I had a great deal of fun with this series. Much of it is done tongue in cheek. The sexual innuendoes of mushrooms and navel oranges were deliberate. The names of the canned and wrapped fruits and vegetables were too good to be true. Imagine my joy when I found a label that said “Thoroughly Modern Mushrooms”. The act of reflection was a constant theme in this series. What is real, what is not? That applies to the vegetables, fruit, and their reflections. It probably applied to me too because I was leaving art school to face an uncertain future.
I’ve lost track of many of these paintings as most are in private collections. I still smile when I see one. They are like old, bold friends. In the end they were my talisman, sending me forward boldly into life.
The Grand Union Series
1976-1978, and now continued in 2013...
Bermuda Reflections
2013
Oil on Canvas
30X24
Curator Selection 2013
Private Collection
Bermuda Onions
2013
Oil on Canvas
34X34
Curator Selection 2013
Private Collection
Branded and Boxed Lemons
2013
Oil on Canvas
28X36
Private Collection
Garlic Striptease #1
2014
Oil on Canvas
24X24
Private Collection
Vegetable Striptease #1
2014
Oil on Canvas
24X24
Spilled Seed #1
2014
Oil on Canvas
20X24
Juried selection 2016
Private Collection
Vegetable Striptease #2
2014
Oil on Canvas
24X24
Juried Selection 2016
Curator Selection 2015
Private Collection
Fat Mucket Mussels #1
2014
Oil on Canvas
16X20
Destroyed
Tutto Rosso
2015
Oil on Canvas
18X24
1st Place, Oil, 2015 Beaux Arts, White Plains, NY
Juried Selection 2016
Private Collection
Sweet Reds
2015
Oil on Canvas
18X24
Private Collection
Tutto Rosso - Crushed
2016
Oil on Canvas
24X24
1st Place, Oil/Acrylic, 2016 101st Juried NRAA Exhibitiion
Juried Selection, 2016
Juried Selection, 2017
Curator Selection, 2017
3rd Place, Oil, 2017, Beaux Arts, Bronxville, NY
Artist's Collection
Tutto Rosso - Sauce
2016
Oil on Canvas
24X24
Artist's Collection
Hot Red Chili Peppers With A Twist of Lime
2016
Oil on Canvas
20X24
Juried selection, 2017
Artist's Collection
Spilled Seed #2
2016
Oil on Canvas
16X20
Private Collection
The Most Recent Paintings in the Series:
Tutto Rosso Peeled Plum #2
2016
Oil on Canvas
18X18
Private Collection
Tutto Rosso Peeled Plum #1
2016
Oil on Canvas
20X20
Private Collection
Spilled Seed #3
2017
Oil on Canvas
18X18
Private Collection
Biologically Organic
2017
Oil on Canvas
18X24
Private Collection
Three By Three
2018
Oil on Canvas
18X18
Private Collection
Sunday Dinner
2019
Oil on Canvas
18X18
Private Collection
