Paintings 1982 - Present > Kyoto, Japan 1993-1997

Many of these older works were completed when I was living in Japan. They were very large and I didn't have anywhere to store them, so most of them no longer exist.

Many paintings in this series were inspired by the 1995 Hanshin earthquake in Kobe. I was studying art in Kyoto at this time. In Japan, nature is both loved and feared; feelings for nature are ambivalent. In these abstract paintings I sought to express this dichotomy, portraying the earth as a force that can uproot life, shift it, and even destroy it. Everyone’s life is changed, and everyone is forced to reevaluate their place on earth.

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Kyoto, Japan
Photograph
1996
Movement No.7
Mixed media on Canvas Panel - Modeling paste, Acrylic on Canvas Panel
70” x 88”
1994
Movement No.17
Mixed media on Canvas Panel - Modeling paste, Acrylic on Canvas Panel
70” x 88”
1995
Movement No.12
Mixed media on Canvas Panel - Modeling paste, Acrylic on Canvas Panel
70” x 88”
1994
Movement No.13
Mixed media on Canvas Panel - Modeling paste, Acrylic on Canvas Panel
70” x 88”
1995
Movement No.16
Mixed media on Canvas Panel- Modeling paste, Acrylic on Canvas Panel
35” x 51”
1995
Magnolia Lady No.1
Mixed media on Canvas Panel
67” x 86”
1993
Magnolia Lady No.2
Mixed media on Canvas Panel
67” x 87”
1993
Gyokumon No.3
Mixed media on Canvas Panel
67” x 87”
1993
Gyokumon No.4
Acrylic on Paper
12” x 68”
1994
Gyokumon No.5
Mixed media on Canvas Panel
67” x 86”
1994
Gyokumon No.10
Mixed media on Canvas Panel
70” x 88”
1995
Movement No.10
Mixed media on Canvas Panel - Modeling paste, Acrylic, Oil paint on Canvas Panel
67” x 87”
1996
Movement No.13
Mixed media on Canvas Panel - Modeling paste, Acrylic, Oil paint on Canvas Panel
67” x 87”
1996
Movement No.19
Mixed media on Canvas Panel - Modeling paste, Acrylic, Oil paint on Canvas Panel
70” x 84”
1996
Movement No.12
Mixed media on Canvas Panel - Modeling paste, Acrylic, Oil paint on Canvas Panel
67” x 86”
1996
Movement No.11
Mixed media on Canvas Panel - Modeling paste, Acrylic, Oil paint on Canvas Panel
67” x 87”
1995
Under The Ground No.5
Mixed media on Panel - Modeling paste, Acrylic, Oil paint on Canvas Panel
35” x 51”
1995
Movement No.23
Mixed media on Canvas Panel- Modeling paste, Acrylic, Oil paint on Canvas Panel
70.8” x 93”
1997
Under The Ground No.3
Mixed media on Paper - Modeling paste, Acrylic, Oil paint on Canvas Panel
11.4” x 16.5”
1995