http://www.jackmaxwellart.com/empty-places daily 0.75 2018-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1398721112018-ZC78KLGSQEXZWE3X1B62/New+Mexico+revised+better..jpg Empty Places - White Bones and Red Dirt Taiban Presbyterian Church, Est. 1908, Taiban, NM With its steeple long lost and without windows or doors, the inside and outside become one. It is but a dilapidated shell, ravaged by human neglect, vandalism, the elements and time. Yet there remains something inexplicably serene and beautiful there. Just as the deeply etched wrinkles on a centenarian’s face tell a story of life lived and experiences gained, these church bones tell a story as well—and it is one of history, of hot dry summers and cold windblown winters, of past parishioners, of worship and of reverence. It is now a quiet and empty place, but by all not forgotten and by yet others still loved. Oil on Canvas 30"x40" SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1398721112018-ZC78KLGSQEXZWE3X1B62/New+Mexico+revised+better..jpg Empty Places - White Bones and Red Dirt Taiban Presbyterian Church, Est. 1908, Taiban, NM With its steeple long lost and without windows or doors, the inside and outside become one. It is but a dilapidated shell, ravaged by human neglect, vandalism, the elements and time. Yet there remains something inexplicably serene and beautiful there. Just as the deeply etched wrinkles on a centenarian’s face tell a story of life lived and experiences gained, these church bones tell a story as well—and it is one of history, of hot dry summers and cold windblown winters, of past parishioners, of worship and of reverence. It is now a quiet and empty place, but by all not forgotten and by yet others still loved. Oil on Canvas 30"x40" SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1398722417171-QFR4LLT3S0XWFS56TOIA/Breckenridge+hwy+revised+copy+2.jpg Empty Places - Red Brick and Golden Light Old Sanders Store, Dundee, TX   Oil on Canvas 30" x 40" Available at Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1459801375336-F2LM6QLTMAU0YJAZCCMX/image-asset.jpeg Empty Places - Abandoned Goldthwaite, Texas This old ramshackle house, neglected and abused by time and the elements, now shimmers in the morning light as shadows like entangled spider webs add a lacy beauty to it’s weathered bones. Oil on canvas, 2016 36"x48" (available) https://carolrobinsongallery.net http://www.jackmaxwellart.com/sacred-spaces daily 0.75 2018-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397801531799-JLEYLRSE6PM4Q479Z3X7/Volterra++Stairs.jpg Sacred Spaces - Ascent: Shadowcase 1st c. B.C., Volterra, Italy   Volterra, Italy is a hilltop village with a long and illustrious history. Originally established by the Etruscans in the 8th century B.C. and centuries later by the Roman newcomers, its narrow medieval streets, quaint shops and colorful people make this one of our favorite towns. Soaking up the bright Tuscan sunshine, we strolled down winding alleys and lanes. Warm ochre walls, brilliant red poppies and colorful linens out hanging to dry surrounded us. We eventually arrived at the Roman amphitheater where, among the shadows of the ruin, was a darkened passage. Peering in, we discovered a crumbling stone staircase that climbed until it was lost in the sunlight of an opening above. It seemed to beckon us upward…   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 48" x 1.5" SOLD: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397801531799-JLEYLRSE6PM4Q479Z3X7/Volterra++Stairs.jpg Sacred Spaces - Ascent: Shadowcase 1st c. B.C., Volterra, Italy   Volterra, Italy is a hilltop village with a long and illustrious history. Originally established by the Etruscans in the 8th century B.C. and centuries later by the Roman newcomers, its narrow medieval streets, quaint shops and colorful people make this one of our favorite towns. Soaking up the bright Tuscan sunshine, we strolled down winding alleys and lanes. Warm ochre walls, brilliant red poppies and colorful linens out hanging to dry surrounded us. We eventually arrived at the Roman amphitheater where, among the shadows of the ruin, was a darkened passage. Peering in, we discovered a crumbling stone staircase that climbed until it was lost in the sunlight of an opening above. It seemed to beckon us upward…   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 48" x 1.5" SOLD: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397827817412-R4FN2SNCJQ9Q16QQF87I/Orvieto+Chapel.jpg Sacred Spaces - Hallowed Light, Redeeming Quiet, Glimpsed Grace Orvieto, Italy   We discovered this intimate side chapel in Chiesa San Lorenzo de' Arari (c. 1291), a Romanesque jewel, but just one of the several smaller medieval churches found in Orvieto, Italy. Gentle light streamed through a lone medieval window onto the Christ crucified, hanging above and in front of intricately patterned but faded frescos. Pardon and mercy revealed; a sense of peace and exquisite beauty filtered in with the hallowed rays.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397848547158-JHM459ZY3UJEECFSDAQH/Heavenly+rest+finished+sized+for+web.jpg Sacred Spaces - All Saints Chapel Church of the Heavenly Rest, Abilene, Texas   This jewel of a church, the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, is surprisingly located not in the English countryside but in the mesquite plains and plateaus of West Texas. It was designed by Philip H. Frohman (1887-1972), an American architect that specialized in the English Gothic style. He designed over fifty churches over his career and is perhaps most well known for his work with the Washington National Cathedral. This image depicts the oldest part of the church, a side chapel with original windows from its earlier location downtown. The proportions, the glass and the light are exquisite and the sense of His presence there is undeniable. I am taken back to so many UK churches I have visited and I find this place to equal or surpass many. There is a plaque at the church that reads: "No man entering a house ignores him who dwells in it. This is the house of God and He is here." I think its message could not be more apropos.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 36" x 48" x 1.5" Private Commission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397848978873-IWWDPSZ7I2ONMZOCJWN7/Heavenly+rest+Detail.jpg Sacred Spaces - All Saints Chapel DETAIL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397801888948-UO0QBJ8LQ2N8T01NAH1J/Venice+Chairs+Finished+b.jpg Sacred Spaces - Empty Vessels: Marble floors and Wooden Bones Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice, Italy   This baroque cathedral was engineered and crafted eight centuries ago. The architecture is huge, the spaces breath-taking, the figurative sculpture unsurpassed, and the beautifully cut and richly colored marble floors seem too precious to tread upon. Yet today there sit several ordinary wooden chairs facing an unseen altar. They are evidence of the human scale, of human frailty, plain yet purposeful. They are somehow comforting, unassuming and without pretense. I love this church. It is vast and intimate. It is a place of respite, a place of peace.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 48" x 1.5" Sold: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397801880890-53BBPCF86FOBHUKLA4PU/Sacred+Space+No.+5.jpg Sacred Spaces - Transcendence of Ash: Sic Opportet Ubio Non Hic Basilica della Santissima Annunziata di Firenze, Florence, Italy   This beautiful church is often ignored among the better-known churches and world-class art of Florence. However, its lack of tourists and gawkers just makes the experience of going there more meaningful. It is dark and covered in grime inside. It feels ancient and mysterious yet it’s just these attributes that affect the visitor so intensely. Voices invariably quieten to whispers as, through the heavy basilica doors, one enters holiness. Founded in 1250, the facade was not added until 1601. The second oldest organ in Italy is in this church. In 1252, a painting of the Annunciation was begun by one of the monks but abandoned in despair because he felt he could not create a beautiful enough image but while he slept an angel came and completed it. The church then became a pilgrimage destination for centuries. The church is only partially restored. In these areas the colors are shockingly vivid in the grime. A glimpse of heaven I think.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 72" x 1.5" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397801865453-RY93SBAMS7XXBIU46O7B/Vatican+Gate.jpg Sacred Spaces - Viettato I’Ingresso- Forbidden Entry: Iron Light, Shadow Rays Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy   Wandering through the labyrinth of passages and hallways at the Vatican Museums is breathtaking; to be in such close proximity to masterpieces, frescoes and religious icons of such fame and importance is a mind-boggling experience for the artist. And it’s not just the artworks. I believe I spent just as much time gazing up at the incredibly ornate ceilings and architectural details as I did looking at the priceless paintings hanging on the palace walls. Its so exciting but it can also be mind numbing and an overwhelmingly exhaustive experience. At one point, I found respite up some marble steps that lead up a narrow corridor to a gated forbidden passage. It was curious to find this somewhat formidable but exquisitely crafted heavy medieval iron barrier in a world of high-tech security measures. But it was a convenient enough backrest as I became mesmerized by the play of light and shadow cast on the vaults above. These gates created, a beauty not found in the iron itself but in the ethereal scattering of light it produced. Are we not all simply rusting iron in hope of reflecting light from darkness and thereby creating a measure of beauty despite ourselves? I wonder …   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Available: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397827983368-5MKS3JPDY62Q8FES6F91/Finished+.jpg Sacred Spaces - Sacred Crossroads: Intersection Scandicci, Italy   Strolling to our favorite gelato shop in Scandicci (Italy) we were intrigued by this shrined intersection. The blue ethereal neon seemed oddly incongruous amidst the common and utilitarian objects that fill our urban spaces. Yet in another sense, the cool glow of this divine representation was somehow exactly where it should be—in the world, not separated from it. Surrounded by the hustle and bustle of our daily existence, it was an anchor and a reminder of what is true and lasting. As the green generic symbol gave us permit to cross, we hurried on to our ice creams—the same, but different—pedestrians not unaffected by this sacred intrusion.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 48" x 1.5" (available) https://carolrobinsongallery.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397828004099-2TLDJVQMFYCF0W9XLO86/San+gimignano.jpg Sacred Spaces - Vineyard: Early Morn 30-San Gimignano San Gimignano, Italy   I remember awakening early in the morning, around 4:30 or 5:00 AM—as soon as there was the slightest glow in the east. I hurriedly dressed and, with watercolors in hand, I hiked out the medieval front gate of the village toward a vineyard below. I walked until I found the perfect space and positioned myself among the vines and leaves of the rustic vineyard. I had a clear view of San Gimignano at sunrise bathed in a pink and golden light that seems to be found in no place outside of Tuscany. It was my 30th wedding anniversary that morning and as I painted a gift for my beloved, I felt an incredible sense that I had found my Eden and center there. As the early light illuminated the medieval “skyscrapers” and washed in the beauty of a new day, I was home.