Other Environmental Works

From a 2002 visit to Cuba with the Puffin Foundation as part of the open back door between our two countries in the area of arts and sciences, these three paintings, inspired by the crumbling beauty of Cuba, were the result.

Pinar de Rio is the part of Cuba named for the pine groves along the river. It has an overwhelming beauty of foliage and mountains, as it sets against a remembered view of the romantic, peeling walls of Havana. Oil on paper, 21"X31".

Mariposa Dreams depicts the national flower, the mariposa, or butterfly lily blossoming against the old opera house and the domed Capitolo, once the headquarters of an old dictator. Oil on paper, 21"X31".

I Dream of Havana suggests the romance of the waterfront as you approach by sea contrasted with the handsome, falling-apart architecture of the city. Oil on paper, 21"X31".

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden contrasts an urban slum bordered by a drug paraphernalia-lined street with a lovely rose garden maintained by the neighborhood residents. Oil on canvas, 48"X 62"

Summer of '99 From the "Four Seasons of Refuse" series. Flowers are gorgeous in their prime but sometimes even more interesting as they decay in the terrible heat of that global-warmed summer. Oil on canvas, 58"X 54"

Under the Rainbow An oil spill threatens brilliant tropical fish. Oil on paper. 30"X 40"

FIRE/water (The Hamptons) The land of wealth and privilege is threatened by a forest fire. Oil on paper. 30" X 40"

FIRE/water (Oregon) "The State of Excitement" has been scourged by annual forest fires contrasted with the almost ethereal blue of Crater Lake. Oil on paper, 30"X 40"

Air: FOUL/fresh The now-familiar sulfur-brown urban air, and what it could be. Oil on paper, 30"X 40"

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