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The sad girl on the right holding a dead bird is a marble sculpture we saw in Charleston SC . The boy on the left is a marble sculpture located in the Met in NYC. I chose to paint this little boy sculpture intending for it to seem that he is trying to cheer up the sad girl. I purposely painted the sculptures to have the same base to help solidify the idea that the paintings are a set. The Greek Parthenon in the middle seemed to fit the scheme of the two Greek children so we hung all three as a set.

This is a recent painting of a figure that has been called Scales of Justice. In Greek mythology Themis was a bringer of balance and righter of wrongs……the embodiment of justice, right, and custom. This was the basis for the female figure that holds the scales while stepping on a serpent and wielding a sword, a symbol of power. I decided to give it to my niece Christina who is a paralegal and in addition, one of her sons is a lawyer.

This painting depicts some of my son’s momentos from his graduation from Houston Community College and the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Fraternity. Items include a medal, chords, sash, and graduation tassel.

The lit candle represents education and knowledge. The painting won third place at the Lone Star Art Guild annual district convention.

I have always loved the detailed paintings of William Harnett that include instruments, sheet music, books etc. I purchased a piccolo and used other items I have, as well as my wife’s pearls to stage this setting. I was attempting to achieve the degree of detail Harnett achieved in his paintings.

I completed and presented this painting to my wife Meg on our 8th anniversary, May 20, 1980. It is a still life that was meant to represent a change in our lives as Meg was expecting our first baby who was to be born Sept. 4, 1980. Up to this point Meg worked a secular job but was ready to start a family. We both agreed that the time was right as represented by the balanced scales. Her working life was to come to an end as represented by the closed books….CCA as appears on one book stood for a former employer Continental Credit Adjusters, the next LAW, Credit Bureau of Greater Buffalo, and WT Grant all represent her working career. That was all to come to an end replaced by the book in the close foreground that has in capital letters Otsovstvo which in Russian means Parenthood. So the painting represents our balanced condition that would result in our starting our family. One that would ultimately include three children, two boys and a girl.

This painting won Best Of Show out of about 200 paintings at a Sugar Land Area Artists Show. The judge who critiqued the painting said the values are excellent, composition very good, and disappearing edges on some of the objects was effective. It is the highest award I have ever received for my artwork. My idea was to indicate where artists can get inspiration. The source of the light (inspiration) is coming from above but not from the candle since it is not lit.