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 72" x 1.5" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397827784079-IT0NXNES24N8JGKJQFII/Rome+Church.jpg Sacred Spaces - Terra Santa: Holy Ground- Maximus et Minimus, St. John Lateran Arch-basilica, Rome   Dedicated in 324 by Pope Sylvester I, St. John Lateran was declared to be Domus Dei, the House of God. This church is the Cathedral of the Bishop of Rome. Lateran is the area of Rome where the basilica is situated. It is difficult if not impossible to visit this place and not be overwhelmed by its monumental size and opulence. It is a grand statement of a zealous intention to create a place that is worthy for the praise and honor of God. It was late afternoon and the central nave was darkening but the south side aisle remained illuminated by dramatic rays of light that created a gorgeous and almost celestial atmospheric ambiance. A lone plastic chair, plain and purely functional in its simplicity, was caught in the bathing light. It appeared too small and very out of place in its opulent surroundings. I could relate to that chair and sensed God’s grace and mercy there in the “maximus et minimus”, the greatest and the least, the ordinary and extraordinary, all coexisting in the experience of being human.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397827756149-1NA1LRQXU8VARQWQCTMB/Duomo+di+Orvieto+from+Vicolo+dei+Dolci.jpg Sacred Spaces - Circle, Square, Triangle: Duomo di Orvieto Orvieto, Italy   Orvieto is an Umbrian hilltop village between Florence and Rome. In 1263, a Bohemian priest was on his way home from a pilgrimage to Rome. He stopped near Orvieto to celebrate a holy mass, and was astonished to see so much blood drip out of the communion wafers that it soaked through the cloth below. Determined a miracle, the relic was to be housed in a new cathedral, the Duomodi Orvieto. Taking 300 years to complete, it is now widely considered the most glorious example of Italian gothic architecture in Italy. Its masterfully proportioned facade is embellished with perfect geometric forms and structural details: the circle- a symbol of the heavens and the eternal; the triangle- the Father, Son and Holy Ghost; and the square- the earth, and the four directions. Looking down the narrow Vicolo dei Dolci toward the great duomo, the street signs repeat the geometry of the cathedral adornment, an inescapable irony, the sacred and the profane in coexistence.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 72" x 1.5" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1393863809915-14WYTMBLXLA0W1SSC469/Tintern+and+Cows.jpg Sacred Spaces - Gilpin’s Fulfillment : Content Cows, Ancient Stones and Early Morning Light Tintern, Abbey, Wales, UK The majestic ruin, that is Tintern Abbey, has been a spiritual inspiration on several occasions, but on this particular visit it was absolutely incomparable. The raking light so perfectly delineating every texture and intensifying each color; the herd like actors on cue gathering to graze directly in front of this exquisite stage backdrop; and the architecture itself, aged and broken but, like an elderly person’s face wizened and wrinkled by time, it becomes more beautiful. In 1882, William Gilpin, in Observations on the River Wye, coined the word “picturesque”. He studied and analyzed the nature of beauty and eventually labeled and quantified something so intangible. Incidentally, the River Wye flows next to Tintern Abbey, a sacred place that is certainly worthy of this descriptive word. But do the contented cows appreciate or even recognize their close proximity to the divine? Do we as well? Tintern Abbey, in Wales, has been a spiritual focus for us on several occasions. The space seems divine each time we are blessed to visit. The enormity and awe-inspiring nature of this 12th century abbey, seems of little consequence to the contented cows grazing nearby.   Medium: Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 72" x 1 3/4" Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397827908404-50TZWI8X753U8T6H8PGT/IMG_1220.JPG Sacred Spaces - Tree of Life: Light. Shadow. Stone Tintern Abbey, Wales, UK   As the early morning fog was just departing the small village of Tintern, we arrived to a towering skeleton of broken stone and lost vaults. It was magical and captivating--an abbey in ruin but with an undiminished grandeur and majesty that continues to defy a long dead king’s dissolution. Meandering beneath azure skies framed by empty arches and ceilingless walls, we felt small and inconsequential in God’s creation. But we also felt his presence to a degree that I have not experienced in the most extravagant of churches--a reminder that man’s creations are but a dim reflection of His masterpieces. In awe and wonder we continued to explore an interior carpeted with soft emerald grass when, in response to the sun’s warmth, punctuations of tiny white flowers suddenly began to open around us. Emotionally overwhelmed by a space so suddenly and intimately transformed by divine creation, we both understood that we were witnesses to the miraculous...   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 72" x 1.5" Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397827848162-OUFCV0BADKWKQV2ENMYT/At+Briavel+church+storage.jpg Sacred Spaces - Veiled Covenant St Mary the Virgin, 12th century Norman church, St Briavels, UK   On an early Sunday morning, after spending the night in the village castle across the lane, we decided to investigate this 12th century Norman parish church. The door to St. Mary the Virgin was open and the church empty. It was a quiet meditative place, smelling of age and dampness but it was also somehow welcoming and comfortable. It made one feel good to be there. After a few minutes, we met a gracious member of the church, an angel that had arrived early to prepare the coffee and tea for the Sunday school classes. After she left, I gazed at the shiny chrome percolator shrouded in holy linen and reflecting bright blue china teacups. I thought how comforting and familiar this felt. It reminded me of all the precious people that have served me and provided for me over my lifetime. On the walls back-dropping these utilitarian objects were centuries-old memorial stones, reminders that life and death, drink and sustenance are all part of being human and that simple activities like preparing coffee for others can become sacred acts of kindness, employing simple emblems that are sanctified by the hands that give to others.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 24" x 48" x 1.5" Sold: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397801871772-CITRYGF1F6DVWZ1U8MIN/Church+Storage+Painting.jpg Sacred Spaces - Kept Things Pondered Things: Ladder and Three Crosses St Mary the Vigin Parish Church, St Briavels, UK   While exploring this small parish church, we secretively stepped past a drawn curtain that was draped across the back of the wooden pipe organ. Beyond the partition we discovered a storage area for the church. Like an old attic, it was haphazardly strewn with various objects of all sorts. Most were ordinary and a few suggested past spiritual purposes—all seemed abandoned and unrevered. Yet, somehow the light that filtered through the cut glass medieval windows seemed to bless and bestow each object with imbedded significance and a sense of the holy. Three crosses, a wooden ladder, a lamp, a bare light bulb; kept objects, pondered things—mysteries.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 72" x 1.5" Available: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1394824794555-K64K2IUL4FCAP4W0YSEQ/detail-of-st-briavels-sacred-storage.jpg Sacred Spaces - Kept Things Pondered Things: Ladder and Three Crosses DETAIL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397829503954-YHVJX3BR9JR0ZYRF4BWY/Lewis+Church+Finished+Brighter.jpg Sacred Spaces - Sanctification of the Ordinary: Fire-Water-Light Holy Trinity Church, Headington, UK   Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 14th Century Gothic Revival style, Holy Trinity Church was consecrated in 1848. It is located about a 15-minute walk from the home of C.S. Lewis. He, his brother and Mrs. Moore were members of the congregation for over 30 years. There is actually a small plaque marking the pew where he usually sat. At his death in 1963, Lewis was buried there in the churchyard cemetery. I found myself drawn to the simple still life so perfectly yet unintentionally arranged. An unassuming ceramic bowl and a decorative glass bottle filled with water are the only objects on the small shelf, yet the composition enlarges to include sacred and secular objects that are somehow consecrated by their surroundings. A radiator, a posted note, cut-glass windows, a stack of books, scarlet pillows, etc.—the ordinary may become extraordinary in the light of the holy.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" (available) https://carolrobinsongallery.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397829791419-0LGCMEI4Y2R3H6GALNBH/photo.JPG Sacred Spaces - Ghiberti’s Gates: Paradise Gained Oxford, UK   This ancient gate, this seemingly long closed entry, once provided access into the grounds of Balliol College, one of the oldest of all the colleges in the Oxford University system. This year the college is celebrating its 750th anniversary as an academic institution. With the intricacies of fine lace, a tangle of leafless vines covered the weathered doors making it obvious of their closure for many years. The pattern of the random clinging vines and the skillfully carved decorative doors fascinated me. Although there is inherent beauty in both, I believe nature easily wins the contest. It struck me that these doors of “knowledge” sealed by the years, had many a story to reveal and I am sure I’m not the only one to wonder at the hidden mysteries they contain.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 24" x 48" x 1.5" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397827934743-DN5YOI4P17K0FYCMBV5T/Bath+Windows+Finished.jpg Sacred Spaces - Lead-Glass-Stone: Lantern of the West, Bath Abbey Bath, UK   There is something intriguing about the transparency of leaded glass, reflected and fractured by sunlight. Each small pane, each puzzle piece, filters and transforms the light while providing a clarity and effect reminiscent of staring into the depths of crystal clear waters. Known as the Lantern of the West, Bath Abbey’s myriad of windows washes its interior with an airy brightness that is seldom observed in medieval churches. It was consecrated in 1499 and situated near the ancient Roman pools. It now shares its proximity with curio shops, street musicians, giggling children and of course pigeons. It is a mystical experience to be "bathed" in this odd mixture of the ancient and the present.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 72" x 1.5" Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397828039572-THKHLULE4ZYSXGSKYLMS/Avebury+sheep.jpg Sacred Spaces - Sentinels. Sheep. Shelter: Avebury Stones-Early Morn Avebury, UK   The Wiltshire Horn is one of the oldest sheep breeds in Britain, dating to the Roman occupation of the isles. But the story retreats back even further to the Phoenicians who supposedly bartered these sheep for tin and copper. The tiny village of Avebury is built in the midst of the largest circle of standing megalithic stones in the world. It was early morning when we arrived at Avebury and the sun only sporadically peeked through the early haze. The sheep contentedly grazed among the ancient megalithic crags, unaware of the historical significance of their surroundings. It seemed ironic that farmers till their fields and livestock roam freely amid this area that was surely once sacred to man. Are we not all like sheep, blindly unaware or unable to see the sacred around us?   