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I was thrilled when I found this cobalt blue glass compote with its gold trim in my local antique emporium. I couldn't wait to get home and make it the center of a still life. Since orange is the color complement of blue, that fruit seemed the natural one, and then the gold teapot, and the small base of a Japanese tea caddy seemed to complete the them of tea and oranges, suggestive of my favorite black tea, thus the title. This 20x16 inch painting (51x40 cm) is on linen on hardboard, framed in a 3-inch wide gold plein air frame that has an internal black liner. The frame brings the overall dimensions to 26x22 inches (66x56 cm). Clear-coated with archival artist-grade varnish for protection against dust and abrasion, this work is signed on the front, signed and dated again on the back, and ships with a digitally-registered Certificate of Authenticity.
Oil on Canvas
One-of-a-kind Artwork
20 W x 16 H x 1 D in
Gold
Yes
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I was born in Newport News, Virginia, USA, and live and work in Deep River, Connecticut, I am a studio artist whose practice is focused on abstract work (expressive and geometric) in acrylic, oil, encaustic and gouache as well as realistic oil and acrylic paintings (still life and landscape). I paint on linen, aluminum, MDF and cradled basswood panels, usually, but not always, in a square format. I have been most influenced by the work of Richard Diebenkorn, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, and among contemporary painters, Emily Mason, Brian Rutenberg and Frank Bowling. Interpreting ideas abstractly excites my imagination, and my own excitement leads me to reason that what I paint might be of value to others. When I'm painting, I alter my gestures, colors, lines, overall composition, my rhythm, and my materials, in service of an aesthetic that's been evolving over a lifetime of visual experience. I have great admiration for the Flemish and Dutch painters of the 17th century and several contemporary artists who follow in those august footsteps, such as Hank Helmantel and Lorena Kloosterboer. "What constitutes integrity in a work of art?" is one question that guides my inquiry, as does my deepest-felt objective: to create works that are interesting and beautiful in equal measure. As I complete a work I continually stop and ask myself, is this truly interesting? is it beautiful? I'll leave the final assessment to others, since I don't think the answer is something I can know, but I do keep these questions uppermost in mind as a means of coaxing my work forward. I put my formal education to use (B.A. Goddard College, M.A. & Ph.D., Brandeis University) by teaching for several years as a Professor of Literature at Eastern Connecticut State University and in the MFA program at the University of Southern Maine. After a long career writing, teaching and publishing poetry, I work now as a full-time studio artist in a small New England village on the Connecticut River. On numerous occasions, I've exhibited my work in juried and in open group exhibits, and I've had three solo exhibits, two of those curated. My work has been shown throughout New England and in New York, and some of my paintings have been published along with my poems. During the period 2012 through 2016, my work has been featured as cover art on more than a dozen books and journals.
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