Paintings and Drawings > 2018 Paintings

These paintings are part of an ongoing series 'Searching for Life', where I set motion-activated cameras in the woods to capture images of wildlife. The attached images are from a trap I have set for one year on the backside of Author's Ridge, part of Sle
Acrylic on Arches Hot Press
12"x16"
2018
Fox sprint, new moon (01/24/18 6:27:01AM)
Golden Fluid Acrylic on Ampersand Clay Board
12"x16"
2018
Fox, half moon (02/07/18 6:11:56AM)
Acrylic on panel
11"x14"
2018
Concord Coyote (January 2018)
Acrylic on Arches Hot Presslic on Arches Hot Press
12X16"
2018
Coyote Smells
Acrylic on Arches Hot Press
12"x16"
2018
Fox, new moon (2/12/18 5:20:01PM)
Golden Fluid Acrylic on Ampersand Clay Board
8"x10"
2018
Fox, waning gibbous (2/03/18 5:16:23PM)
Golden Fluid Acrylic on Ampersand Clay Board
8"x10"
2018
Fox passes, full moon (1/31/18 7:08:34PM)
Golden Fluid Acrylic on Ampersand Clay Board
5"x7"
2018
Fox and hole, waxing gibbous (1/28/18 9:39:13AM)
Golden Fluid Acrylic on Ampersand Clay Board
11"x14"
2018
Fox in hole, half moon (01/07/18 1:57:50PM)
Golden Fluid Acrylic on Ampersand Clay Board
11"x14"
2018
Golden Fluid Acrylic on Ampersand Clay Board
11"x14"
2018
Raccoon family, new moon (2/16/18 3:15:57AM)
Golden Fluid Acrylic on Ampersand Clay Board
11"x14"
2018
Raccoon, half moon (02/05/18 3:29:47AM)
Acrylic on panel
8"x10"
2018

These paintings are part of an ongoing series 'Searching for Life', where I set motion-activated cameras in the woods to capture images of wildlife. The images in this '2018 Paintings' gallery are from a trap I have set for one year on the backside of Author's Ridge, part of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, MA. Located within 100 yards from Henry David Thoreau's grave is a series of three small burrows shared strangely by coyote, raccoon, fisher cat, squirrels, chipmunks, foxes, song birds and rodents.

The series allows an inside view into the lives of animals and often an awkward counter to the typical depictions we see. I select images to paint because of the uncanny human-ness ("Raccoon, half moon (02/05/18 3:29.47AM)"), sense of motion ("Fox, waning gibbous moon (02/03/2018 5:16:23PM)"), or sometimes overlap several still shots to create a feeling of time ("Forty-five seconds of coyote time (12/26/17)"). With the pthalo-blue monochrome I replicate the darkness of the woods by using the color spectrum that our human eyes are most sensitive to at night.