
A New Prairie/Overlooks (1978- 1981)
First teaching job drew me over 1000 miles away from the home of my first 26 years, to the counterpane prairies that are gateway to the mythical West- Nebraska. During the job interview in Lincoln, I practically stole a car to get far out into the country where I was greeted by seas of wind and monarch butterflies caught in it, attempting to touch down on milkweed hosts. Greater intimacy with wildness and a wider yonder- that was it! “Open Golden” (1979), “Alley-lujah!” (1980) and “A New Prairie” (1981) marked constant discoveries.
Filled, we traveled to the Blue Ridge peaks of the North Carolina in 1981 where wife, NE born son, and I inhabited a sort of treehouse overhanging a mountain rimmed lake. “Overlooks” (1981-82) was about a high vantage point, yet also about why/how/what I fail to see. A not-so-easy celebrant of the given, I slogged up a rocky mountain creek for an hour. That short flash made for a treehouse full of drawings, paintings, and writings over four seasons of an unforgettable year.
A New Prairie 1
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"Prairie Angels" (1981) Watercolor
"Prairie Angels" detail
"Earthwaves" (1981) 10" x 16" - Watercolor
"Hidden Tide Entrances" (1981) 60" x 132" - Oil
"Hidden Tide Entrances" detail
"Hidden Tide Entrances" detail
"Hidden Tide Entrances" detail
"Hidden Tide Entrances" detail
"Hidden Tide Entrances" detail
"Up" (1979) 60" x 96" - Acrylic/Mixed
"Up" detail
"Up" detail
"Up" detail
"Covenant" (1979) 48" x 60" - Acrylic
"Covenant" detail
"Covenant" detail
A New Prairie 2
"A Arrival" (1979) 60" x 96" - Acrylic/Mixed
"A Arrival II" (1979) 60" x 96" - Acrylic/Mixed
"A Arrival" detail
"A Arrival" detail
"Released" (1979) 60" x 96" - Acrylic/Mixed
"Dreamtime I" (1979) 60" x 96" Acrylic/Mixed
"Dreamtime II" Overpainted (1985) 60" x 96" Acrylic/Mixed
"Dreamtime II" detail
"Vision Quest" (1981) - Watercolor
"Vision Quest" detail
"The Moon Sees" (1981) 10" x 14" - Watercolor
"Alleylujah Series 1" (1980) - Watercolor/Mixed
"Alleylujah Series 2" (1980) - Watercolor/Mixed
"Alleylujah Series 3" (1980) - Graphite/Mixed
"Alleylujah Series 3" detail
"Alleylujah Series 4" (1980) - Watercolor/Mixed
"Alleylujah Series 5" (1980) - Watercolor/Mixed
"Return" (1981) 10" x 16" - Watercolor
"Return" (1981) detail
"First Flower Waits" (1981) 16" x 9" - Watercolor
"A New Prairie" (1981) 10" x 15" - Watercolor
"One Creatures Heaven" (1981) 16" x 10" - Watercolor
"Take a Chance" (1981) 32" x 22" - Watercolor
Overlooks 1
"Alive in You" (1981) 24" x 34.5" - Watercolor
"Alive in You" detail
"Alive in You" detail
"Holy Spirit" detail
"Holy Spirit" detail
"Ask" (1981) 17" x 40" - Watercolor
"Ask" detail
"The Undercliff" (1981) 17" x 38" - Watercolor
"The Undercliff" detail
"The Undercliff" detail
"Riptide" (1981) 38" x 24" - Watercolor
"Riptide" detail
"Riptide" detail
"Strait" (1981) 20" x 30" - Watercolor
"Strait" detail
"In the Way" (1981) 19" x 12" - Watercolor
"In the Way" detail
Transfiguration (1981) 24" x 36" - Watercolor
Overlooks 2
"I Will Live, I Will Die I Will Live" (1981) Watercolor
"I Will Live, I Will Die I Will Live" Detail
"I Will Live, I Will Die I Will Live" Detail
"Resurrection" (1981) 17" x 38" - Watercolor
"Resurrection" Detail
"Resurrection" Detail
"Applause" (1982) 35" x 17" - Acrylic
"Applause" Detail
"Clearing" (1982) 28" x 48" - Oil/Acrylic
"Clearing" Details
"Who Will Dance?" (1982) 26" x 48" - Oil
"Who Will Dance?" Detail
"World with No Shadows I" (1982) 28" x 48" - Acrylic
"World with No Shadows II" (1982) 28" x 48" - Acrylic
"Intermission" (1982) 20" x 30" - Acrylic
"Intermission" Detail
(1982)