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 72" x 1.5" Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397829586825-L0X8NQ8SS8P7FY0Y7YH4/Binsey+Tree+2x4.jpg Sacred Spaces - Tree of Life: Guardian St Margaret’s Parish Church, 12th C, Binsey, Oxfordshire, UK   Approaching the entry to this intimate parish church, the path leads visitors through an ancient graveyard and past a tremendous tree, a great yew which stands as protector, arms outstretched over those living and those who have passed on. The tree is so massive and it’s canopy so dense, so expansive that when it rains one can stand beneath it and not get wet. Some years back I watercolored for hours under the shelter of this tree, unaware that the mist had turned to rain. Only when my friend and fellow painter arrived, miserable, shivering and soaked to the bone, did I realize how wet the weather had actually become. I wonder what others this tree has sheltered over what might be centuries. The oldest tree in Europe is thought to be a yew in Scotland—its age, 3000 years.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 24" x 48" x 1.5" SOLD     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397829532331-5H20HX04WTGA6KG6S3FB/Binsey+Shadows.jpg Sacred Spaces - Broken Shadows: Light and Rest St Margaret’s Parish Church, 12th C, Binsey, Oxfordshire, UK   It is the perfect canvas for God’s favorite medium—Light. Filtering through the trees, it creates a slowly modulating dance of dappled shapes and shadows on this ancient church wall; a perfect backdrop for the headstones, inscribed with names, some lost forever to the erosion of time and weather. And what beauty is found in the varied textures of both rough wall stones and the skillfully carved filigree that describes the wall’s narrow arched windows. I love the warmth of the stone’s golden color, especially against the cool blues of the sky. I have always been fascinated by the way light changes throughout the day, but it is only since I began plein air painting that I have truly come to appreciate how dramatic these changes can be; rain, clouds, sunshine and shadows. What a perfect day.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Sold   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397827959253-AJWL0K5T3BCB5L86JQVB/Binsey+Church.jpg Sacred Spaces - Binsey Light St Margaret of Antioch Parish Church, 12th C, Binsey, Oxfordshire, UK   This space epitomizes for me what it is to be sacred. It is about holiness but it also about the light. It is a light that expresses all the colors of the seasons, ranging from the greens of spring, the sunshiny ochres of summer, the warm earth tones of fall and especially the cool deep violets of winter. I find it comforting that a space that is in some way separate from the world reflects and embraces it so fully.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397432168277-OI08BUPANL9W5H70VPKA/Binsey+Final+Painting+sized+for+website.jpeg Sacred Spaces - Chairs, Quiet and Witnesses St Margaret of Antioch Parish Church, 12th C, Binsey, Oxfordshire, UK   Two simple chairs, an oil lamp, a small prayer altar, flowers, light: simplicity is beautiful. Sometimes it amazes me just how perfect a found scene can be. No person purposely created this harmony of light, color and composition. No human at least. There are beautiful things that overwhelm the senses with intensity, color, sound and emotion. We are all moved by these magnified experiences. But the ones I cherish most are rather like this scene, a quiet and gentle moment when all is in balance and at peace. There is a beauty in these things that I find difficult to explain but hopefully it can be sensed and shared. That is enough I think. A phrase Robert Browning wrote in his 1855 poem, The Faultless Painter, comes to mind—“Less is more”.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Available: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397829761126-2CWX9V3H7336LG1JES1L/Mops.+Altar+Linens.+Organ.jpg Sacred Spaces - Altar Linens and Mop St Margaret’s of Antioch Parish Church, 12th C, Binsey, Oxfordshire, UK   Brooms, mops, and dusters lean against a back wall next to the protective chest labeled “altar linens”. This tiny space hides away the tools of the trade and intertwines the secular with the holy. It is a reminder that the work of Christ can be a “messy business”. He wants us to get our hands dirty, breathe in the dust and the grit of humanity. These tools of labor seem profound; the sacrifice of our time and energy, and the release of our ordered existence for the mess of the message, a message that is beautiful. I also think the mop, the insect net and the duster are worthy of any artist’s efforts simply because they too have their unique beauty; their color and textures, so vivid and rich in the shadows of this hidden nook. There is beauty in all creation and ugliness is not a fact but often simply a misguided perception.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1403997367118-JDZPWRQDMOCLNR11RD7Z/St+Margaret+Binsey+Window+for+web.jpg Sacred Spaces - Saint Margaret, Flowers, Light St Margaret’s Parish Church, 12th C, Binsey, Oxfordshire, UK   Silent and serene, the small representation of Saint Margaret of Antioch holds quiet vigil in the gentle morning light—welcoming all sojourners to this isolated place and inviting all to come, to be still, and to find peace. I escape the sunlight and step back in time, quietly entering this dark humble church. The only illumination is from the leaded windows, for this place still has no need for such modernities as electricity. As usual, it is empty but for rough timbered beams, old plastered walls and timeworn furnishings. Cold stones are inscribed with barely legible dates and names, lives long gone but not forgotten here. I breathe in air that is cool and wet but on this day the familiar musty aromas are sweetly accented by the hint of flowers. A funeral is to take place later this day. As young art students sit outside and paint the churchyard, I am lost in this quiet sanctuary. Alone I sit and enjoy the subtle nuances of color that the cut glass and filtered light reveal. I am lost but have found that promised peace.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Available: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397847646214-FKYLML7J3WH0BGNWTLHA/Detail+Binsey+St+Margaret.jpg Sacred Spaces - Saint Margaret, Flowers, Light DETAIL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397829821625-1V21Z5V1GSV7771FIF5S/Binsey+doors+revised+2.jpg Sacred Spaces - Not by Works… Passage St Margaret’s Parish Church, 12th C, Binsey, Oxfordshire, UK   The fragrant flowers greet us as we pass through the two heavy doors and enter this holy space. For in preparation for a parishioners’ funeral, the small sanctuary has been readied and adorned with homemade floral arrangements, flowers perhaps picked from a neighbors’ gardens. Thus reminded once more of the transience of life on this earth, the propped up push-broom in the corner stands as a testament to the stilled and unfinished labors of man… As the heavy aroma of Heaven lingers.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397829595448-7ZS4OMK3YC5904W3AWN9/Binsey+West+Windows.jpg Sacred Spaces - Extraordinary Ordinariness: Cross Light St Margaret’s Parish Church, 12th C, Binsey, Oxfordshire, UK   In exquisite colors, this small pair of west windows tells us a story that is unlike any other in the existence of the world—a young girl has been chosen to bear God’s son—it is the Annunciation and it is so beautiful. Glorious, extraordinary is this vision of love and hope. Focused on the windows I do not see the cross. In the shadows below, forgotten beads are draped over a simple wooden post and deeper in the darkness hangs a diminutive crucifix. Months later I begin this painting and only then, when enlarged on my computer monitor, do I discover it. It was there all along but I was distracted and I missed it. Surely there is a lesson here—surely there are many. How often have I been blinded by the shiny, the loud or even the beautiful? How many times have I not seen His presence or heard his whisper over all the shouting? I’m reminded of the German philosopher’s words: “Look closely, the beautiful may be small”.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Available   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397827872460-MQ1JEGPNVUYGXXBUT4J1/Higland+Sheep.jpg Sacred Spaces Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 24" x 48" x 1.5" Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1393863809134-QAW23YBHG77UUWFT2HGF/Sheep+Painting.jpg Sacred Spaces - Ninety and Nine: But None of the Ransomed Ever Knew … Dumfriesshire, Scotland Is there anything more picturesque than rolling hills, soft green grass, dappled sunshine and distant sheep sheltered under the branches of a lone grouping of dense oaks? We caught a quick glimpse of this bit of heaven while driving through the lush countryside of southern Scotland. At first I thought the sheep were distant pale colored stones, as scale is so deceptive and distance so difficult to measure in the vast grass-scape. We were compelled to turn about and immerse ourselves in this blissful view of paradise and peace—perfect peace not often found. The words of the hymn, Ninety and Nine were pinned by Elizabeth C. Clephane (1830-1869), an invalid woman from Melrose, Scotland. Her inspiration is not difficult to imagine. Is there anything more serene than sheep resting upon soft green grass shaded by protective branches? We caught a glimpse of this bit of heaven while driving through the lush countryside of Scotland. We were compelled to turn about and immerse ourselves in this blissful view of perfect peace.   Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 36" x 72" x 1 3/4" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397830669346-1PTX7P9VMST1IO6VX4G1/St+Bride%27s+Blue+Door+and+Loch.jpg Sacred Spaces - Iron, Stone, Water and Blue Door St Bride’s Scottish Episcopal Church (est. 1875), North Ballachulish, Scotland   Moving through the tall grass amidst the simple iron crosses and massive gravestones, I am overcome with an appreciation of the moment. The beauty of Scotland is breathtaking and it causes me to pause and appreciate those who may have stood in my exact spot and pondered the same thoughts. I feel as though I am literally in a “cloud of witnesses”, overwhelmed by what my eyes behold…what their eyes beheld - Heavenly beauty here on earth. The bright blue door welcomes me and calls me in.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 24" x 48" x 1.5" Sold: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397829731071-2U2YJ8HSGIODAABE22FE/St+Brides+Road+Finished.jpg Sacred Spaces - Loch Linnhe, Morning Fog St Bride’s Scottish Episcopal Church (est. 1875), North Ballachulish, Scotland   The morning fog rolls in over the loch and onto the hillside home of Saint Bride’s Church in Scotland. This gothic revival structure stands as a spiritual citadel for the small community. The scene is so picturesque that it seems almost too beautiful to paint and, as an artist trained in the modernist tradition, it is hard for me to even consider it. For I ask myself, “Where is the irony, the ugly counterbalance? All I see is “pretty.” But its beauty beckons me to paint it so I have. I wonder how any artist can paint such beauty and not feel inferior and inadequate to the task. For despite any painter’s skill and expertise, an interpretation in paint is but a pale shadow of the creation of the one true Artist’s handiwork.