Gallery
2013
Portrait of the Artist’s Father: William C. Herman
2013, oil and alkyd on wood;
30″ x 48″
2012 – 2013
QU4RTETS No.1 (Spring);
oil and gold/silver leaf on wood;
97″ x 60″
2011 – 2012
Tide at Walker Creek
2009, oil on wood, diptych, 60″ x 70″, available
2005 – 2009
Second Adam
detail of younger Virgin Mary
2005 – 2009
“Betrothed”
oil, gold and silver leaf on wood; 60″ x 48″,
collection of Walter and Darlene Hansen
2005 – 2006
Vocatio II
2005, oil and gold leaf on wood; 48″ x 36″,
available
2002 – 2005
Annunciation (Detail)
oil on wood with silver leaf; 110″ x 72″,
private collection
2000 – 2002
Passion
1996 – 1999
John the Baptist
1994, oil on linen; 60″ x 40″,
destroyed in studio fire 1997
1995 – 1997
Moses (Detail)
1991
1988 – 1989
1987 – 1989
Dream of Wet Pavements
1988, oil on canvas; 72″ x 60″,
private collection
1983 – 1984
1980 – 1983
I include them here because they show a lineage and a pathway.
I’ve always desired to tell a story, but as the great poet Emily Dickinson wrote “Tell all the truth but tell it slant/Success in circuit lies.” These early pieces painted right after I finished studies at BU all have the implicit psychological narrative derived in part from studying Beckmann’s triptychs and Rouault’s religious images. For those great painters I am utterly grateful, even as I needed to work through their heavy influence and find my own voice.
1977 – 1979
1979, oil on canvas; 72″ x 48″,
destroyed in studio fire 1997
In many ways to look back is a bit embarrassing…but the bread-crumb trail is an honest one.