Acrylic vintage window
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Charlie American #2
Charlie Question
Charlies Back #2
Charlies Back #1
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Welcome to the gallery and personal website of a Detroit, Michigan based painter and college instructor. I work in acrylics using varying sizes, colors, and textures. Some paintings are on canvas, vintage windows, wood, or walls. My work has been purchased by a number of public and private collections, including the Toledo Museum of Art. Please take the time to look at my work and feel free to contact me with any comments or price quote requests.
Charlie American #1
Charlie's Stomachache
Charlie with Wings
Charlie With Arrows
Charlie's Big Find
Charlie's Bone #1
Charlie's Bone #2
Charlie's Bone #3
Charlie's Bone #7
Charlie's Bone Shadow #2
Charlie's House
Charlie's Howl
Charlie's Reality
Charlie's Window
New Charlie Window #2
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Snow Charlie #1
Snow Charlie #2
Snow Charlie #3
Weird Charlie
New Charlie's Window #1
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My Exhibitions
Group Exhibition, Biddle Gallery, Wyandotte, MI 2007
Solo Exhibition, State of the Art, Ferndale, MI 2006
Group Exhibition, Potluck, Pr1mary Space, Hamtramack, MI 2006
Group Exhibition, Junior League Show House, Grosse Pointe, MI 2006
Solo Exhibition, Anxiety, Bones, Etc, Majestic Theater, Detroit, MI, 2005
Group Exhibition, Potluck, Pr1mary Space, Hamtramack, MI, 2005
Group Exhibition, Dancing Eye Gallery, Northville, MI, 2004 - 2007
Group Exhibition, Maniscalco Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI, 2003, 2004
Annual Toledo Area Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH 1996, 2003, Received 2003 Purchase Award, Anxiety Bear #2 (Blue), purchased as part of The Toledo Museum of Art's permanent collection
Faculty Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, 2003
Solo Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Museum Store, Toledo, OH, 2003
Solo Exhibition, Hoster's Brewery, 2001-02
Solo Exhibition, Flatlanders Gallery, Blissfield, MI, 1998, 2002
Solo Exhibition, The Whitney and CPOP Garden Party, Detroit, MI, 2001
Group Exhibition, CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2001
Member's Show, Common Space Gallery at One SeaGate, Toledo, OH, 2000
Solo Exhibition, Montgomery County Council for the Arts, Mt Sterling KY, 1999
Seven in the Middle, Flatlanders Gallery, Blissfield, MI, 1999
Group Exhibition, Collector's Corner Art Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1999
Group Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art, Museum Store, Toledo, OH, 1998-2004
Solo Exhibition, Columbus Board of Realtors, Columbus, OH, 1998
Group Exhibition, Angelwood Gallery, Grand Rapids, OH, 1995-98
Recent Words, Prints&Prints, Perrysburg, OH, 1997
Solo Exhibition, Columbus City Hall, Columbus OH, 1997
Winter Exhibition, The American Gallery, Columbus, OH, 1997
Solo Exhibition, Grange Insurance Building Lobby, Columbus, OH, 1996-97
Annual Holiday Show and Sale, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH, 1994-96
Solo exhibition, Owens B. Illinois World Headquarters, Toledo, OH, 1996
Solo exhibition, SeaGate Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1994-96
University of Toledo Faculty Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts, Toledo, OH, 1996
Faculty Exhibition, Campbell Center Gallery, Monroe County Community College, Monroe, MI, 1993-94
Solo Exhibition, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH, 1994
Art on the Mall, University of Toledo, 1994
Spirituality in Art, Common Space Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1994, Awarded Second Best of Show
Roots of Diversity, Multicultural Art show, Owens Illinois Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1994
Group Exhibition, Ann Arbor Artist Co-op, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993
Solo Exhibition, Campbell Center Gallery, Monroe County Community College, Monroe, MI, 1992, Poncho in Blue purchased as part of MCCC permanent collection
Eastern Michigan University Faculty Exhibition, Ford Hall Gallery, EMU, Ypsilanti, MI, 1991
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ford Hall Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 1991
More Paintings of People and Animals, Intermedia Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI, 1991
Eastern Michigan Annual Juried Exhibition, Ford Hall Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI, 1990, Received Purchase Award for Artistic Excellence, Red Buffalo, part of EMU's permanent collection
