Making Paintings

When people look at my work I want them to feel an immediate impact, even if they're not sure what hit them. The raw, almost childlike appearance of my work belies my reflective underlying vision. I delight in unexpected or enigmatic juxtapositions in...

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From the set of @gothamonfox to the pool house. #gotham #countrylife #gunks #hudsonvalley #thegoodlife #popart

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Just installed this piece into its permanent home. #artcollector #newhome #interiordesign #home #np #gunks (at New Paltz (village), New York)

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Last day to catch this piece in the gallery. This piece is all about falling down and getting back up. I don't know about you, but it's happened to me more than once. #risktaker #entrepreneurlife #takeachance #livinglife #notafraid #curator #supportlivingartists #instart #oilpainting #popart #thestruggleisreal

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In the gallery window. #newpaltz #newpaltz #gunks #resist #gallerylife

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Boy, you've got a panty on your head. #horse #horselife #countrylife #countryside #artwork #artwatchers #inspiration

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"I'm hip about time, but I just gotta go" #captainamerica #easyrider #therearenorules #nostalgia #popculture #supportlivingartists #inspirationalquotes

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View through the gallery window. #hudsonvalley #ny #newpaltz #stilllife #gallerylife

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Happy year of the rooster! #chinesenewyear #chicken #farmlife #countrylife #hudsonvalley #newyork

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Fresh out of the studio. Title TBD. Oil based enamel on wood cutout. #hudsonvalley #newpaltz #studio #supportlivingartists #oilpainting

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"Obama's Big Left" it has been the longest seven days of our lives.

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Self portrait with eye patch #selfportrait #portrait #buyart #artforsale

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Now hanging in the gallery. Life's about falling down.and getting back up #fightingspirit #headstrong #life #nevergiveup💪

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Broke out the old Polaroids. #oldschool #polaroid #photography #photomanipulation #supportlivingartists

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Yesterday on Open House NBC this piece caught a little air time in a spot featuring @instachasebrock's home. Check it out. His place is fun! '"From the Heart, Not the Head"

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A moment of pause. #iloveny #mohonkmountainhouse #gunks #inspiration (at Mohonk Mountain House)

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I was browsing through the @hudsonvalleyseedco website and remembered this piece I created for them and their mammoth sunflower pack. When you get seedy this winter, think #hudsonvalleyseedlibrary 48" x 48" oil on board Original & prints available online & in the gallery. Cronartusa.com. (at New Paltz, New York)

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I painted this after my wife told me she had a dream that we adopted two blue kittens. "Making Your Dreams Come True" 48" x 48" Original available www.cronartusa.com