The painter Kerry suggested I post the entire animal series for your viewing pleasure.
The leading cause of vertebrate declines is human destruction of old growth forests, wetlands, chaparral, and other rich habitats. Worldwide, over two-thirds of the earth’s habitable land surface has been significantly disturbed by human activities. Nearly half of the world’s 233 primate species are threatened, largely because of their dependence on large expanses of tropical forest, a habitat under siege around the globe. In hotspots of forest loss, such as Madagascar, the Atlantic rainforest of eastern Brazil, and Southeast Asia, roughly 70 percent of primate species face extinction.
many of these bears will be gone in our lifetime. With the threat of oil and warming the planet holds fewer places for big mammals. Most Americans don’t realize that we’re in a period of mass extinction.
I recently finished a series of northern animal paintings, all for Christmas presents.
Each are about 12″x16″ oil on board. People always say that it’s hard to make homemade gifts, and it is, I struggle alot with painting myself. But with persistance and a simple idea they are extraordinary and often more memorable.
This is an autumn creek in Pennsylvania.
This old coot is always talking about the terror in men-the terror to live, the terror to die. I asked him where all his evil comes from and he simply said “Deep in the earth.”
Happy Halloween and sorry about the nightmares.
Nuclear power seems to be spreading. This painting was hard to complete. I’ll probably destroy it for my own well being.
Cats have been involuntarily involved in my art as long as I can remember.
Mysterious and loyal, they move complete but unsatisfied.
a photo from a $.99 store. I’ve always thought that these places were worth something pictorially.
This is a painting from an ongoing suburbia series. This is an earlier one. Lately I’ve been interested in entertainment, like trampolines, playgrounds or swimming pools.
