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LA LUCHA (THE FIGHT)

 

THE ARCTIC-PACIFIC DIVIDE

CROSSING BY MOONLIGHT

 

REEL-TO-REEL

 
 

THE CONTAINER SHIP

 

CHECKERED PASSED (TIED)

Private Collection

 

 



 

WHAT I PAINT AND WHY I PAINT IT 




EL TEMOR (THE FEAR)

 

ROWING, NOT DRIFTING (2)

 

STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

BACK OF THE YARDS
(SANDBURG'S BOY)

SOLILOQUY

 

LINE QUALITY

 

THE SALMON LADDER

  

THAT STORY ONLY YOU COULD TELL

MAURICIO

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COAT


IOWA: THE AFFECTIONS OF HER PEOPLE,
LIKE THE RIVERS OF HER BORDERS,
FLOW TO AN INSEPARABLE UNION

Permanent Collection
University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art
Cedar Falls

REACH 1 (PIER)


ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY

Private Collection

  

REACH 4 (SEAGULL)

  

TOMORROW AGAIN


 

THE TRUE CROSS (Study)

 



HIGHROAD

Permanent Collection
Zillman Museum of Art,
University of Maine, Bangor

  

COUNTERACT

 

O CANADA

 

LANDING

 


JOKE

Private Collection

KEEP
(TO BE PROMISCUOUS IN THOUGHT)

YOUNG MAN FROM THE KO'OLAU'S


MAN IN MOON, MOON IN MAN
(VAULT)

SUSURRO (WHISPER)

REACH 5 (BEER)

  

REACH 7 (PENPALS)

AHA

 

WHAT ARE THEY REALLY SAYING?

 

REACH 6 (SLEEP)

  

LIST 1 (BOOK OF THE MONTH)

 

REACH 3 (BOOK)

Private Collection

FIRST DRAFT


 

LATEST NEWS
(IF WORDS COULD TALK)

 

GRANT WOOD SEZ TO WORLD: COME OUT FIGHTING

 

FATHOM
Private Collection

WRING

REACH 2 (PALLET)

FOREVER

 

ON THE TABLE

 

 

THE WALL , NOGALES
(LA PARED)

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THE OBERDICK HOUSEz

 

 

ALL KINDS OF THEORY

Private Collection

 

REUNION


UNTITLED (BEAR)


BACK THERE

Private Collection

TWAIN

  

FORT HONOLULU 2



I CAN THE AL-CAN

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SWITCHBACK

 

RAINBOW

LIGHTS OUT

THIS MUST BE AMERICA

 

FORT HONOLULU 1

 

 

THE FROST RAILING (Study)

Private Collection

 
 

THE BIG HORIZON

 

POET'S HOLIDAY

  

FORT HONOLULU 4 (Bull)

   

FORT HONOLULU 3

 

THE BOY FROM MOOSE JAW
ARRIVES AT WAIKIKI

 


RETURN_AL

 

 

THE BOXER SONATA
(A Choreographic Proposal)

LAKE EFFECT



  

EL RIO

Private Collection

 

HIGH PLANES PLAINS


MOM
Permanent Collection, 21C Museum
Louisville, KY

CASCADE (PENMANSHIP)


  

MI TIERRA
(Self Portrait as Jared)
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D-ICE
(DOUBLE SELF-PORTRAIT)

FLOOR TO CEILING

 

DO YOUR BEST

 

YOU MAY BEGIN YOUR
ANSWERS HERE

 

ONE IF BY LAND, TWO
IF BY SEA (SAFE)

 

HOMECOMING


INTERMISSION
(THE LOST WAX AND FOUND)


EDITOR'S LETT_R

 

L--IF--E

TRANSFER

 


JOIN
 

THUS DID WE BUILD OUR SUMMER

  

AND HERE WE ARE

 

TEST

POOL  (HONOLULU)

 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR
THOUSAND WORDS

  

THE LANDSCAPE AS FEMALE

OPEN SEASON

 

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CHASM


WE'VE COME TO TAKE YOU HOME

 

SHORE

Permanent Collection, 21C Museum
Louisville, KY

THE GOOD FIGHT (2)

KIRK (THIS ONE)

 

SLAPSHOT (EVERY SUNSET)

 

 
 CHRISTINA'S WORLD (THE DAY I MET ANDREW WYETH) (#1460)
 CLICK ON IMAGE FOR TEXT:

WE PAUSE FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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PAUL BUNYAN:
BESTING THE MYTH



UNTITLED #1526 (in progress)

 

OUT ON A LIMB


 

REARVIEW

NESSUN DORMA


EL MUNDO PEQUENO

Private Collection

 

 

re:COVER

 

BOB HOWE WANTED TO PAINT STORIES
(FOR ROBERT CHARLES HOWE, 1954-2002)

 

THE PASSING OF THE WEST


AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT
(MONDAY)

ANCHORAGE

 

 

YOUNG BLADES ATOP MT. MARSDEN
(FOR MARSDEN HARTLEY)

Permanent Collection,
Bates College Museum of Art
Lewiston, Maine

 

SAFETY GLASS




AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT
(WEDNESDAY) (DEER)

Private Collection


  

ADDING TWELVE FEET
TO KATAHDIN (Study)

Permanent Collection,
Bates College Museum of Art
Lewiston, Maine


THE VETERAN IN A NEW FIELD

 

AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT
(TUESDAY)

THE GREATER MOOSE


 

MI CASA ES SU CASA
(Study)

SIGN


 

KEEPER

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