracts me to them. On the other hand, understanding that their visual attributes, and indeed their very existence, are a result of thousands of years of natural disturbance, for me, adds a great deal of significance and even mystery to the imagery.
I find I am drawn repeatedly to visit and to paint these places where the bend of an opening around distant trees invites exploration as the mind wanders over sunlit grasses.
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Columbia County, Georgia
2001
Oil on canvas
48 x 66 in. (121.9 x 167.6 cm)
Private collection
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Columbia County, Georgia
March 2001
Oil on canvas
48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
Artist's collection
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Athens-Clarke County, Georgia
February 2001
Oil on canvas
30 x 36 in. (76.2 x 91.4 cm)
Collection of Athens-Clarke County
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
October 24, 2003
Oil on canvas
16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
Private collection
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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
September 30, 2003
Oil on canvas
16 x 22 in. (40.6 x 55.9 cm)
Private collection
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Thomasville, Georgia
October 22, 2003
Oil on canvas
22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Private collection
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Little Belt Mountains, Montana
June 4, 2001
Oil on paper
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Missouri River Breaks, Montana
June 7, 2001
Oil on paper
14 x 18 in. (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Colleton County, South Carolina
July 28, 2004
Oil on canvas
12.5 x 18 in. (31.8 x 45.7 cm)
Private collection
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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
September 30, 2003
Oil on canvas
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Private collection
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St. Marks National Wildlife Reserve, Florida
May 16, 2001
Oil on board
11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Private collection
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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
September 30, 2003
Oil on paper
10 x 14 in. (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Private collection
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Cascade County, Montana
June 1, 2001
Oil on paper
9 x 14 in. (22.9 x 35.6 cm)
Private collection
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Cascade County, Montana
June 2, 2001
Oil on paper
8 x 14 in. (20.3 x 35.6 cm)
Private collection
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Missouri River Breaks, Montana
June 6, 2001
Oil on paper
7.5 x 14 in. (19.1 x 35.6 cm)
Artist's collection
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Madison County , Georgia
February 11, 2003
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Artist's collection
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Reserve, Georgia
May 21, 2003
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
October 23, 2003
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
September 30, 2003
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Heggie's Rock, Columbia County, Georgia
June 2002
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Madison County , Georgia
February 11, 2003
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Artist's collection
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Steinhatchee, Florida
May 18, 2001
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Missouri River Breaks, Montana
June 6, 2001
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Artist's collection
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Seminole State Park, Georgia
May 20, 2002
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
May 16, 2001
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
May 16, 2001
Oil on paper
10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Seminole State Park, Georgia
May 20, 2003
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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St. Marys, Georgia
May 21, 2003
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Lumpkin County, Georgia
May 28, 2003
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Cumberland Island, Georgia
May 23, 2002
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Reserve, Georgia
May 24, 2002
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Lumpkin County, Georgia
May 28, 2002
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Oconee National Forest, Greene County , Georgia
April 30, 2003
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Reed Bingham State Park, Georgia
May 20, 2002
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Greenwood Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia
May 21, 2002
Oil on paper
8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Apalachicola National Forest, Florida
May 15, 2001
Oil on board
5.5 x 14 in. (14 x 35.6 cm)
Private collection
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Deer Lake State Park, Florida
October 24, 2003
Oil on paper
7.5 x 10 in. (19.1 x 25.4 cm)
Private collection
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Dover, Massachusetts
June 13, 2003
Oil on paper
6.5 x 10 in. (16.5 x 25.4 cm)
Artist's collection
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St. Marys, Georgia
May 21, 2003
Oil on paper
7.75 x 7.75 in. (19.7 x 19.7 cm)
Artist's collection
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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
May 31, 2003
Oil on paper
7.75 x 7.75 in. (19.7 x 19.7 cm)
Private collection
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Reserve, Georgia
May 23, 2003
Oil on paper
6 x 9.75 in. (15.2 x 24.8 cm)
Private collection
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St. Joe Beach, Florida
October 24, 2003
Oil on paper
5.5 x 8 in. (14 x 20.3 cm)
Private collection
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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
October 1, 2003
Oil on paper
6 x 7 in. (15.2 x 17.8 cm)
Private collection
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Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
October 1, 2003
Oil on paper
6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Private collection
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St. Marys, Georgia
May 22, 2003
Oil on paper
4.75 x 8 in. (12.1 x 20.3 cm)
Private collection
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St. Marys, Georgia
May 22, 2003
Oil on paper
4.75 x 8 in. (12.1 x 20.3 cm)
Private collection
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Oconee National Forest, Greene County , Georgia
March 25, 2003
Oil on paper
3.75 x 6.5 in. (9.5 x 16.5 cm)
Private collection
Circle Gallery, School of Environment and Design, University of Georgia, February, 2004.