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Sold: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397828067977-AY0T0JB2SE6H9G9W2NVO/St+Bride%27s+Flowers.jpg Sacred Spaces - St. Bride’s Flowers- Dominicus tecum (the LORD is with thee) St Bride’s Scottish Episcopal Church, Onich, Scotland   St Bride, also known as Brigid, was an Irish lady who founded the first nunnery in Ireland. St. Bride's Church, built in 1875, is a small unpretentious structure on the shores of Loch Linnhe. Its churchyard is scattered with old stones and cast-iron crosses. Strangers are welcomed inside through the bright blue wooden doors. The only light in the shadowy interior streams through meticulously crafted stained glass. The church is empty, but a colorful bouquet of fresh flowers belies a recent human presence. The flowers are placed in a deep sill and are silhouetted by the exquisite cut glass windows immediately behind them. There is a floral pattern in the windows. Man’s imitation of God’s creation, a sharing in the creative spirit, but alas, through a mirror seen dimly.   Oil on Canvas, 2013 Size: 36" x 72" x 1.5" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397829704052-M2C6NYNCPA3IDHMLP2TZ/Ascent+St+Brides.jpg Sacred Spaces - Signs and Wonders: No Access   St Bride’s Scottish Episcopal Church (est. 1875), North Ballachulish, Scotland   When my wife, Jill, and I explore small parish churches, we are discovers seeking hidden treasures. We are often surprised and many times awed by what we find. Simple things: a hand-worn baluster, a color, a shadow, a lonely chair, a draped table, an open book, and the list continues on. Seemingly insignificant, with some contemplation these things can become packed with meaning. On the west wall, just below an antiquated pipe organ, we come across this vignette of stored chairs and miscellaneous items of both sacred and secular origin. We marvel at the metaphors that abound: the table, the shroud, the angel, the chairs, the stairs, the light, the red star, etc.. How can the unintentional and unplanned messiness of life have such significance? How does God work in this world? There is much mystery.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397828412293-MS7NEY5CR47XL7MQJ7BA/St+Brides+Chairs+2.jpg Sacred Spaces - Silence Waiting: Meeting Peace St Bride’s Scottish Episcopal Church (est. 1875), North Ballachulish, Scotland   Behind the pews there are gathered a casual grouping of chairs in a space defined only by a brightly colored rug, a draped table, the back of a church pew and a north plaster wall. It is a very ordinary and unassuming scene that might easily be ignored as one enters the church and looks east toward the formality of the altar and windows. But for me this space is more inviting and certainly more intriguing. I once thought shadows were grey and I at one time would have thought these plastered stonewalls were white. But how could I be so blind? The plain walls are bathed in a rainbow of subtle pastels and the shadows are as deep and saturated as gemstones. When we “look” at the ordinary we often miss seeing the extraordinary within. When we “see”, the simple, the unpretentious and the ignored become transformed; the last shall be first. These humble wooden chairs are placed for conversation, for relationship and in their silence they await their fulfillment through the human presence. Personally, however, I think they are perfect as is. What serenity, what peace…Glorious.   Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 24" x 48" x 1.5" Available: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397843272089-RJ6H8ZY5WLUANSX1V7R3/St+Brides+Annunciation.jpg Sacred Spaces - Awakening Glory: Morning Whisper St Bride’s Scottish Episcopal Church (est. 1875), North Ballachulish, Scotland   This “found” scene is to me so rich with metaphor and so harmonious in terms of its visual elements and composition. The stained glass window is pictorially centered and tells the familiar Annunciation story. With brilliant hues it transforms the clear sunshine outside into indescribably rich gem-like colors that fill and transform the dark interior, a “light brought into a world of darkness”. It also reminds me that we are like the individual colors of the spectrum each with unique gifts and potentials, but we are not the white light, only a contributor to that pure Light. And flanking the window on the right is a slightly open door, on the left a mysterious dark painting of what may be a highland sunrise or perhaps another artist’s attempt to interpret the message of the annunciation story. Is it wrong to seek meaning in a radiator or an open door? I don’t think so… as I remember this again may be God’s rhyming. “There are no coincidences”. Oil on Canvas, 2014 Size: 30" x 40" x 1.5" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1459531689787-KFGUX5CE3NXZ1WGRJ8Y8/1+trees.jpg Sacred Spaces - Two Trees: Eden Series Two Trees: Eden Series is about choosing and depicts two ancient trees--roots inseparably locked and entangled together. These trees are located on the henge of the village of Avebury, England, the location of the largest Neolithic stone circle in the world. Oil and gold leaf on four wood panels, 2015 24"x36" (each panel) Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1460341018687-VZL1F6LNX1P4YGNCFL90/image-asset.jpeg Sacred Spaces - Transfiguration Time and neglect are evident in this space that is no longer a functioning church. Yet it has lost not one measure of its beauty or holiness as the filtered evening light and gently undulating folds of white fabric shroud the interior in transfiguring purity. The Holy Trinity Catholic Church was built in 1853 and served the German Catholics of the Faubourg Marigny. It now serves New Orleans as The Marigny Opera House. Oil on canvas, 2016 30"x40" (available) https://carolrobinsongallery.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1460340729604-246WVPI4BH5ERVDOGO4V/image-asset.jpeg Sacred Spaces - Glimpse Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 1853 Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans I wanted so much to climb those stairs. But without permission, I could only peak in the narrow passage. The steeply ascending steps were lit with that quality of light that only stained glass allows. Did they ascend to a bell tower or a balcony? I will perhaps never know. Sometimes all we get is a rare glimpse, a sliver of the unseen, a reminder that there is more out there—more up there. Yep, I want to climb those stairs. Oil on canvas, 2016 36"x48" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1461189611561-SIULZDMUDJF1IP9XWJHB/St+Stephens+Shroud.jpg Sacred Spaces - Shroud We visited St Stephen Catholic Church in New Orleans on a Good Friday. The sculptures of angels and saints were shrouded in purple as a reminder that the Lord had not yet risen and death was not yet overthrown. The effect was powerful, somber and mysterious; looking forward to Easter. The construction on St Stephen's began in 1868 and was finished in 1887. It is the second largest church in New Orleans.   Oil on canvas, 2016 30x40 Available http://www.jackmaxwellart.com/churches-of-the-west daily 0.75 2016-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389386626881-WQUUPXYOB6Q0HEIC9R1Z/ST.+PAUL%27S.jpg Churches of the West - ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, MASON, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389386626881-WQUUPXYOB6Q0HEIC9R1Z/ST.+PAUL%27S.jpg Churches of the West - ST. PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, MASON, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389386631133-UAKK1MCKG0P2OA2Y7DSB/ST.+THOMAS+CATHOLIC.jpg Churches of the West - ST. THOMAS CTHOLIC CHURCH, 1911, BIG SPRING, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389386635829-CEJTYMYGX2S8GFBMBVPQ/WEST+BULA.jpg Churches of the West - WEST BULA COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH, GOREE Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387120523-OJUZZ3LBWMO5N55PML7H/ABANDONED2.jpg Churches of the West - ABANDONED CHURCH, KNOX CITY, TEXAS Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387122486-1ZR9I2LJHHQJGPB8B67J/ABANDONED.jpg Churches of the West - ABANDONED CHURCH, ROCHESTER, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387132694-NRIZA1753NV2UVCQQFK5/ALL+SAINTS.jpg Churches of the West Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387139833-A4KEOFFYC4KYYNHL9SES/BOMARTON.jpg Churches of the West - BOMARTON CHURCH FROM GHOST TOWN RUINS Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387145271-BV08Y5NHINRHCFMLBQHD/FAIRVIEW+CHAPEL.jpg Churches of the West - FAIRVIEW CHAPEL (1928-29) AND CEMETERY Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Sold: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387154008-2G71P8MUC4AUOJU2PL0H/FAIRVIEW.jpg Churches of the West - FAIRVIEW CHURCH AND CEMETERY WITH ANGEL Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387160169-VWSSUZJ60LD7OY0QP11W/FIRST+LUTHERAN2.jpg Churches of the West - FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, SAGERTON, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387168745-IPJZLGEACLFZVQAGPOJN/FIRST+UNITED4.jpg Churches of the West - FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1908, ANSON, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387176029-E38GRIKVGJ1SYDWBMG70/FIRST+UNITED3.jpg Churches of the West - FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1910, HASKELL, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387183542-URGVTEVI1L44HY76WXGM/FIRST+UNITED2.jpg Churches of the West - FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, COLORADO CITY, TX Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387194330-MNB7WW3Z5RW8YWAI1K88/FIRST+UNITED.jpg Churches of the West - FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, MERKEL, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387195708-72UKHYMLFP65DVZA8KDX/IMMANUEL+LUTHERAN.jpg Churches of the West - IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, IN DUST STORM, POSEY, TX Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available at Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387211659-TTNRIKMDGOCRHG4802D7/MCCAULLEY.jpg Churches of the West - MCCAULLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, MCCAULLEY, TX Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387207754-ANRO3I7N9QHJMRAAWDOX/NOODLE+BAPTIST.jpg Churches of the West - NOODLE BAPTIST CHURCH, NOODLE, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387223004-ORDPS5XNMHAU229NXDKA/PAYNE+CHAPEL2.jpg Churches of the West - PAYNE CHAPEL, C.M.E. CHURCH, COLORADO CITY, TX. Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387227792-PKJ3V3L553BSHIPNH6OG/PAYNE+CHAPEL.jpg Churches of the West - PAYNE CHAPEL, C.M.E., COLORADO CITY, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387235938-V3UIOZ9R9EGATAAS0QZD/ST.+JOHN3.jpg Churches of the West - ST. JOHN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1936, ABANDONED, BOMARTON, TX, Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available at Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe, NM https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387242322-XIUM7JW0EOIWEK9B1FG1/ABANDONED+CHURCH.jpg Churches of the West - ABANDONED CHURCH, CEE VEE, TX Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387249107-XK4Y46WCOBH5H361PY2O/ST.+JOHN.jpg Churches of the West - ST. JOHN CATHOLIC CHURCH Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387257457-0NKAJ33QABA9E99GIR6I/ST.+JOHN%27S.jpg Churches of the West - ST. JOHN'S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1910, STAMFORD, TX Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387267689-55UWK93GFB170EGN5G8U/ST.+JOSEPH2.jpg Churches of the West - ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1927-1951, RHINELAND, TX Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387268148-FVWXH7CISCZV3GWRAFGE/ST.+JOSEPH.jpg Churches of the West - ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1927, RHINELAND, TX Medium: Acrylic Size: 24" x 36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1389387275682-VWHZRXDKXGG446UDOQJL/ST.