Look 90, Juried Art Exhibition, Sarnia Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, 1990
Poverty Plenty Exhibition, Short North Galleries, Columbus, OH, 1987
Familiar Strangers Solo Exhibition, Roxy Theater, Columbus, OH, 1986
Animals, Cultural Arts center, Columbus, OH, 1986
The 76th Annual Columbus Art League Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, 1986, Received Fran Luckoff Award for Painting, Self Portrait
Solo Exhibition, State of the Art, Ferndale, MI 2006
Group Exhibition, Potluck, Pr1mary Space, Hamtramack, MI 2006
Group Exhibition, Junior League Show House, Grosse Pointe, MI 2006
Solo Exhibition, Anxiety, Bones, Etc, Majestic Theater, Detroit, MI, 2005
Group Exhibition, Potluck, Pr1mary Space, Hamtramack, MI, 2005
Group Exhibition, Dancing Eye Gallery, Northville, MI, 2004 - 2007
Group Exhibition, Maniscalco Gallery, Grosse Pointe, MI, 2003, 2004
Annual Toledo Area Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH 1996, 2003, Received 2003 Purchase Award, Anxiety Bear #2 (Blue), purchased as part of The Toledo Museum of Art's permanent collection
Faculty Exhibition, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI, 2003
Solo Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Museum Store, Toledo, OH, 2003
Solo Exhibition, Hoster's Brewery, 2001-02
Solo Exhibition, Flatlanders Gallery, Blissfield, MI, 1998, 2002
Solo Exhibition, The Whitney and CPOP Garden Party, Detroit, MI, 2001
Group Exhibition, CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI, 2001
Member's Show, Common Space Gallery at One SeaGate, Toledo, OH, 2000
Solo Exhibition, Montgomery County Council for the Arts, Mt Sterling KY, 1999
Seven in the Middle, Flatlanders Gallery, Blissfield, MI, 1999
Group Exhibition, Collector's Corner Art Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1999
Group Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art, Museum Store, Toledo, OH, 1998-2004
Solo Exhibition, Columbus Board of Realtors, Columbus, OH, 1998
Group Exhibition, Angelwood Gallery, Grand Rapids, OH, 1995-98
Recent Words, Prints&Prints, Perrysburg, OH, 1997
Solo Exhibition, Columbus City Hall, Columbus OH, 1997
Winter Exhibition, The American Gallery, Columbus, OH, 1997
Solo Exhibition, Grange Insurance Building Lobby, Columbus, OH, 1996-97
Annual Holiday Show and Sale, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH, 1994-96
Solo exhibition, Owens B. Illinois World Headquarters, Toledo, OH, 1996
Solo exhibition, SeaGate Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1994-96
University of Toledo Faculty Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts, Toledo, OH, 1996
Faculty Exhibition, Campbell Center Gallery, Monroe County Community College, Monroe, MI, 1993-94
Solo Exhibition, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH, 1994
Art on the Mall, University of Toledo, 1994
Spirituality in Art, Common Space Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1994, Awarded Second Best of Show
Roots of Diversity, Multicultural Art show, Owens Illinois Gallery, Toledo, OH, 1994
Group Exhibition, Ann Arbor Artist Co-op, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993
Solo Exhibition, Campbell Center Gallery, Monroe County Community College, Monroe, MI, 1992, Poncho in Blue purchased as part of MCCC permanent collection
Eastern Michigan University Faculty Exhibition, Ford Hall Gallery, EMU, Ypsilanti, MI, 1991
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ford Hall Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, 1991
More Paintings of People and Animals, Intermedia Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI, 1991
Eastern Michigan Annual Juried Exhibition, Ford Hall Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI, 1990, Received Purchase Award for Artistic Excellence, Red Buffalo, part of EMU's permanent collection
Look 90, Juried Art Exhibition, Sarnia Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, 1990
Poverty Plenty Exhibition, Short North Galleries, Columbus, OH, 1987
Familiar Strangers Solo Exhibition, Roxy Theater, Columbus, OH, 1986
Animals, Cultural Arts center, Columbus, OH, 1986
The 76th Annual Columbus Art League Exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, 1986, Received Fran Luckoff Award for Painting, Self Portrait
My Artist's Statement
As a child I spent hours attempting to hold eye contact with my dog, Chico. I was fascinated with the warmth of his skin and fur, sound of his heartbeat, and the idea that this other being, a Chihuahua-mixed-mutt was alive, like me, yet different.
