Cubes of Life
Cubes of life is a series of ten paintings that are in my possession and ready to be exhibited in a museum show.
The series was painted in 2011.
The smallest paintings are 30” x 30”.
The largest are 40” x 40”.
EXHIBITED AT:
MUSEUM OF ART - GARRETT, IN - 2011
Birth, 2011
40”x 40”
Acrylic, Mixed Media,
Oil Stick Painting
The simple gentle line on
the right has emerged from
the powerful energy on
the left and is easily
identified as “birth.”
The line speaks of joy and
potential. I have
dedicated this painting
to Brooklyn Marie Krupp
who was born July 14, 2011-
almost to the day that I
completed this series.
The Frantic Flock, 2011
30”x30”
This one is all about conformity.
We have now grown up and we
are spreading our wings. Are
we sure of ourselves, are we
afraid because so much is
happening all at once?
We want to be our own
person but sometimes we get
caught up in the crowd and
all of a sudden, we
all look alike.
Tiddly Winks and Fireflies, 2011
30”x30”
Acrylic and Oil Stick Painting
As small children we all play
games and are entrance by the
simple pleasures of life.
In this and the next seven painting
to follow, the adult viewer is
invited to put themselves into
the situation to “remember when I…..”
Some events are common to
us all and the art invites us
to experience those moments
of life. Art should be about the
viewer as well as the artist.
Ticky Tacky Trap, 2011
36”x36”
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Oil Stick Painting
We are now in the prime of life.
The next four paintings depict
this time of life. Look at the next
four together and if you look
closely, you might see
yourself in one or all of the pieces.
If you are with someone who
knows you, ask them what
they think.
Nebulous, 2011
Are you part of the world that
is still not sure of where
you are going or what
you are going to do?
Older but floundering
and still feeling arrested
development and concerned
about success and beauty?
So many times this group is
the most successful of
all groups.
Dreamer, 2011
36”x 36”
Acrylic, Mixed Media,
Oil Stick Painting
Ah, the dreamer…We all love
them. They usually don’t
know they are the dreamer.
Again another group that
usually starts later in
life. I just read the life of
Leo Castelli, one of the
greatest and famous
gallerists of all times and
he was fifty before he even
knew or started what he
did better than everyone else.
Plantinum Butterfly, 2011
36”x36”
Acrylic, Mixed Media,
Oil Stick Painting
Are we born with success,
beauty, and wealth at
our finger tips? Not
many of us but it can be
attained. This is
about having it all. I have always
thought that people either
have their success either early,
mid or later in life. Once in
a while we see someone that
maintains it thought out life.
After all, life is still life.
Glorious Gray Games, 2011
30” x30”
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Oil Stick
Painting
This part relates some of my
experiences that I have seen
with my friends. We are all of an
age to be in retirement. I as an
artist have chosen not
to retire. I have many more
paintings left in me. What I have
seen with my friends, they are
in a happy state, work for the most
part is complete. The enjoyment
they are experiencing is a joy
for me to watch. For some it is
golf, fishing, walking, cooking,
gardening, or playing cards that
makes each one still an
individual.
The Tally, 2011
30” x 30”
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Oil Stick
Painting
I want everyone to feel peace
while viewing this painting
I am not here yet, but I want to
radiate the feeling of
accomplishment near the
completion of life. If there
are uncompleted issues, now is
the time for thought
and forgiveness.
Death, 2011
40” x 40”
Acrylic, Mixed Media, Oil Stick
Painting
The final frontier. We can all
have our beliefs and opinions
but we do not know the ending.
I am looking for peace and
eternal beauty where I can
paint forever.