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STAGE

Commissioned in 1981, by Wells Fargo Bank, this 22 x 27 foot mural was later donated to the City of Phoenix, Arizona, and is now in the Sky Harbor International Airport, in Phoenix. For a larger image and more information, click on the image.

KYLE

Terms for commissioned works are: 50% in advance, 50% on completion. Satisfaction Guaranteed. I prefer to work from my own photographs, taken in the subject's own familiar surroundings. I will of course consider other reference materials in cases of posthumous portraiture.

BELIEVE A LITTLE

This was my first horse portrait, commissioned in 1979. Because of it, horses are still an important part of my work today. For more information and enlarged details, click on the image.

DEWEY AND TUCKER

I originally intended to paint these two subjects each in his own separate painting, but on completing a painting of the Bouvier on the right, I realized that these two pals really belonged together. I also recalled the owners' pride in their stone fountain, and decided to include it in the composition.

WEJNA
(Caribou)

These Caribou were painted following an exciting trip to Alaska in 1982, when I was commissioned by ARCO ALASKA to do a large painting of Caribou for their offices. I went to Anchorage, spent a week there, and flew, with a local bush pilot and my friend and fellow artist Tom Palmore, 200 miles out to a frozen lake where we landed in the middle of a herd of caribou. We had located the only pilot in town who would chance the flight, due to threatening weather conditions, and having to fly back through the mountains after dark.

WEJNA, by the way, is, according to Bruce Chatwin in his book, IN PATAGONIA, a Yaghan word meaning 'to be loose or easily moved as a broken bone or the blade of a knife' - 'to be attached yet loose, as an eye or bone in its socket' - 'to swing, move or travel' - or simply 'to exist or be'. I found the Caribou to be homely, awkward looking creatures, who, when in motion, are beautiful and graceful and fluid in their motions.

I like learning about new things and new places, and am always willing and eager to take on assignments involving travel.

And, as in the mural STAGE, I especially enjoy the added challenge of doing site-specific work. I am good at working with others, such as architects and designers, in an effort to make the work fit into and enhance their concepts. I take delight in finding novel solutions and inventing new approaches.

Please feel free to call or email me to discuss pricing and scheduling for any projects you have in mind. We also offer an interesting and affordable leasing plan. This is of special interest to restaurants and others in need of works done in series. I have done several of these series, and have others already in mind, but would be most interested in hearing your ideas.

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