Gouache, Pastel, Watercolor
Valentine | oil pastel on paper | 9.25” h x 9.5” w | 2006
Kiss One | Oil pastel on chip board | 4.25” h x 5.125” w | 1981
Ibsen | oil pastel, collage on chipboard | 20” h x 16” w | 2010 | Gift to my friends at the Commonweal Theatre Company in Lanesboro, MN
Bowl of Mussels | Oil pastel on discarded lithograph | 9” h x 9.5” w | 2000
Anniversary Swim | Oil Pastel and watercolor on paper | 5.25” h x 5.75 “ w | 2000
Milk Bath II | oil pastel on paper | 9.5” h x 16.5” w | 2000
Floral Bath | oil pastel on paper | 8.75” h x 8.25” w | 2000 | Private collection
Milk Bath I oil pastel on paper | 11” h x 17” w | 2000 | Private collection
The Abduction of the Sabine Women | oil pastel on paper | 26” h x 40” w | 2003 | The Abduction of the Sabine Women is an episode in the legendary history of Rome in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. Recounted by Livyand Plutarch (Parallel Lives II, 15 and19), it provided a subject for several Renaissance and post-Renaissance works of art that combined a suitably inspiring example of the hardihood and courage of ancient Romans with the opportunity to depict multiple figures, including heroically semi-nude figures, in intensely passionate struggle. The Rape is supposed to have occurred in the early history of Rome, shortly after its founding by Romulus and his mostly male followers. Seeking wives in order to found families, the Romans negotiated unsuccessfully with the Sabines, who populated the area. Fearing the emergence of a rival society, the Sabines refused to allow their women to marry the Romans; consequently, the Romans planned to abduct Sabine women. Romulus devised a festival of Neptune Equester and proclaimed the festival amongst Rome’s neighbors. According to Livy, many people from Rome’s neighbors attended, including many of the Sabines. At the festival, Romulus gave a signal, at which the Romans grabbed the Sabine women and fought off the Sabine men. The indignant abductees were soon implored by Romulus to accept Roman husbands. Livy is clear that no sexual assault took place. On the contrary, Romulus offered them free choice and promised civic and property rights to women. According to Livy he spoke to them each in person, “and pointed out to them that it was all owing to the pride of their parents in denying the right of intermarriage to their neighbors. They would live in honorable wedlock, and share all their property and civil rights, and — dearest of all to human nature — would be the mothers of free men.
Lovers by the Lake | Soft and oil pastel and graphite on paper | 17” h x 17.25” w | 1988
Reunion | oil pastel on black BFK | 21” h x 14” w | 1982
Mad Dog | 1984 | oil pastel on paper | 6”h x 4”w
Nude Bather Rinsing Suit | 2007 | oil pastel on paper | 9”h x 6.75”w
One World | oil pastel on paper | 11.25” h x 11.25” w | 2015
Valentine 2000 | oil pastel on paper | 9.5” h x 17.25” w | 2000 | Private collection
Treaty | Oil pastel | 9.5” h x 8.25” w | 2003
Peace Piece | Oil pastel and graphite | 14.5” h x 8.5” w | 2001 | Exhibition history: Minnesota State Fair, 91st Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, 2002. Honorable Mention award for oil pastel “Peace Piece,” 91st Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair, 2002. Private collection.
Doubting Thomas | soft pastel on paper | 9.75” h x 14” w | 2023
Doubting Thomas | oil pastel on paper | 9.75” h x 14” w | 2023