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Awakening

Oil on canvas, 40 x 30

Warm, subtle flesh tones against the cool misty background create an aura to the work that's both erotic and innocent.

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Quiescence

Oil on canvas 84x47

Lifesize figure

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Rapture

Oil on canvas 60x48

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Monochrome Back

Oil on canvas 60x48

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Standing Figure

Oil on canvas, 24 x 18

The warm background on the left of the figure and the cool colors to the right cause the figure to stand out from the canvas.

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Tuesday

Oil on canvas, 48 x 36

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Monochrome Front

Oil on canvas 60x48

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Boston

Oil on panel, 25 x 19

The warm flesh tones are set off by the cool tones in the drapery. The primitive background focuses the viewer on the figure.

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Crystal

Oil on canvas, 60 x 48

The life-size figure has a dreamy quality that is achieved through the adjacent use of color. The interplay between the background and the figure adds to the dreamlike quality.

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Monochrome Figure

Oil on canvas, 40 x 30

The economy of line contrasted with the few heavy brushstrokes depicting the figure's hair give the figure weight and substance with minimal use of paint.

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Life-size Monochrome

Oil on canvas, 60 x 48

This is an alla prima painting completed in a single twelve hour session. The artist painted with a brush in each hand, working the wet paint and using the toned canvas itself to describe the lighter values.

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Natalie

Oil on canvas, 60 x 48

The life-size figure is executed in contrasting warm and cool tones. A graceful harmony is achieved by allowing the background to interpose on the figure.

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Figure Detail

Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40

This monochrome painting is sensual and primitive in style and content. The composition accentuates the subject.

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