Art Leaders Gallery News!

Exciting news! I'm very happy to say I have two paintings in Art Leaders Gallery located at 
Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi, Michigan. The gallery is on the second floor near Nordstroms. This is a wonderful space and a great opportunity for me to show and sell my recent painting efforts. Art Leaders has two locations, the other one is in West Bloomfield. I hope you can stop in and take a look at the artwork they have on display! For more information about Art Leaders Gallery, please click here.

"Brothers" Garbage Cans In Situ

"Brothers"  oil on museum stretched canvas   30" x 40" each

"Brothers" is the title of this collective group of three paintings, but each has an individual name if referring to them separately. (l to r) Garbage Can with Bananas, Garbage Can with Detroit Water Manhole Cover and Garbage Can with Rain Spout Pipe. These images of metal garbage cans were painted in a fashion derived from Andy Warhol's famous Campbell's Tomato Soup Can painting. The cans hang in the conference room at Golder Assoc., Inc. in MI. Golder is an environmental firm that commissioned this artwork and I think this triptych suits their office's need for a punch of color. I took this photo displaying these paintings In situ. In situ means situated in it's original place or in position. In the art world it means to represent artwork in it's most likely setting. Having these pieces hanging in this office is a great opportunity to spread a cheerful sense of color. Of course I'm partial, but I think they look great!

"Germany's Oldenburg Church"

Germany's Oldenburg Church, 48" x 48"  Oil on Canvas

This painting was created after a trip to northern Germany. It's a collage of things I loved and admired on that trip:  Oldenburg's St. Lamberti Church, train tracks, bridge over the Rhine River in Dusseldorf, the sun setting over a cool evening near Hamburg and my son's crossed leg with boot (lower right corner.)  It was my first attempt at creating a collage of images.  I tied them all together with the over-lay of circles.