Writing and Art Shows

2012-01-18T07:54:00.001-08:00

"Letter"
5x7"
Oil on Wood
January 2012
*i've been doing a lot of writing lately mostly about my own experiences.I wanted the red border to slightly 'bleed' into the painting and erase any lines that hold the writer back.

"At a Loss"-AAH figure show Jan. 2012 (no longer available)

The art reception for this show was Jan. 13th and it was a great turn out. I truly enjoy talking to people about art and love answering questions about my own. For me, there is always a story behind a painting.

Figure Study and Love of Music

2012-01-10T07:23:00.000-08:00

I love listening to music when I paint, it is part of my process. Usually I listen to bob dylan or neil young.
Lately I've been listening to Pearl Jam and My Morning Jacket while I paint.
Last night I found some figure drawings I did a few years ago and decided to paint them....

"Lady Sitting"
18x24"
Oil on Paper
January 2012

"Turning Back"
10x24"
Oil on Paper
January 2012

Stillness Speaks

2012-01-05T07:37:00.000-08:00

"Be Still"

2x3 ft

Acrylic on Paper

December 2011

"Be still, and know that I am God."

Getting back to my Roots

2012-01-04T07:20:00.000-08:00

"Room of a Poet"

2.5x3.5ft

Acrylic on Paper

December 2011

This is the type of painting style I used to do early on in my painting life. Very expressionist, no pencil or charcoal used - just paint. Its freeing to paint in this way. I imagined some of my favorite Poets sitting at this typewriter - the doors symbolize the open mind. Some of my favorite poetry comes from songs. - "On your way to God, did you think of me, On your way to heaven, did you say, I'll See you Again." -Alabama Shakes

'Alabama Shakes' been on my Mind

2012-01-03T07:18:00.000-08:00

"In the Woods"

Oil on Wood

5.5x10"

December 2011

No Longer Available

"So, Bless my heart, bless my mind, I got so much to do, I ain't got much time, So, must be someone up above sayin "Come on Girl! You got to get back up!" You got to hold on..."-Alabama Shakes 'Hold On'

Tiny Landscape Paintings, November 2011

2012-01-02T09:06:00.000-08:00

Many people want to know, why do I paint on wood and not canvas? Wood seems like the obvious choice for me. The natural tone is already a beautiful 'under painting' to use. The organic nature of the wood enhances the outcome of the paintings, especially the landscapes. On many of my paintings I allow the grain to show through because the lines of the grain often flow so well with the lines of the earth. So I think, why not use something that already exists in nature.

"River Runs Through"
5.5x7"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
November 2011

"Open Road"
5.5x7"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
November 2011

"Fields"

5.5x7"
Oil and Pencil on Wood

November 2011

"In the Grass" -Still Life
5.5x10"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
November 2011

Paintings: 2007-2011

2012-01-01T16:14:00.000-08:00

New Paintings:

"Washed the Spider Out"

Oil on Masonite
2x2ft.
November 2011

"In the Grass"
Oil on Wood
2x4ft.
November 2011

"Fall Fire"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
2x2 ft.
October 2011

"The Saints Surround"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
2x2ft
September 2011

"Gather Round the Fire"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
2x2ft
September 2011

"At a Loss for Words"
Oil on Paper
1.5x3 ft
September 2011

No Longer Available

"The Last Supper"
12x14"
Oil & Pencil on Wood
August 2011
-I did this painting with Matisse in mind and also to symbolize the need for a revivial of dinner being more about conversation, and less about food; to see every meal, as the 'last meal.'

Landscapes:
”… in all nature, for instance in trees, I see expression and soul… ”-Van Gogh

"Lines of the Earth"
12x14"
Oil & Pencil on Wood
August 2011

"Sunny Day"
12x14"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
July 2011

"Houses Grow Like Trees"
12x14"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
July 2011

"Stroll through Town"
12x14"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
July 2011

"Countryside"
12x14"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
July 2011

"I found a needle in the hay, I found the sunshine at the end of the day..." -Dr. Dog

"Dinner Party"
Oil and Pencil on Wood
12x14"
July 2011

No Longer Available

"Drive through PA"
1x2ft
Oil and Pencil on Wood
June 2011

*Sketch for "Drive Through PA"

