LOS ANGELES TREES (2001-2012): In Los Angeles there are trees from every continent of the world, and in them I discovered a subject for a kind of portraiture. The insistent dedication of nature is to grow in spite of restrictions, and idiosyncratic forms often result from this. My work is not about trees per se. Rather, the tree form and the way it reveals something about its environment is fascinating to me. What also interests me is the contest between the limitation of painting and the limitless ability of art to surpass its restrictions, showing the world as we have never seen it before, inviting us to focus and meditate on those forces that have shaped ordinary forms in unseen ways. The human desire to control the unpredictable in the face of nature’s seemingly uncontrollable whims is both comic and tragic—ultimately revealing our own fragility. A painting of a tree is not a tree, but an image, a reflection of who we are.

Yellow Ginko, 2001
Yellow Ginko, 2001
On Sierra Bonita, 2003
On Sierra Bonita, 2003
On Pico Blvd. #1, 2003
On Pico Blvd. #1, 2003
On Fuller Ave. #1, 2003
On Fuller Ave. #1, 2003
On via Darwin, 2004
On via Darwin, 2004
On via Fagina #1, 2004
On via Fagina #1, 2004
On Western Avenue, 2005
On Western Avenue, 2005
On Pico Blvd. #2, 2005
On Pico Blvd. #2, 2005
On Washington Blvd. #8, 2005
On Washington Blvd. #8, 2005
On La Cienega Blvd. #1, 2006
On La Cienega Blvd. #1, 2006
On 9th St., 2007
On 9th St., 2007
On Barrington Ave. #1, 2007
On Barrington Ave. #1, 2007
On Alameda Ave. #2, 2007
On Alameda Ave. #2, 2007
On Alameda Ave. #1 (SCF), 2007
On Alameda Ave. #1 (SCF), 2007
On Catalina St., 2007
On Catalina St., 2007
On Robertson Blvd. #2, 2007
On Robertson Blvd. #2, 2007
On Santee St. #1, 2007
On Santee St. #1, 2007
On La Brea Ave. #6, 2008
On La Brea Ave. #6, 2008
On Lincoln Blvd. #1, 2008
On Lincoln Blvd. #1, 2008
On Western Ave. and Pico Blvd., 2008
On Western Ave. and Pico Blvd., 2008
On Fuller Ave. #3, 2008
On Fuller Ave. #3, 2008
On Pico Blvd #4, 2008
On Pico Blvd #4, 2008
On Pico Blvd #5, 2008
On Pico Blvd #5, 2008
Floating (On El Segundo Blvd), 2010
Floating (On El Segundo Blvd), 2010
On 4th St., 2010
On 4th St., 2010
On Fuller #13, 2010
On Fuller #13, 2010
On Largo Argentina #2, 2010
On Largo Argentina #2, 2010
Piazza dei Martiri (Bologna), 2010
Piazza dei Martiri (Bologna), 2010
Off Pico Blvd. #6, 2010
Off Pico Blvd. #6, 2010
On Pico Blvd. #8, 2010
On Pico Blvd. #8, 2010
On Venice Blvd. #12, 2010
On Venice Blvd. #12, 2010
On Hoover St. #2, 2010
On Hoover St. #2, 2010
On Venice Blvd. #13, 2010
On Venice Blvd. #13, 2010
On Western Ave. #6 (For Bill Radawec), 2011
On Western Ave. #6 (For Bill Radawec), 2011
On Robertson Blvd., 2012
On Robertson Blvd., 2012
San Vicente #3, 2012
San Vicente #3, 2012