I also enjoyed many hours exploring the woods near our house in Columbus, Ohio. These were adventurous afternoons alone with my imagination and lack of fear, crashing through wild waves of weeds, scaling the cliffs by the side of the creek, jumping out of trees. I resembled a suburban Mowgli or Tarzan, coming home late for dinner, encrusted with mud, ticks, and dried blood. Kind and understanding parents are a wonderful thing.
I started to draw and paint what I enjoyed as a kid, animals. The idea of using animal forms as symbols or totems in art is an old one and my challenge, is finding something that speaks to me personally, trying to avoid clichés. In my painting, I've settled on animals that I see as having more than one side, multiple meanings. For example, buffaloes are powerful, but passive. Horses are stately, but wild. Dogs are needy, and loyal. And, although I admit I've never met a bear, mine have an endearing anxiousness beneath exaggerated claws and fangs. Though, in the end, painting is all color and process, and subject matter is the skeleton it sits on. The painting grows itself with ones shape creating the next, one color suggesting another. It goes through cycles of clarity and confusion, until suddenly you step back and there it is.
I'm not one to give detailed descriptions of the small nuances of meaning I place on a particular image. From the viewer's standpoint, it wouldn't/shouldn't make a discernible difference. I believe a painting's success or failure is judged on that moment when all the design problems work themselves out and the germ of my original idea is out of my head, at least momentarily.
I invite you to look at my work and find your own meaning and response based on the images and action of the paint and composition. Or just look at the image and notice how the color comes together or how the painting may evoke a feeling. Perhaps you will suddenly recall the shape of your first dog's face or the feel of his warm tongue on the palm of your hand. And thank you for looking.
I also enjoyed many hours exploring the woods near our house in Columbus, Ohio. These were adventurous afternoons alone with my imagination and lack of fear, crashing through wild waves of weeds, scaling the cliffs by the side of the creek, jumping out of trees. I resembled a suburban Mowgli or Tarzan, coming home late for dinner, encrusted with mud, ticks, and dried blood. Kind and understanding parents are a wonderful thing.
I started to draw and paint what I enjoyed as a kid, animals. The idea of using animal forms as symbols or totems in art is an old one and my challenge, is finding something that speaks to me personally, trying to avoid clichés. In my painting, I've settled on animals that I see as having more than one side, multiple meanings. For example, buffaloes are powerful, but passive. Horses are stately, but wild. Dogs are needy, and loyal. And, although I admit I've never met a bear, mine have an endearing anxiousness beneath exaggerated claws and fangs. Though, in the end, painting is all color and process, and subject matter is the skeleton it sits on. The painting grows itself with ones shape creating the next, one color suggesting another. It goes through cycles of clarity and confusion, until suddenly you step back and there it is.
I'm not one to give detailed descriptions of the small nuances of meaning I place on a particular image. From the viewer's standpoint, it wouldn't/shouldn't make a discernible difference. I believe a painting's success or failure is judged on that moment when all the design problems work themselves out and the germ of my original idea is out of my head, at least momentarily.
I invite you to look at my work and find your own meaning and response based on the images and action of the paint and composition. Or just look at the image and notice how the color comes together or how the painting may evoke a feeling. Perhaps you will suddenly recall the shape of your first dog's face or the feel of his warm tongue on the palm of your hand. And thank you for looking.
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