+MARY%27S+EPISCOPAL.jpg Churches of the West - ST. MARY'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 1896, HAMILTON, TX Medium: Acrylic on Paper Size: 24" x 36" Available http://www.jackmaxwellart.com/modern-canadacana daily 1.0 2016-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397432256510-8HQOTC2LMBAZ4HYW7MY5/Binsey+Final+Painting+sized+for+website.jpeg Home - SACRED SPACES SERIES This series reflects my interest in the interiors of European churches, especially the smaller parish churches that are treasures waiting to be discovered. They are intimate spaces that are honest, human and faithful to their purposes. Some are in poor repair, some centuries old but all are beautiful. These paintings are my means of communicating and sharing the deep feelings, peculiar fascinations and sincere reverence I hold for these spaces. VISIT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397432256510-8HQOTC2LMBAZ4HYW7MY5/Binsey+Final+Painting+sized+for+website.jpeg Home - SACRED SPACES SERIES This series reflects my interest in the interiors of European churches, especially the smaller parish churches that are treasures waiting to be discovered. They are intimate spaces that are honest, human and faithful to their purposes. Some are in poor repair, some centuries old but all are beautiful. These paintings are my means of communicating and sharing the deep feelings, peculiar fascinations and sincere reverence I hold for these spaces. VISIT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397953304535-DZ4C5C2KPNP2QGP7DNT4/FAIRVIEW+FRONT.jpg Home - CHURCHES OF THE WEST SERIES I think it ironic that until a few years ago I had painted countless images from my travels overseas but nothing from the part of the world where I have lived for the last 30 years. I’m not sure of all the reasons but it might just be that foreign locales just seem more exotic and appealing—the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence phenomenon. And it goes both ways, as last summer in 2013 we visited a gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland and met an artist that was surprisingly painting genre scenes and landscapes from historic Route 66. Thus I began this series of small town churches in this region using acrylic gouache on paper. A few of the churches I have painted are actually architecturally and aesthetically pleasing, with fresh paint and landscaped lawns but these don’t interest me nearly as much as those ramshackle structures that still somehow capture the toughness and determination of those churchgoers that a century ago decided to make meaningful lives out here in the mesquite, prickly pear and rattlesnakes. With this art series I want to honor these people and the sacred houses they built and worshiped in. I want to preserve these structures in paint, in their present environments and situations, and not gloss over the signs of decay and dilapidation that may surround them. For this can all be seen as beautiful when treated with respect. VISIT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1398723825949-O6FJE2HFOX77N8RHGOZT/Breckenridge+hwy+revised+copy+2.jpg Home - EMPTY PLACES SERIES To be empty does not mean these places lack a strong presence. These structures may be dilapidated, neglected, forgotten—even a little sad—but they are also beautiful. I wonder about their stories, the souls that built them, lived in them and perhaps loved them. What if they could see them now? I can’t save these places but I can honor them by preserving them in paint. It’s a little thing, but in doing so, it gives me joy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397950238380-RRG72PDL3W8NGJN1WKRY/Art-09+Odeon.jpg Home - SUMMERS ABROAD SERIES These paintings are all works on paper and are painted with acrylic gouache, a fast drying highly pigmented water-based paint that is characterized by a rich velvety smooth texture and an absence of sheen. It is an old medium, in use in Europe as far back as the 15th century, and popularized by the great 19th century British master, J. M. W. Turner. It remained a viable medium through the middle of the 20th century when it finally began to fall out of favor. In contemporary art, painting with gouache is still less common although I am convinced that its revival is imminent. Personally, all I know is that I love its buttery consistency, the intensity of the colors and especially the whites that dry as milky semitransparent veils of pigment against the warm tones of the paper. I also enjoy how fast the paints dry as I usually work rather quickly, completing a painting in hours rather than days or weeks, and many times allow the marks, accidents and artifacts of creation to remain as remnants of a process that is always exhausting, completely personal and unceasingly joyful. My hope for you, the viewer, is that these simple marks, scribbles and dabs of pigment on paper might somehow allow this joy to be shared and that you too might catch a glimpse of the inexpressibly sublime beauty of our Father’s world. VISIT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397952975064-7N9XCA9PX5JMVEATX3A6/Whitby+Abbey.jpg Home - PLEIN AIR WATERCOLOUR SERIES: EUROPE Plein-air painting was an experience that changed not only how I make art today but how I see the world around me. It taught me to be sensitive to the continual shifting of light, shadow and especially color over the time one sits planted in one spot before an awesome castle, quaint seaside village or Tuscan vista. Plein-air painting also surprised me in that the very experience of being outdoors--often uncomfortable, too hot, too cold or too wet-- helped to burn an indelible impression of the subject matter in my memory. I believe that now, years later, I can still recall past painting locations well enough to paint a fairly accurate rendition of them strictly from memory. This is a strange phenomenon and I believe an unexpected gift that I remember to a degree that which the casual observers and visitors simply cannot. I remember the feel of the grass beneath me, the breeze on my skin, the smell of the flowers, the sound of buzzing insects or water flowing in nearby brook, and so much more. What more could someone ask for? VISIT GALLERY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1423436198735-LV27R8OHDJ9GYVYOWZHJ/Elgol+Cows.jpg Home - ISLE OF SKYE The oil paintings in this series have been inspired by a recent journey to the Isle of Skye just off the coast of Northwest Scotland. It is a sparsely populated island with seemingly many more sheep than people. There are few fences and the livestock travel freely across the few roads and lanes that allow motor traffic some access to the absolutely breathtaking landscape. On sunny days the azure sea backdropped by craggy mountain peaks of the Cuillin Hills is indescribably beautiful. And on foggy misty days the visitor experiences as added almost magical sense of mystery and wonder when the damp fog rises to allow glimpses of the island's lochs, meadows, brooks and falls. The name Skye is derived from the old Norse sky-a which means cloudy island. Surely there could be no more apt name for such a place as this.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1460342648205-L4HDEKP8LYBR7SIVCAYS/image-asset.jpeg Home - Ireland Series We spent some time in Ireland in the summer of 2015. Charmed by the warmth of its people and the sublime beauty inherent in this land of green rolling hills and wild rugged coastlines. What artist could resist painting it? Not I. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397955253150-R0NGJI60YY44XSASINIJ/IMG_0545.JPG Home - JACOB'S DREAM SCULPTURE SITE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473389641089-1PO5IJ8OAZCQY4XZJX5V/Trees-Rocks-Distant+River.jpg Home - RIVER SERIES- OUT OF EDEN   Rivers have great significance for me. Particularly the Guadalupe where back in the 70’s my father, and two brothers, my best friend and his father kayaked from the lake down to New Braunfels. It was different then--- this was before the crowds and throngs of tubers arrived and before the many rental sites lined the river's banks. Even in the heat of the summer, we could travel for miles downstream and not see another soul. I remember people stopped to wave from bridges or greeted us from the banks. It was a time of quiet long stretches punctuated by adrenalin inducing rapids that brought fear and awe to my young heart. It was an amazing time, a blessed time that was more fleeting than I could have then known. I was a city boy that grew up some on that river. I faced fears and experienced the elation and joy of completing a trek I didn’t think I could achieve. I got caught in undertows, bumped and snagged myself on rocks, bruised shins and ribs, and even came close to drowning a few times. But looking back, I only remember the camaraderie we felt together and the sheer beauty and delight of the waters.   Since those days I have visited a handful of times but each time I return, I feel I never left. It's the smells that do it, that mossy smell of damp cypress wood, the subtle acrid odor of mud and rotting vegetation. And it is the colors too--especially the crystal clear water that with changes of light and shadow can appear as jade or turquoise. It is magical blessed place and though times it is crowded, it is only with an increasing number of admirers. Surely it I have now just turned sixty and have been an artist almost all of those years. Yet only now have I chosen try to capture in paint and color what is truly notexpressible. But I have done my best and have not grown tired of the process, for with each stroke of the brush, memories flood my soul--and there is great joy there. 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Trebuchet at Caerlaverock Castle Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 2011   Home of the Maxwell Clan for generations, this red sandstone castle of innovative triangular design is a moat-rimmed ruin that remains formidable despite the beauty of the soft green berms of its surroundings…can’t help but feel some connection to this place and to history…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Sold   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1423438706000-I4D2B5FLLWFOH0999CFI/Trubuchet+at+Caelaverock+Castle.jpg Summers Abroad - Trebuchet at Caerlaverock Castle Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 2011   Home of the Maxwell Clan for generations, this red sandstone castle of innovative triangular design is a moat-rimmed ruin that remains formidable despite the beauty of the soft green berms of its surroundings…can’t help but feel some connection to this place and to history…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Sold   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397855266239-Y0OW48UOZ6RH6VN7I933/Art-23+Painting+Chair.jpg Summers Abroad - Balcony, Boats and Paints, Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italia   … a palette of brilliant colors in my chair as well as in the fishing boats below… is there such a thing as too much color? I don’t think so… it was beautiful.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397851554357-8NZN8S28ZNQ3LCD2BBPV/Art-20+Rome+Wedding+Cake+for+web.jpg Summers Abroad - Into the Gathering Storm: Angel Quadriga Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II   …Rome is one of those cities that seems to overflow with visual stimuli and simply cannot be labeled, as tourists often do, as having been fully seen. Its history, grandeur and artistic tradition is such that wherever one looks there seems to appear an unexpected treasure... thus, this angel and horses high above the city is but one.