Oil Paintings
My oil painting, “Untitled for Now”, was inspired by the lyrics of several of Taylor Swift’s most popular songs including “Champagne Problems”, “All Too Well”, “Willow”, and “Cowboy Like Me”.
My oil painting. “A Marvelous Time” was inspired by the lyrics in Taylor Swift’s song, “The Last Great American Dynasty”. Her song tells the tale of the eccentric millionaire socialite, Rebekah Harkness who “had a marvelous time ruining everything.”
For details about the characters featured in my painting, click here.
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“Supper at Ursula”, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches, was inspired by a Bible story and the plight of immigrant children who were separated from their families and detained in cages in the Ursula Detention Center in South Texas. For details about the Bible story that inspired my painting, click here.
“Painting Raven”, oil on canvas, 24″ X 36″. I saw this wonderful young couple at the Denver March Powwow many years ago. In my mind, it was a love story between two young people preparing one another to dance in honor of their ancestors.
The modern powwow is a time for Native American peoples to come together to sing and dance, and to honor the heritage passed down to them from their ancestors. The annual March Denver powwow features more than 1,500 dancers from close to 100 tribes from 38 states and three Canadian provinces. It was a privilege to witness the event. I painted this painting to honor them.
I recently finished a commission portrait of the Reverend Samuel Parris.
He was the Puritan minister in Salem Village, Massachusetts. His daughter and niece were the first girls who began to act strangely and claimed to have been possessed by witches. Parris, in many ways, encouraged and participated in the resulting witch trials that led to the execution of 20 villagers and the jailing of more than 100 others. For details about the final resting place of this painting and the connection between the Reverend Parris and the Salem witch trials, click here.