DREAM OF WET PAVEMENTS

Bridge & Station (1st-state)

The Dream of Wet Pavements series takes its title from an apocalyptic poem by the Australian poet Francis Brabizon––and was an attempt on my part to come to grips with our near-decade of living in the crowded and sometimes toxic urban world. In this group of paintings I attempted to evoke my sense that our cities are places of grace as well as violence. The image of a city flooded in light and water became for me a symbol of simultaneous melancholy and hope.

Bridge and Station
1989, oil on linen; 48″ x 60″,
private collection

Bridge & Station (Stage 1)

Bridge & Station (stage 2)

Bridge & Station (stage 3)

City Limits

1988; oil on canvas; 48″ x 30″

available for purchase

Dream of Wet Pavements
1988, oil on canvas; 72″ x 60″,
private collection

Dream of Wet Pavements II
1988, oil on canvas; 65″ x 50″,
destroyed in studio fire 1997

Dream of Wet Pavements; Moonrise
1988, oil on linen; 60″ x 50″,
private collection

Evening Light
1989, oil on linen; 40″ x 60″,
private collection

Inbound
1989, oil on linen; 55″ x 55″,
available

Overpass

1989; oil on linen; 24″ x 18″

available for purchase

Prophet
1989, oil on canvas; 72″ x 48″,
destroyed in studio fire 1997

Steam and Light II
1989, oil on canvas; 60″ x 55″,
private collection

Twin Bridge

1989; oil on canvas; 48″ x 72″

private collection

Visitation

1988; oil on linen; 18″ x 16″

private collection