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Sold   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397854112320-5BC4S0XG48TOTTF0OS3U/Costa+Brava.jpg Summers Abroad - Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain This rugged coastline, warmed by bright sunlight and cooled by the crystal azure waters, soothes my soul unlike any other place … this day’s last light shines like gold upon the stone edges before being gently erased away by the night ahead…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2008 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397853244215-6ULB08PJQSAUKW66J0TK/Art-21+Storm+and+Dan.jpg Summers Abroad - Storm Approaching Over Chiesa Di San Martino Alla Palma Chiesa Di San Martino Alla Palma, Italy   …spent the warm afternoon with our watercolors in the hills and the olive tree groves, but the cold winds came up and a downpour soon followed. However, sheltering the storm under the colonnade became its own sweet memory…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2008 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397854750139-SWF2UTZRL7PEE6FVWBHU/Art-25+Rochester.jpg Summers Abroad - Rochester Cathedral (13th c) and Castle Rochester, UK   … framed by the glass of the fast moving train to Dover, history flashes by as the clouds open a window to the sun… Moments like this are never forgotten. I need to return to this place some day.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397855849037-67PPKLODHTTM0YV05OR2/Art-42+Blue+Scooter.jpg Summers Abroad - Blue Scooter Volterra, Toscano, Italia …a splash of azure among the warm stones of Volterra… can’t help but be struck once more by the sheer loveliness of these old streets and their constant surprises.. Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available: Reflection Gallery, Santa Fe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397855835246-OLSPIZ65ICS4QZ2L98P8/Art-34+Red+Umbrella.jpg Summers Abroad - Red Umbrella and Rocks Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England   …these timeless stones stand silent and uninterested in the swarming activities and momentary trivia of these colorful tourists out on a rainy day… I painted until my paints were dripping from their palette… a truly incredible day “playing” in the rain.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397856815374-15XRV0MLS5DZW3HCX6NZ/Art-03+Blenheim+Sheep.jpg Summers Abroad - Summer Shade and Blenheim Sheep Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 2011   … the pink-eared youngster sought the comfort of his mother as we approached … the huge waxy leafed trees seemed to provide the flock with a sense of security and myself a wonderful peace at the sight… Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397856877840-1FCS4FS9UJR3FXY4YSYD/Art-18+Firenzi+Sunset.jpg Summers Abroad - Firenze Evening Vista from Below San Miniato al Monte Firenze, Italia   …exquisite Always beguiling, this Tuscan delight of a city is at its most beautiful just before dark when the skies rival the architecture for sheer beauty… from the hills above on the steps of San Miniato al Monte I can think of no view of any city that that can rival it.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397856921806-JSM5J6ILPKUP8AS5PY65/Art-10+Dover.jpg Summers Abroad - Castle Take-Away Dover, England   …Leaning out the small pub hotel’s second story window and enjoying the cool Channel air and the aromas of fresh fish and chips, the dark town streets rest under the guardianship of the old castle as they have for centuries.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397856960916-W099XDZ7BKA0V6CPLMPT/Art-02+Horses.jpg Summers Abroad - Minster Lovell Horses and Parish Church of St Kenhelm (14th c.) Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, UK   …the gentle lumbering giants greeted us along the field path to the ruins of Minster Lovell. So beautiful and so powerful, yet wanting nothing more than a pat on the flanks or a scratch of the muzzle…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397858213546-G71H0KMSUUR410L29BYU/Art-06+Red+Saint.jpg Summers Abroad - Red Saint Firenze, Italia   … silently perched above the street, the saint’s visage seems to be reflecting without comment upon the business of the city below…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397858342855-V42KJXQ9LGQ1UQJ6F0RG/Art-04+Tenby.jpg Summers Abroad - Early Evening Stroll Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK …pastel painted structures welcome us to this gracious seaside village with a naturally Welsh friendliness…. What exquisite light is found here… absolutely breathtaking.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397858541865-38Z6ENYQXRYZDB84YX09/Art-05+York.jpg Summers Abroad - Brick and Stone York Minster Cathedral, York, UK   …washed fresh and clean by a recent shower and now bathed in warm sunlight, the ancient cathedral peeks through the red bricked old town of York like an old mentor overseeing his young students.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397859288400-3K4T26EI33IPKNPVQAY8/Art-08+Whitby+Abbey.jpg Summers Abroad - Meadow Flowers at Whitby Abbey North Yorkshire, England   …the ancient stone wall, upon which I sat drawing, seemed to separate the security of our hostel from the wildness of imagination... as the twilight unfolded, this place appeared increasingly well suited to Bram Stoker’s dark creature of the night.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397859330174-P6Y1O0J82IXFCOGKX85O/Art-07+Cows+REDO.jpg Summers Abroad - Along the River Thames Port Meadow, Oxford … While sitting on the river bank and painting the a distant church spire across the meadow, I was suddenly startled by the sound of clambering hooves close behind me… then, just as unexpectedly, I heard the ringing of the young herder’s bicycle bell.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397859418842-KMXRQST6EZOOJ1NYMVN1/Art-09+Odeon.jpg Summers Abroad - Cinema Teatro Odeon (1922) Firenze, Italia …the fragility of this early 20th century glass-arched theatre contrasts with the strength and permanence of the ageless stone piazza that surrounds it…stones that don’t change with the next “feature”…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Not available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397859463980-YWKX1TBIOQFQFKWRKOBO/Art-11+War+and+Peace.jpg Summers Abroad - War and Peace With White Dove, Old Town Hall (1798) Whitby, North Yorkshire, England   …the old guard seems to be momentarily softened by the fleeting presence of life, the white feathers will live on past these stones, the weak are somehow strong in His hands…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397860526660-KKZ0JVEQYDAMDWVSWPGU/Art-13+San+Lorenzo+Clouds.jpg Summers Abroad - Storm Clouds Over Chiesa di San Lorenzo (1098) Portovenere, Italia … wet and cold we traversed the steeply stepped alleys and narrow stone streets of this medieval coastal town. We did find welcome refuge from the drizzle for a few minutes in the peaceful interior of this hillside church but upon leaving we were soon drenched to the bone by a torrential downpour…just hoping the painting stayed dry.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397860687269-LJ0ZW2JXC6ZZNRKU0WUO/Art-14+Venice+REDO.jpg Summers Abroad - View of Campanile di San Marco (1513) from Palazzo Ducale Venezia, Italia … From the large upper-story windows of the opulent palace, I gazed in awe at the exquisite stonework and architectural detail that overwhelmed my senses. Is there a more romantic and magical place in the world than Venice? I have yet to find one.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397860744260-IA7S8CSFY2UW082BL3T7/Art-15+San+Gimigiano.jpg Summers Abroad - Towers of San Gimignano in Morning Light (3rd cen.) Tuscany, Italia   …This gem of a village where my wife and I spent our thirtieth anniversary, is one of my favorites… This distant view reminds me of city skyscrapers in the early light of a new day.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397863599618-VHERF0QNDVLV26RBTLZG/Art-19+Sirmioni.jpg Summers Abroad - Rainy Afternoon at Sirmione Lago di Garda, Italia   …. Gelato, cappuccino and puddled rain reflected the late evening skies in that magical time just before dusk… and all in the shadows of the foreboding Italian castle that guards this Lago di Garda peninsula.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Sold   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397863621571-TD6K6BSQHHM7LRJWD5HU/Art-26+Stonehenge.jpg Summers Abroad - Ancient Sentinels Stonehenge, Wiltshire, UK …timeless stones are washed clean by the blue morning drizzle and reveal an unexpected range of colors from golden ochres to deep violets… to think, I thought they would be only monochromatic shades of gray.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2008 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397864166646-7247TH4JVY1D3BQMDMYP/Art-27+Oxford+Spires.jpg Summers Abroad - City of Dreaming Spires from Headington Hill Oxford, UK …vibrant yellow fields create a brilliant background to this medieval city of such romance and charm… Painting most of the day here, I was the last of the group to leave on a perfect day.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397864272943-AZX4XNMYOJ4UAKOAYC6J/Art-29.Roma+Wedding.jpg Summers Abroad - Roma Wedding, Basilica S. Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri (16th c) Italia, Roma …What a setting for a wedding in this masterpiece of a church by Michelangelo… just want to tell the man with the little girl to cherish such moments; she won’t be a little girl for long…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397864987270-DWR7YM4F8ZQFBGCNNLRN/Art-31+Chartes+Angel.jpg Summers Abroad - Angel Holding Time (1528) Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France …Time waits for no one, even in the grasp of an angel… How many times has this angelic being witnessed the sun’s cast shadow move before him… sometimes I feel very insignificant. Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2008 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397865501409-MXMBN2QI3OPE2SJW9NMZ/Art-36+Low+Tide.jpg Summers Abroad - Low Tide at Tenby Pembrokeshire, Wales   … tethered and silent, these boats seemed to yearn for their places in the rough waves of the incoming tide…sometimes I can relate to that feeling…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397865022447-MBHK74FWVMW3P9ZNKF1B/Art-32+Bathers.jpg Summers Abroad - Beach Bathers La Palamos, Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain …frolicking on the beach, unconcerned and free, the children play undisturbed… how many of us long for such a time again?   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397863570665-CDAS8Y31PZEVJPV7Q3EC/Art-17+Forum.jpg Summers Abroad - Tempio di Saturno (4th c) Foro Romano, Roma, Italia …breath-taking structures, now in skeletal ruin still speak of a culture’s ambition, power and lost dreams….there is a sadness and quietness about this place which must be in such contrast to its former grandeur.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet not available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397864293457-YGIYNACSX7C44DSSXKT7/Art-30+Canal+Boats.jpg Summers Abroad - Three Boats/Four Chairs on the Oxford Canal Oxfordshire, England   …like three colorful friends visiting on the Thames in early summer…I wonder who the fourth visitor might be, perhaps a kayak… I guess I’ve been painting too long…just silly thinking.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397865051184-VKXF89ENH1RG0H7IA428/Art-33+Orvieto+Road+Church.jpg Summers Abroad - Chiesa off the Borgo San Lazzero Road to Volterra Toscana, Italia …This simple stone country church stands adorned with the bright Tuscan light and rich color of the surrounding orchards and vineyards … absolutely breathtaking.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397865066698-01AK5S7QTYDOLWSALMIZ/Art-35+Binsy+Church.jpg Summers Abroad - Tree with Headstones St Margaret of Antioch Church, Binsey, Oxfordshire, England   This 12th century church, a place of ancient pilgrimage, layered in history and embellished with stories of miraculous waters, sight regained and a girl named Alice … Alice in Wonderland… hearing the bleating of young goats, it rained on me twice as I painted here.