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RURAL DREAMS 

Growing up rural surroundings, I was always aware of the horizon line. Ever visible. Dotted with farm houses, barns and woods. The Horizon was ever present. It provided comfort, a familiar boundry to my world.

But revisiting the rural farmlands of Ohio, the horizon line was harder to find. It had been replaced with housing developments, strip malls, and agro-industry complexes. My horizon was now only a memory.

The Farmland series is an exploration of perspective and open space with the juxtaposition iconic architecture, the once familiar and commonplace is new subject to the tricks of memory and the dream-like filters of time and distance.
 
  • "Ascension", acrylic on canvas, 24"x30"
  • "Requiem for a dream", acrylic on canvas, 36"x72" (private collection)
  • "go play outside", acrylic on canvas, 20"x30"
  • "Against the wall", acrylic on canvas, 32"x36" (private collection)
  • Memories play tricks (40"x60")
  • homestead (40"x46")
  • "The neighbors", acrylic on canvas, 36"x36"
  • Of two minds (sold)
  • The Red Floor (sold) (24"x48")
  • "Winter horizon", acrylic on canvas, 30"x40"
  • lands edge
  • where the heart is (sold)
  • "In the Pasture", acrylic on canvas, 48"x48"
  • "Red Barn", acrylic on canvas, 20"x20"
  • "Nightfall", acrylic on canvas, 20"x20"
  • "Windmill", acrylic on canvas, 24"x36"
  • the new barn (sold) (30"x40")
  • Carey's Farm (18"x24")
  • gateway (24"x30")
  • Ruth Road
  • "Once upon a farm", acrylic on canvas, 36"x60"