"Drive Through PA II"
1x2ft
Oil and Pencil on Wood
June 2011

*Sketch for "Drive Through PA II"

"Blue above Green"
2x3 ft
Oil and Pencil on Wood
May 2011

"Wire"
1x4ft
Oil on Wood
May 2011

*View out my second floor window

*Close Up

"Rain Cloud"
2x2ft
Oil on Wood
April 2011

"Mothers Day"
1x3ft
Oil on Wood
May 2011

"Blue House"
1x3ft
Oil on Wood
May 2011

"Land Meets Sky"
1x3ft
Oil on Wood
March 2011

"Barn on a Hill"
2x2ft
Oil on Wood
April 2011

"Fields Drenched in Sun"
3x4ft
Oil on Wood
March 2011

"Four Years in April"
2x4ft
Oil on Wood
March 2011

No Longer Available

"Spring"
.5x4ft
Oil on Wood
February 2011

"Cedar Lane"
1x4ft
Oil on Wood
February 2011

"Neighborhood"
1x4ft
Oil on Wood
February 2011

"Sky over Field"
2x2ft
Oil on Wood
February 2011
"What a pity, That the people from the city, Can't relate to the slower things, That the country brings." -Neil Young

"Lovely Birch"
2x2ft
Oil on Wood
February 2011

"Winter Birch Trees"
1x4ft
Oil on Wood
December 2010

"Snowfall"
1x4ft
Oil on Wood
January 2011

No Longer Available

"December Sky"
2x2 ft
Oil on Wood
December 2010
N0 Longer Available
*Inspired by Egon Schiele's Landscapes

"Fall Birch Trees"
1.5x3ft
Oil on Wood
November 2010

"Early April"
1.5x3ft
Oil on Wood
No Longer Available
March 2010

"Be kind to everyone, because everyone you will ever meet is fighting a hard battle."

"Tall Birch Trees"
1x4ft
Oil on Wood
April 2010

No Longer Available

"Sparse"
1x4 ft
Oil on Wood
March 2010

The end of Winter

No Longer Available

"A Day in August"
Oil on Wood
1x4 ft
August 2010

No Longer Available

"September Shadow"
Oil on Wood
3/4x4 ft
September 2010

"When rain has hung the leaves with tears, I want you near, to kill my fears to help me to leave all my blues behind... but I may as well, try to catch the wind." -Donovan

"Light Rain"
1x3 ft
Oil on Wood
May 2010

Lewisberry PA
No Longer Available

"Wildflowers"
1.5x4 ft.
Oil on Wood
March 2010

The Beginning of Spring

"Trees in a Row"
Oil on Wood
1.5x4 ft
September 2010

"July Evening"
1x3ft
Oil on Wood
July 2010

"Fall Breeze"
Oil on Wood
1x4 ft
October 2010
No Longer Available

"Shadows Cross the Road"
1x4ft
Oil on Wood
September 2010

"Pink Peony"
1x3 ft.
Oil on Wood
May 2010

No Longer Available
*First Peony of the year

"Green River"
16x36in
Oil on Wood
June 2010

"Well, take me back down where cool water flows, yeah.
Let me remember things I love..." - CCR 'Green River'

"The Spirit's Release"
Oil on Canvas
3x4ft
November 2010
*In Honor of Dort
No Longer Available
"Just as a little bird cracks open the shell and flies out, we fly out of this shell, the shell of the body."

"Green Fields"
1.5x3ft
Oil on Wood
March 2010

"80th Street"
2x4 ft
Oil on Wood
November 2009

"Church"
2x4 ft
Oil on Wood
March 2008

"Red House"
2x4 ft.
Oil on Wood
September 2009

"Father and Daughter"
1.5x3.5 ft
Oil on Wood
October 2009

"I know how important it is in this life to not necessarily be strong, but to feel strong"-Into the Wild

"Rolling Hills"
Oil on Wood
2x4 ft
August 2009

NFS

"Life"
2x4 ft.
Oil on Wood
June 2009

I painted this after my family visited from Allentown.

"Land"
2x4 ft.
Oil on Wood
July 2009

I wanted to show the different planes of the earth and how all colors come right up against each other. I also wanted to show something as simplistic and natural as a landscape can also be the most beautiful.

