Whimsy

Creation is joyful. At times I love to take a particularly fun look at the world and paint what I see.

Flowertopia is a fun painting I did to loosen-up and lighten-up. It is just joyful fun, including the name. I have to say here though, as I did this painting, two Hebrew z’mirot (songs) I learned at camp, or maybe at the Shabbes table, played in my mind as I painted. The feeling was meant to be one of the pleasantness of life, like the feeling one gets when taking an enjoyable walk through a park on a pretty spring day. The phrases from the songs that I was thinking about were “Shabbat Menucha” (the feeling of renewal and refreshment one gets from experiencing the Shabbat day of rest and renewal) and “Chamah Tov Yi’ He Ye,” the feeling of delight from all these good things to be experienced.

The Venus of Justice

Musicalitree is a painting that spanned several years, begun in 2009 and finished in 2016. It displays the connection of music to the earth and nature. A piano keyboard of music floats melodically on the breeze while the stand-up bass guitar hugs the tree of which both the piano and the bass were created, the roots of the tree spreading out along the ground, the hills of Escondido, CA, where I live, in the background.

Zeke The Wonder Dog

The Dancing Caballero- 47X39.5

The Three Drummers-49x36.5

Rainbow Man Sings Songs of Love and Enchantment-48.75x36.5