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397865566979-S2FTPGRXI8WZZC9E81S3/Art-37+Cotswold+Farm.jpg Summers Abroad - Farm View beside the River Windrush Outside Burford, Cotswolds, England   … Fallen stone walls and a babbling brook to accompany my painting…what an incredible morning in these emerald fields…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397865580953-4K2K3FQVYMK5S572X9IK/Art-38+Palamos+Beach.jpg Summers Abroad - White Boat on Palamos Beach Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain …the purity of the Mediterranean light and the brilliance of the color is difficult to describe or to paint…even the whites appear whiter than they should, if that’s possible… could spend all day her if I could.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397865595410-D6YSUH9B70KV9A35VVOR/Art-39+Elephant+and+Pantheon.jpg Summers Abroad - Bernini's Elephant and Pantheon Pulcino della Minerva, Roma, Italia   … the maze of Roma, a city of grand monuments and enchanting surprises to be discovered at each bend in its narrow roads, but an elephant topped by an Egyptian obelisk framed by a gothic church and the cylindrical bricked walls of the Pantheon. Somehow Bernini and this incredible city make it work.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397865807909-POLL8SR1VK1H6CWKITKW/Art-24+Portovenere+Shrine.jpg Summers Abroad - Offerte: Chiesa di San Pietro (13th c) Portovenere, Italia …the rain cascades down the outer marble walls of this sanctuary clutching the rocks above crashing seas while Jesus, tucked away in a niche, is silently warmed by candles…. Petitions and personal pleas surrounded him in life as they still do in effigy… Our God is merciful.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397866372185-K7AD7WE3E8B4CF518W1J/Art-44+Laundry.jpg Summers Abroad - Riomaggiore View with Laundry Cinque Terre, Italia … simply leaning from a window to hang one’s laundry becomes a thing of beauty in such an enchanted place… she reminded me of my grandmother who always sat on her big front porch and watched the world go by…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397866419194-XTH3OD0AVRZVJ3V0UURE/Art-43+Whitby+Bench.jpg Summers Abroad - Rest Above the North Sea St Mary's Church Cemetery, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England   …We all eventually find rest in and from this world, whether on a bench or under a stone, life finds its equilibrium. This place is so peaceful and the sea like death is an open door…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397866436285-9VWSDZBND9D08GBEBRP8/Art-41+Madonna+Shrine.jpg Summers Abroad - Madonna with Cacti Volterra Street Niche, Volterra, Italia …as we passed, we witnessed local after local showing reverence and honor for the Virgin with a humble glance or gentle touch in passing… it’s nice to see how reminders of faith and the day to day activities of life are so little separated… I can learn from that.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Sold https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397866454333-OOHWFOSJZWPRTMJ84FIO/Art-40+Jill+and+Caravaggio.jpg Summers Abroad - Jill and Caravaggio, Deposition from the Cross (c1600) Vatican Museums, Roma   Postured before this masterpiece, transfixed in her stance of total absorption in this great mystery of death and of hope and life for so many.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397867168985-J39NVOY888VSKSTPKP2Q/Art-45+Abbey+Ducks.jpg Summers Abroad - Abbey, Ducks and Artist Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire, England   …this gathering of ducks prompted a discussion of chanting monks as Jill and I sat in the thick damp grass and painted the abbey…what a magical place.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397867186467-CE39W4FCYOA2MH9R3F3F/Art-46+Vernazza+Afternoon.jpg Summers Abroad - . Vernazza Afternoon with Boats Cinque Terre, Italia   …perhaps these colorful friends among colorful boats gather each evening to converse about the weather or the local politics…can’t help but envy such a life…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397867199215-80UDA32J9XPWERPPD5W0/Art-47+View+from+Window.jpg Summers Abroad - Room With a View Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italia   …Jill painted on the balcony as delightful aromas from a nearby ristorante drifted upwards… difficult to keep painting and not stop for the catch of the day…never would have guessed fresh anchovies were so tasty…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397867213586-VNPSDYVIWLEES5L35QHM/Art-48+Cinque+Terre.jpg Summers Abroad - View of Manarola from the Via Dell'Amore Cinque Terre, Italia   …this section of the coastal pathway for lovers was still open after recent violent storms… walking it gave such incredible views of the colorful houses on their precarious perches…can’t help but be filled with awe...   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397860447654-FFBG1B1KZPU1SB8QQ7S6/Art-12+St+Govan%27s.jpg Summers Abroad - Impending Shadow at St Govan's Chapel (13th c) Pembrokeshire Coast, Wales   …an unimaginable life of devotion tucked away in this extreme environment of wind and waves… Painting with the sea behind me and the hot sun on my back, I would have lost all sense of time had it not been for the encroaching shadows of the canyon-like cliffs.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397863531024-ADGLKL6I684LZB2JQ636/Art-16+sculp+courtyard.jpg Summers Abroad - Sculpture Courtyard Firenze, Italia … Almost across the street from the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, a mystical church of time-blackened wood, stone and paintings, I stepped through a side alley and into the more familiar surroundings of a private courtyard where sculpture students still carry on the long Florentine tradition of chipping stone and casting metal.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397864209261-GU885QHKY8N0BOA35J1Z/Art-28+Summer+Rain.jpg Summers Abroad - Cooling Summer Rain Chiesa di San Martino alla Palma, Italia …afternoon showers, caught on a church porch and in the alluring spell of Tuscany…after a hot day the smell and the coolness of the rain is so refreshing and so invigorating…these are the moments you want to remember for a lifetime.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Not Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397867243958-HLETLDZ6DXHI0LF1M8H4/Wales+Stroll.jpg Summers Abroad - Boardwalk stroll by the Irish Sea Aberystwyth, Wales ... finding an empty bench facing the sea and keeping a wary eye for marauding seagulls, we shared out takeaway fish and chips while soaking up that rare Welsh sunshine. These two locals were out for a stroll sharing the walk and a friendship. What better way to spend the early afternoon.   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2011 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397867287629-H06TKRZHBEONDDU1KTSS/Art-49+La+Pera%2C+Spain.jpg Summers Abroad - La Pera Catalonia, Spain …This picturesque village that neighbors Gala’s home and castle… she was always the love of Dali’s life… What a blessing not everyone finds…   Acrylic Gouache on Paper, 2010 Image Size: 14" x 26" on Larger Sheet Available http://www.jackmaxwellart.com/jacobs-dream daily 0.75 2013-12-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397954646332-9R9PVU8VJVS1L8L9D9A4/IMG_0555.JPG Jacob's Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397954646332-9R9PVU8VJVS1L8L9D9A4/IMG_0555.JPG Jacob's Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397954759846-L60HW3WOKTCFZOPHQ7N8/IMG_0545.JPG Jacob's Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1397955163878-S4VYPVLLTPI9R2ST9JTP/P4090047.JPG Jacob's Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1398188657403-5AG7KDFFW1I5ZTWD8DY3/_MG_8627.jpg Jacob's Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1398188696480-03XTBE0XO572RS7T9I5E/_MG_8514.jpg Jacob's Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1398188739909-A9F98HGZ8HMDF80YMIS1/P9150124.JPG Jacob's Dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1398188771377-AZUXQEV9SLOUXO6PTJD4/PA020125.JPG Jacob's Dream http://www.jackmaxwellart.com/isle-of-skye daily 0.75 2018-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1423438502145-1H8IA8GBI166QZU5SUKH/Elgol+Cows.jpg Isle of Skye - Lost on the Elgol Village Road with Cows Isle of Skye, Scotland On the one lane winding road to picturesque Elgol we somehow lost our way but fortunately a small herd of cows guided us down to the sea where unfortunately we had to turn around and search again for the elusive seaside village. The pace on this isle is so much slower, sometimes no faster than the unhurried gait of a few cows. I think they could teach us a thing or two about the futility of rushing through our lives. Oil on canvas, 2015 24"x48" Available   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1423438502145-1H8IA8GBI166QZU5SUKH/Elgol+Cows.jpg Isle of Skye - Lost on the Elgol Village Road with Cows Isle of Skye, Scotland On the one lane winding road to picturesque Elgol we somehow lost our way but fortunately a small herd of cows guided us down to the sea where unfortunately we had to turn around and search again for the elusive seaside village. The pace on this isle is so much slower, sometimes no faster than the unhurried gait of a few cows. I think they could teach us a thing or two about the futility of rushing through our lives. Oil on canvas, 2015 24"x48" Available   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1459530537249-J62SDTO6T9XTELBFMZP6/image-asset.jpeg Isle of Skye - White Walls and Boundaries Bracadale Free Church of Scotland (1854) on Loch Breag, Isle of Skye Oil on canvas, 2015 24"x36" Available https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1459531233603-I45GYRED68GAG7Q72S0Z/image-asset.jpeg Isle of Skye - Styx Crossing: When Thou Passeth Through the Waters... Isle of Skye, Scotland Oil on canvas, 2015 36"x48" (available) https://carolrobinsongallery.net http://www.jackmaxwellart.com/ireland daily 0.75 2018-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1459541811633-RKJWM9335JIJV547ZP38/Sheep.jpg Ireland - Sheep and Shadow Dingle Penninsula, County Kerry, Ireland These Dingle sheep scurried beside the car along the narrow road only to panic when seemingly trapped against a stone face on one side and the sea on the other. Then but seconds later they grouped together and, despite completely stopping all traffic, they seemed as much at peace as they would be in any clover-filled Irish field. The cruciform-shaped shadow in the foreground seems now serendipitously placed, though it was unobserved at the time. It’s seems so easy to overlook what is right in front of oneself. 24"x48" Oil on canvas, 2015 (available) https://carolrobinsongallery.net https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1459541811633-RKJWM9335JIJV547ZP38/Sheep.jpg Ireland - Sheep and Shadow Dingle Penninsula, County Kerry, Ireland These Dingle sheep scurried beside the car along the narrow road only to panic when seemingly trapped against a stone face on one side and the sea on the other. Then but seconds later they grouped together and, despite completely stopping all traffic, they seemed as much at peace as they would be in any clover-filled Irish field. The cruciform-shaped shadow in the foreground seems now serendipitously placed, though it was unobserved at the time. It’s seems so easy to overlook what is right in front of oneself. 