"Sky"
2x4 ft.
Oil on Wood
July 2009

I like to leave the grain of the wood show through to represent not only the color of the earth but also the wood itself as being natural.

"Tall Tree"
Oil on Wood
2x4 ft.
August 2009

"Our job, is to keep doing our work. If we are the last people on Earth, we can still be kind and we can still be happy. We can still be helpful. For, even if all the trees on the earth are dying and we know that it is our last day on the planet, our job is to keep planting trees."-Plant Seed, Pull Weed.

"Inner Peace"
Oil on Wood
2x4 ft
January 2009
No Longer Available

This painting is very calming and I wanted to show the purest beauty of Gods creation. After I finished I realized the top rock-like formations resemble angels and the bottom animals climbing the hills resemble us on our journey in life. The angles are looking down on us but always there to help. Often I find symbolism I never intended when I began the painting, but after looking at it, it seems to appear as if from nowhere.

"Cypress Trees in Spain"
2x4 ft.
Oil on Wood
September 2009

Currently being shown at 2nd Floor Gallery, Mech. PA

"The Clouds Come Rolling Over the Fields" 2x4 ft Oil on Wood February 2010

"Touching the Sky"
.5x4ft
Oil on Wood
June 2011

No Longer Available

"Touching the Sky II"
.5x4ft
Oil on Wood
June 2011

No Longer Available

"Elaine I"
12x14"
Oil & Pencil on Wood
August 2011
NFS

-I named these two paintings after my grandmother because just like this rose she symbolizes vintage, classic beauty.

"Elaine II"
12x14"
Oil & Pencil on Wood
August 2011
NFS

"Flowers"
2x2ft
Oil on Wood
2009

Interiors:

“I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.” Henri Matisse

"Wildflower Printed Chair"
2x2ft
Oil on Wood
January 2011

(Inspired by Anthropologie and my bedroom)

"Sofa in Pale Pink"
2x2ft
Oil on Wood
January 2011

(Inspired by Anthropologie and Abstract Art)

"Yellow Chair"
2x2ft
Oil on Wood
January 2011

(Inspired by Anthropologie and Eddie's Room)

*For these three Interiors I wanted to get back to my roots by starting with an under-painting instead of an under-drawing in charcoal which is what I normally do. It was very refreshing to paint these.

"White Wall Interior"
2x2 ft
Oil on Wood
January 2011

"Pale Blue and Coral"
2x4 ft
Oil on Wood
July 2009

*Inspired by a page from the Anthropologie catalog

No Longer Available

"Pale Blue Room"
Oil on Wood
18x30 inches
September 2008

"Interior with Two Windows"
Oil on Wood
3x4 Ft.
May 2009

*Inspired by a page from the Anthropologie catalog

"It Happened in a Dream"
3x4 ft
Oil on Wood
June 2009

-This painting is symbolic of many dreams and also the inspiration of music.

* Inspired by a page from the anthropologie catalog

"Light Soaked Room"
Oil on Wood
3x4 ft.
January 2009

No Longer Available

Religious Art (Not for Sale):
“God is really another artist. He created the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style; He just goes on trying other things.” Pablo Picasso

"Christ" (Lent Series #1)
7x9"
Relief Print on Paper
March 2011
"And oh my God, He listens to me, and I aint even talkin' out loud..."-Dr. Dog

"Jesus"
NFS
1x4.5 ft. oil on wood
December 2007

This is the passion. The flowers represent a few things. The three at the bottom represent the trinity, father, son, and holy spirit. And the other rose represents mother Mary.

" Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better " - Andre Gide

Close Up

"I believe in Christianity as I believe the sun has risen; not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." - C.S.Lewis

"Jesus and Mary on April 14th"
20x30 inches
Oil on Wood
November 2008

Jesus represents Mark
Mary represents Mom,Jess,Me

Close Up

"Sacred Heart"
Oil on Wood
1x5 ft
April 2009

'Pure and lasting religion in the light of our Father means that we must care for people in their troubles...'
- James 1: 26

Close Up

"It is one of the commonest tragedies of life that we keep our wreaths for people's graves and our praises until they are dead. It would be infinitely better to give them some of these flowers and some of these words of gratitude when they are still alive."-William Barclay, The Gospel of Mark

"The Day St. Michael Appeared"
Oil on Wood
24x46 inches
December 2008

This painting is flooded with symbolism. It is about an event in my life and it took me awhile before I could paint it, but I finally did.

