Day Dreams and Night Visions (2023-present)
Day Dreams and Night Visions
This new body of work began in early spring of 2023 and was primarily painted outdoors in one secluded wooded spot at the water's edge at Cedarmere, the former Roslyn Harbor NY country estate of prominent 19th-century poet William Cullen Bryant. Every day brought a different experience and encounter: new flowers blooming, butterflies fluttering, curious birds observing, invasive lanternflies falling on my head, hummingbirds chasing each other and feasting on the jewelweed blossoms, cattails swaying, the white birches standing like ghosts overlooking their riparian realm. Days when the sky turned orange and nights when the full moon rose orange – painting every day among the milkweed, butterflies and bamboo became intense and surreal. At night, I started to paint in my dreams, and upon waking would go into the studio and paint my night visions. The daytime en plein air paintings evolved into otherworldly landscapes, “ecstatic expressions”, as the American artist Charles Burchfield, known for his visionary watercolor landscapes, would have called them. This transformation from day to night, from observation to dream, and the processes of looking out and looking within, was infused within my work.
Fireflies and Night Visions I
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm) • In Private Collection
Night Garden and Fireflies II
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar, oil on linen, 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
This Changes Everything
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar, oil on linen, 70 x 60 in. (177.8 x 152.4)
The Day the Sky Turned Orange, II
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)
The Day the Sky Turned Orange, IV
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm)
Cattails, Jewelweed and Detritus, I
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 24 x 18 in. (61 x 47.7 cm)
Cattails, Jewelweed and Detritus, III
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.8 cm)
In Private Collection
Autumn Woods, I
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Glowing Fields with Birches, I
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Autumn Woods, III
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oil on linen, 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Those Days That Glow
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar, oil on linen, 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
Ecstatic Visions
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 24 x 18 in. (61 x 47.7 cm)
Shine and Shade
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar, oil on linen, 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm) • In Private Collection
Nighttripper
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 24 x 18 in. (61 x 47.7 cm)
Fireflies and Moonbeams, II
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar, oil on linen, 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
In Private Collection
Night Vision
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar, oil on linen, 56 x 50 in. (142 x 127 cm)
Fireflies and Moonbeams, I
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar, oil on linen, 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
In Private Collection
Jewelweed and Fireflies
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar, oil on linen, 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
Night Dreamer
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar, oil on linen, 36 x 30 in. (91.4 x 76.2 cm) • In Private Collection
Fireflies and Moonbeams III
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
Fireflies and Night Visions II
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
Between Day and Night
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
Twilight
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
Unfurling
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)
Orange Moon with Branches, I
2023, Acrylic and oil on paper, 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.8 cm)
Orange Moon with Branches, II
2023, Acrylic and oil on paper, 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.8 cm)
Orange Moon with Branches, III
2023, Acrylic and oil on paper, 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.8 cm)
Dreamer of Visions
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 24 x 18 in. (61 x 47.7 cm)
Eyes on the Wind
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 20 x 26 in. (50.8 x 66cm)
Nocturne with Stars and Fireflies
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 24 x 18 in. (61 x 47.7 cm)
Glowing Night II
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 12.5 x 8.5 in. (31.7 x 21.6 cm)
Glowing Night I
2024, Acrylic, spraypaint, oilbar and oil on linen, 12.5 x 8.5 in. (31.7 x 21.6 cm)
The Day the Sky Turned Orange, I
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
The Day the Sky Turned Orange, III
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.5 cm)
Autumn Woods, II
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Edge of the Woods, I
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oil on linen, 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Edge of the Woods, II
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oil on linen, 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Glowing Fields with Birches, II
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oil on linen, 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.6 cm)
Glowing Fields with Birches, III
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oil on linen, 11 x 14 in. (28 x 35.6 cm)
Birches and Cattails
2023, Acrylic, spraypaint, oil on linen, 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 28 cm)
Cattails and Jewelweed, I
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.8 cm)
Cattails, Jewelweed and Detritus, II
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.8 cm)
Birch Ghosts
2023, Oil on Yupo paper, 10.5 x 7.5 in. (25.4 x 19 cm)
Landscape with Birches and Cattails, I
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 18 x 24 in. (47.7 x 61 cm)
Dogwood Study
2023, Oil on Yupo paper, 7.5 x 10.5 in. (19 x 25.4 cm)
Landscape with Birches and Cattails, II
2023, Acrylic and oil on linen, 18 x 14 in. (47.7 x 35.5 cm)
Wild Iris I
2023, Oil on Yupo paper, 10.5 x 7.5 in. (25.4 x 19 cm)
Wild Iris II
2023, Oil on Yupo paper, 10.5 x 7.5 in. (25.4 x 19 cm)
Study with Dogwoods, I
2023, Acrylic and oil on paper, 11 x 11 in. (28 x 28 cm)
Study with Dogwoods, II
2023, Acrylic and oil on paper, 11 x 11 in. (28 x 28 cm)
Spring Dogwood, I
2023, Acrylic and oil on cradled board, 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Spring Dogwood, II
2023, Acrylic and oil on cradled board, 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Small Landscape Study, I
2023, Acrylic and oil on cradled board, 6 x 6 in. (15.2 x 15.2 cm)
Landscape Study with Birches, I
2023, Acrylic and oil on cradled board, 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Landscape Study with Birches, II
2023, Acrylic and oil on cradled board, 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Landscape Study, I
2023, Acrylic and oil on cradled board, 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm)
Small Study with Cattails
2023, Acrylic and oil on board, 5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 22.8 cm)