AMERICAN DREAMS

These paintings are based upon fragments of memory, fragments which, over the course of time, have become distorted and dreamlike, the distinction between real and imagined events having long disappeared.

I once read an interview in which Gabriel Garcia-Marquez described the way his grandmother would tell stories. She told things that sounded supernatural and fantastic, but she made them believable by telling the stories in great detail and without changing the expression on her face. That's pretty much how I approached this work.

Attempts at Flight #8, oil on canvas, 60 x 46 inches, 1991     SOLD     buy a print      1 of 19  

Atlas, oil on canvas, 72 x 42 inches, 1996     SOLD     buy a print      2 of 19  
This painting was featured on every episode of the popular TV show The New Adventures of Old Christine.

Jericho, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches, 1998    collection Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT       3 of 19  

Summer, oil on canvas, 144 x 180 inches (4 panels), 1996    private collection       4 of 19  

Summer / in progress  (photo by Jude Lutz)      5 of 19  

Summer (detail)      6 of 19  

Summer (detail)      7 of 19  

Summer (detail)      8 of 19  

Divining #4, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 1993    collection of the artist       9 of 19  

Woman Digging #2, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 1993    on hold          10 of 19  

Boy With Snake #2, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, 1993     SOLD       11 of 19  

Attempts at Flight #19, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches, 1997     SOLD     buy a print         12 of 19  

Self-Portrait With Raven, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, 1997    collection of the artist       13 of 19  

Burdened, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, 1997    collection of the artist       14 of 19  

Influence, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches, 1997    collection of the artist       15 of 19  

Channel, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 1999     SOLD       16 of 19  

Kansas, oil on canvas, 60 x 48 inches, 1999     SOLD       17 of 19  

JFK, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches, 2000     SOLD       18 of 19  

Landscape with Meteor #1, oil on canvas, 42 x 70 inches, 1991    collection of the artist     buy a print      19 of 19