"The wall stands as our new emblem" writes Grey Grandin in his book "The End of The Myth". We have become "a country that increasingly defines itself by what it hates." Acrylic and graphite on Arches.

Her 3-year old daughter, Ashley, was taken by border agents last month. "My daughter can't understand, she just weeps and begs to be with us." The New York Times, March 10, 2019.
Acrylic and graphite on Arches.

In honor of March, Women's History Month in the US.
Acrylic on Arches.

Young children taken from their mothers and fathers and bused away; an inhumane and immoral policy.
Acrylic and graphite on Arches.

The faces of those at the front line of America's southwest "border crisis". Acrylic, newsprint, spray, graphite on Arches.

Faces of those fleeing violence and poverty and seeking asylum in the United States. Acrylic, spray, graphite on Arches.

A painting inspired by the desperate situation at our southern border.
Acrylic, graphite, pouring medium on Arches.

Burnished and rubbed texture. Acrylic, spray, modeling paste on Arches.

Fire and ice, volcanoes and glaciers, black lava and long black winter nights. Acrylic, spray, mixed media on Arches.

Colors of the high, arid desert plateau in Chile,
Acrylic, spray, mixed media on Arches.

Number three in a suite of paintings exploring texture, shape and color.
Acrylic, spray, mixed media on Arches.

Acrylic, spray, mixed medium on Arches.

Acrylic, spray, mixed medium on Arches.

Acrylic, spray, pouring medium on Arches.

Burnt umber, raw sienna, red oxide. Acrylic, spray, pouring medium on Arches.

Bright, vivid, intense, I'm thinking of course of Italian ices!
And the colorful confections of Wayne Thiebaud.

Acrylic, ink, spray, pouring medium on Arches.

Controlled application of paint vs unpredictable movement of paint equals a serendipitous juxtaposition of shape, color and texture.
Acrylic spray and paint, ink, pouring medium on Arches.

Acrylic, ink, pouring medium on Arches.

Acrylic, ink, pouring medium on Arches.

Acrylic, ink, pouring medium on Arches.

Acrylic, ink and pouring medium on Arches.

Acrylic and pouring medium on Arches.

Acrylic and pouring medium on Arches.

Acrylic and pouring medium on Arches.

Greek goddess of the Dawn. Acrylic, watercolor, pouring medium on Arches.

Rich color and overlapping texture exploring the theme of boundary and flow.
Acrylic, ink , pouring medium on Arches.

A painting about borders and barriers, about texture and movement. Acrylic, gouache, watercolor, pouring medium on Arches.

Acrylic, gouache, pouring medium on Arches.

An imagined map painting with a textured pink bridging two land masses. Acrylic, ink, gouache, and pouring medium on Arches.

Dynamic movement, color and texture all blending fluently. Acrylic, ink, pouring medium on Arches.

A study in texture and shape. Acrylic and watercolor.
14.5" x 18.75" mounted to 22x30 Arches.

Exploring shape, color and texture. Acrylic, gouache, watercolor.
15.5" x 17.75" mounted to 22x30 Arches.

The Greek word for purple, a color worth its weight in silver in ancient Byzantium.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

Chaco Canyon in Northern New Mexico, one of three designated World Heritage Sites of the ancestral Puebloans, often referred to as the Anasazi. This painting evokes the colors of New Mexico and the limestone used to make petroglyphs.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

In Sept., 2017, gold miners in the Brazilian state of Amazonas killed 10 members of an uncontacted tribe. It is not known how many survive.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

The colors of New Mexico, adobe and turquoise, summer in the Chama river valley.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

The vivid colors of New Mexico, sky, desert, turquoise.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

Glyphosate, manufactured by Monsanto is the most widely used pesticide on earth. 300 million pounds applied yearly on US farmlands.
Watercolor on Arches.

Inspired by travels crossing the great river in Zimbabwe.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

Richly textured and layered color evoking culture, climate and geology.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

A landscape scoured by wind and heat, inspired by travels in Namibia.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

A painting evocative of ancient seabeds now arid, sun bruised and desiccated.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.

The Moche, a pre-Incan people living in Peru from the 1st to the 8th century.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.
Available from Renata Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, FL.

Overlapping bodies of color.
Gouache and watercolor on Arches.
Available from Renata Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, FL

Blended patterns after the flood.
Gouache and watercolor on Fabriano.
Available from Renata Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, FL

Inspired by the great tidal changes on the Bay of Fundy. Poured paint moving like river sediment across an alluvial plain.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches mounted to board.
Available from Renata Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, FL

Poured paint moving like alluvial sediment.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Arches.
Available from Renata Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, FL

Poured paint suggestive of geologic formations.
Acrylic, gouache, watercolor on Fabriano.
Available from Renata Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, FL

Inspired by the great tidal changes in the Bay of Fundy.
Gouache, watercolor on Fabriano

Geometric abstraction with poured watercolor, gouache and various
acrylics including metallic and pearl.
Arches paper.