24"x48" Oil on canvas, 2015 (available) https://carolrobinsongallery.net http://www.jackmaxwellart.com/river-series daily 0.75 2017-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387970754-8296GEK179EX3VTBBKXM/Clarity.jpg River Series - CLARITY -- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … LIKE THE ROAR OF RUSHING WATERS … SHOUTING: HALLELUJAH! … REV 19:6 Consisting of two foreground trees, random stones and the unmistakable voice of rushing water, it seems to me that another element, light is just as important visually. For it is the clarity of the light that, though intangible, defines the three-dimensionality of the forms. It is the sense of balance in the sparse arrangement, harmony in the surfaces, and openness in this particular composition that attracted me to this scene. Oil on Canvas, 2016 36”x 36” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387970754-8296GEK179EX3VTBBKXM/Clarity.jpg River Series - CLARITY -- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … LIKE THE ROAR OF RUSHING WATERS … SHOUTING: HALLELUJAH! … REV 19:6 Consisting of two foreground trees, random stones and the unmistakable voice of rushing water, it seems to me that another element, light is just as important visually. For it is the clarity of the light that, though intangible, defines the three-dimensionality of the forms. It is the sense of balance in the sparse arrangement, harmony in the surfaces, and openness in this particular composition that attracted me to this scene. Oil on Canvas, 2016 36”x 36” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387320054-4EZTVFWMI463RSEQZAEC/Guadalupe+River.jpg River Series - TREES/WATER/SUNSHINE-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … AT THE BANK OF THE RIVER WERE VERY MANY TREES ON THE ONE SIDE AND ON THE OTHER … EZEKIEL 47:7 The textures and forms in these trees fascinate me. The sculptural folds and swellings in the trunks and branches seem almost anatomical in nature. I placed the trees in the immediate foreground, a somewhat unconventional approach, as it is the surface and textures in the trees that I wanted to emphasize. Additionally, the presence of warm light, sunshine and water all seem to work in perfect harmony as they exist together both symbiotically and visually. Oil on Canvas, 2016 30”x 60” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387256822-WMOF0Q6ZRQGDS85Q1Y3Z/Divided+River.jpg River Series - 8. DIVIDED RIVER/MORNING LIGHT-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … A GOOD LAND—A LAND WITH BROOKS, STREAMS, AND DEEP SPRINGS … DEUT 8:7 The Guadalupe at times breaks up into many fingers of water, isolating exquisite islands of various shapes and sizes, oases of plants, trees and stone. I liked the seductive warmth of the early sunrise as it baths the distant trees in warm light that contrasts well with the steel grays of the foreground trees. Oil on Canvas, 2016 24”x 30” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/57d21860197aea6d03f1e11c/57d21ad6e6f2e1d0d3e92580/1473387790184/Clarity.jpg River Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387283735-TPGESWAFJSIX23RAZ5F7/Downstream.jpg River Series - DOWNSTREAM-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … at the bank of the river were very many trees… Ezekiel 47:7 I love the twisting almost muscular forms of the foreground roots as they wind over and under both rock and water. As the blue river moves purposely downstream, fresh waters from springs or higher places upstream create countless small waterfalls. I so love the deep sad sound of falling water, especially when it’s a gentle as a summer rain.   Oil on Canvas, 2016 24”x24” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387373030-54CQ7KU4D5J60XY858EY/River+Bank.jpg River Series - RIVERBANK-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … then he led me back to the bank of the river… Ezekiel 47:6 This composition is highly cropped and closely focused upon the few square yards beneath our feet. As one moves in carefully measured steps along the riverbank it demands great attention to avoid a trip or sprain. At such times we often forget the beauty that is so near underfoot. For the riverbank is a treasure trove of wonderful shapes and forms. There are contorted roots, broken twigs, decaying leaves leaves and curiously shaped stones. And there are the glassy jade-like hues of the sparkling waters that provide rare and precious glimpses of a mysterious unseen world.   Oil on Canvas, 2016 24”x36” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX       https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387393344-DZVOFI7XRWCIU2OCH6J4/River+Crossing.jpg River Series - RIVER CROSSING-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY …and a river went out of Eden … Gen 2:10 This view from the bridge below Gruene captures the clarity of midmorning light and crispness of the early spring air.   Oil on Canvas, 2016 24”x30” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387415871-5XMY9GKWTGV6PJBTKX3S/River+Vista.jpg River Series - RIVER VISTA-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … a river, the streams whereof shall make glad … Psalm 46:4   As the early light rakes low across the water, trees and stones, every texture is revealed. The water sparkles as it meanders around scarred trees, evidence of past floods and strong currents. But this morning the river splashes and falls in swift but gentle currents, creating a low murmur like the sound of wind blowing through trees in full leaf. It is a magical world. Oil on Canvas, 2016 36”x36” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387442505-IK4UBHAMVNI72ITS1UQ3/Rock+Shelf.jpg River Series - ROCK SHELF/WATER (CRAG) -- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … He brought streams out of a rocky crag … Psalm 78:16   The flatness of the rock shelf reminds me of the soaring cliffs that drop abruptly from the level green grasslands of the West Irish Coastline. This composition may be divided into three horizontal rectangles of similar size: suggesting life, earth and sea. Oil on Canvas, 2016 20”x24” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387481430-3IV8MQYUPAQ0SFQ3ADEH/Rock%2C+Time+%26+Water.jpg River Series - ROCK, TIME & WATER-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … He cutteth out rivers among the rocks … Job 28:10   This rough “worm-eaten” stone complements the sparkle and brilliance of the gently rippling water that flows around it. This interplay of light, color and texture drew me to this image. Oil on Canvas, 2016 18”x24” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387505268-VRS81J52403752PVWL7Q/Roots-Light-Reflections.jpg River Series - ROOTS/LIGHT/REFLECTION-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … and that spreadeth out her roots by the river … Jeremiah 17:8   This painting is about light and darkness, the hidden and the revealed. I chose to not show the branches that form my concept of “treeness” but to focus on what is almost always hidden, and certainly most important, the foundation of the tree. This entangled mass of exposed roots support and nourish the tree above and reminds me of how much that is truly important, and sometimes most beautiful, is often hidden beneath the surface, whether we are talking of trees or people. Oil on Canvas, 2016 30”x 40” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473387522149-M5Q66N7WZJ7BUK148MS8/Sunshine-Reflection.jpg River Series - SUNSHINE/REFLECTION-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, … Rev 22:1   The blue sky above is only hinted at in the gently broken reflections---“now we but see through a glass, darkly”. In this tranquil scene the sunlight is as strong an element as the water stone, and woodsy trees. Oil on Canvas, 2016 18”x 24” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473388131133-FVORZH329UAPNKBCPK5Y/Thorny+Light.jpg River Series - THORNY LIGHT-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … he stirs up his breezes, and the waters flow… Psalm 147:18 The rising sun punctuates and starkly delineates every thorny contour of these twisted survivors of storm and flood. This light does not romanticize these tree forms but it does reveal and occasionally, such as in this moment, it reveals exquisite beauty that is harder to define than to simply feel. Oil on Canvas, 2016 20”x 24” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473388164773-K4XRBUSHEGX6A5Z4EIKU/Tree-Water.jpg River Series - TREE/WATER -- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … with its spreading boughs, for its roots went down to abundant waters…Ezekiel 31:7 The gnarly, intertwined roots provide a strong foundation for this aged cypress. The strong currents and rushing waters surround it completely yet it stands firm, strong and beautiful, a testament to the lineage of its kind. Oil on Canvas, 2016 20”x 24” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1484780795047-ERGFBHQA400DJ52KGJ3P/Morning+Cometh.jpg River Series - MORNING COMETH-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning..… Psalm 30:5   With the early morning light just breaking through, I couldn’t help but notice how the silhouetted trees in the foreground seemed transformed. Though dark, skeletal and shattered, they were suddenly surrounded by the shimmering sparkle of liquid diamonds. The sun brought hope, warmth and promise to that scene as it does each day to a broken world. Life is full of such unexpected blessings and experiences. Oil on Canvas, 2016 24”x 24” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473388187175-F2FI1GEWZWS222MGAEYZ/Water+%26+Youth.jpg River Series - WATER & YOUTH (NO SWINGS) -- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … He leads me beside quiet waters… Psalm 23:2 There is such stillness, such serenity in this image. The deep waters are quiet and undisturbed as they almost flawlessly mirror the trees and stone ledges of the opposite bank. This formal and ordered composition of horizontals and rectangles is chosen to reemphasize the peacefulness of the scene. The sign tacked to the cypress reads “No Swings”, a gentle irony and a reminder that this quiet moment and life is fleeting and has in the past been disrupted by excited screams, soaring bodies and loud splashes. And despite the post, and the inherent danger, I expect and hope it will soon occur again. Oil on Canvas, 2016 24”x 24” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/57d21860197aea6d03f1e11c/57d21eac8419c276f9190ef8/1484781020434/ River Series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473388205473-76OZFRFF8BUQR1B73FJZ/Water-Two+Trees.jpg River Series - WATER/TWO TREES-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging… Psalm 46:3   Like two muscular sentries, sporting evidence of scars and injury from past battles, they stand guarding the swift current of waters that flows between them. These two aged cypress trees exist and thrive in a landscape of crystal clear waters that completely surround them. It seems alien, unnatural and mysterious but is so beautiful. Oil on Canvas, 2016 30”x 40” SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473388226660-N2HQTZGFLPGE4J292YMV/Waters+Gently+Dropping.jpg River Series - WATERS GENTLY DROPPING-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … peace … like a river, … Isaiah 66:12 The river is so stimulating, always changing, always moving, I find it is comforting to discover the simple beauty in the gentle fall of clear water across a shallow shelf of rock. No manmade water feature could be more perfectly designed. Nature, God’s handiwork is indeed in the details. Oil on Canvas, 2016 20”x 20” available: Gruene Mansion Gallery, Gruene, TX https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52a74e09e4b073a80cd2546c/1473388242292-DJ417RXTXKXDQ7FGFMHC/Waters+Rushing.jpg River Series - WATERS RUSHING-- GUADALUPE RIVER, TEXAS HILL COUNTRY … pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you… Isaiah 43:2   Much of this scene is water: threatening, agitated and unsettled in character. However when the sunlight is occasionally captured in the waves, its sparkling clarity is apparent. Rushing past trees that are scarred and broken, this churning dichotomy of power and beauty is there but a moment as it quickly splashes downstream. 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