"How does it feel, to be alive, to be a survivor"- Mark

Close Up
crown of life

"Good Friday"
1x3 ft
Oil on Wood
November 2010

Paintings about my Journey with Mark
(Not For Sale):

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Pablo Picasso

"April 17 2007"
Oil on paper
29.5x38.5 inches
NFS
April 2007

The Service with three beautiful yellow flowers.

"Shes got everything she needs shes an artist, she don't look back, she can take the dark out of the nighttime and paint the daytime black..." -Bob Dylan

"Mark"
NFS
Oil on paper
38x51 inches 3x4.5 ft
February 2007
The x-ray is the center of this painting. It shows the physical effects of an illness but the strength that comes from it which is the yellow light.

"Mark's Passion"
20.5x25 inches
NFS
Oil on paper
November 2006

This is not how i remember Mark. But this was a part of his life. He was a beautiful man.

"April 14"
NFS
Oil on Paper
32x30 inches
March 2007

Self portrait with Mark's x-ray over the ribs. This shows my connection to Mark.

"April 17th"
Oil on paper
2.5x6 ft.
May 2007

" Where the Spirit does not work with the hand there is no art." - Leonardo da Vinci

Figures:

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for." -Georgia O'Keeffe

"Girl in a Striped Dress"
1x4ft.
Oil on Wood
July 2010

In these bodies we will live, in these bodies we will die -Where you invest your love, you invest your life-Mumford and Sons

"Girl in a Pretty Dress"
31x46in, Oil on Paper NEW May 2010

"Lady in Yellow"
2x4 ft.
Oil on Wood
July 2009

*Inspired from a page of Anthropologie

Currently at 2nd Floor Gallery, Mech. PA

Close Up

"Anger"
22x28 inches
Oil on Paper
June 2008

Unrestrained brush strokes, for me this was a very freeing painting (a release/liberation of what was being kept in captivity of the mind)
This painting was more about the process than the actual outcome

"Strong Hand"
oil on paper
30.5x26.75 inches
January 2008

"Our hearts ache, but we always have joy. We are poor, but we give spiritual riches to others. We own nothing, and yet we have everything."
- 2 Corin. 6:10

"Work in Progress"
24x33 inches
oil on paper
January 2008

"And for all that we struggle, for all we pretend you know it don't come down to nothing except love in the end, and ours is a road that is strewn with goodbyes, but as it unfolds, as it all unwinds, remember your soul is the one thing you can't compromise." - David Gray

*At the Art Association of Harrisburg

"Lady Looking Away"
1.75x2.75ft
Oil on Panel
2009

Life Study:
“A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human.” Georges Rouault

"Lady with a Silk Scarf"
18x24 in.
Charcoal on Paper
June 2009

"Lady Contemplating"
18x24 in. (cropped)
Charcoal on Paper
June 2009

"Seated Figure"
18x24
Charcoal on Paper
May 2009

Figure 1
18x24 inches
Charcoal on paper
April 2009

Figure 3
18x24 inches
Charcoal on paper
April 2009

Figure 2
18x24 inches
Charcoal/Oil on paper
April 2009
No Longer Available

"Red Rover"
18x48
Charcoal/Oil on paper
April 2009

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Whatever I am seeking, is already seeking me.

2012-01-01T07:48:00.000-08:00

"Holy Day"
Oil on Wood
1x4ft
December 2011

-Seek and you shall find.

Close Up

-I did this painting after a Reiki Session. I left the wood open around the body to symbolize the energy field (Sometimes called Aura) of Christ's body and the beams of yellow light coming from His crown symbolize His enlightenment.

Art by Kelly

Writing and Art Shows

Figure Study and Love of Music

Stillness Speaks

Getting back to my Roots

'Alabama Shakes' been on my Mind

Tiny Landscape Paintings, November 2011

Paintings: 2007-2011

Whatever I am seeking, is already seeking me.