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“Solo Show 6-29-07 Blue Moon” 30 Years After…..

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First solo show @ Nicholas Gallery Cincinnati, Ohio " 30 Years After " Info: www.NicholasGalerry.org June29 till July21

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“Solo Show 6-29-07 Blue Moon”

30 Years After…..

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“White Drawing” 22x30” Pencil on paper

After dusting off my last portfolio from 77. I found a few tattered drawings

from days past.

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“Early studio drawing 1977” 18x24” Charcoal on paper

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“Thunderstorm 8:00 PM” 22x30” House paint on paper

In my car I went. It surely looked like rain…….

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“8:17 PM “ 22x30” House paint on paper

Armed with three brushes and three cans of paint…

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“8:23 PM” 22x30” House paint on paper

I have never sweat that much in my life.

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“What Frannie Wants…” 22x30” Pencil and construction paper

Study for first large painting

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“What Frannie Wants…” 22x30” Oil pastel with paint on paper

How we begin to see again with the help of our children

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“What Frannie wants…” 4x5’ Enamel paint on canvas

Color, shapes, icons and learning.

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“What Frannie Wants…. “ 22x30” Oil pastel and paint on paper

Making the scene….

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“RAVEN”3x4’Paint and colored paper on

canvas

Teaching the sever handicapped – images became very important to me!

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“A little Mystery” 3x4’ Latex and oil

paint on canvas

An unknown child of 4 left a drawing on my desk while I was

teaching …………

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“Side Effects (A Little Mystery)” 3x4’ Latex and oil paint on canvas

Horizontal view

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“Side Effects (A little Mystery)” 15x15” Enamel

paint on plywood

Just cant get enough of the mystery

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“Deer Hunt” 4x5’ Oil pastels and paper on canvas

Paying homage to the 1rst and 2nd graders at Amanda

Elementary School

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“My Friend’s Back Yard”

30x32” Acrylic /poly-medium with colored paper

Very simple and to the point!

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“ Terrestrial Paradise” 4x5’ Latex / enamel paint with color

paper on canvas

The large painting surprised me. It was very close to being a religious

statement.

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“\!/ \!/ \!/” 22x30” Mix media on

paper

I received an assignment by D.B. to see what I could come up visually with the

glyph

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“\!/ \!/ \!/ 2” 22x30” mix media on paper

Thinking of early Rothko…..

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“Hernando 1 “ 22x30” Mix media on paper

First attempt!

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“Hernando” 22x30” Mix media on paper

For D.B. Her novel is due out Dec. 7, 07 “Bombs

Away”

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“\!/ \!/ \!/ 3 “ 22x30” Mix media on paper

Finding the direction of the icon.

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A spring ride with D.B.

“Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio” 30x32” Acrylic paint / poly-medium with

colored paper on canvas

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“Terrestrial Paradise” 2 / 2x4” wood panels with paint and

photography

Xmas break 07

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“When Worlds Collide” 2x4” Wood panel with mix media

Thanks!!! D.B.

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“Doors” 37X44” Acrylic paint and crayon on canvas

Thanks Nick for not being there, I would have never notice the doors.

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“Behind Doors” 37x44” Mixed media on plywood

Homage to 72 1rst and 2nd graders at Central Elementary school.

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“The man upstairs in Apt2c” 18x24” Acrylic paint on canvas

A story of a man was told to me by Nick the gallery owner.

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“Corp. 1” 22x30” (Re-worked)

Acrylic paint oil pastel

In The box!

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“Corp.2 22x30” Acrylic paint / oil pastel with construction paper on white board

“Thinking out of the box”

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“Forecast” 3x4’ Acrylic paint on canvas

Bottom line at all cost!

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“Last Supper” 22x30” Paint / oil pastel on canvas

We all support certain corporations That believe in the

survival of the fittest

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“The Last Supper” 22x30” Paint / oil pastel on paper

“They eat their young”

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“Corp. Criminals” 36x44” Latex and enamel paint on canvas

Far too long did I saw what greed did and what it can do……………

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“Mother” 1922 to 2007 ( She passed away this year) 18x30

acrylic paint on canvas

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“Kathie” 18x24” oil paint on canvas

Given to my wife on valentines day 86.

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Artist Statement  Primitives huddle in a cave, some listening to a hunter grunting out a story about the big kill, others watching painters render crude images of the same event on the rock walls. Has this scene changed that much? I believe not. We are huddled in this gallery doing much the same thing: listening, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching and seeing. No, nothing has changed. But do you believe?  When I approach an empty canvas, I carry with me every thing that ever happened to me since the day I was born. I even carry the genetic imprint of those cave dwellers huddled around the fire. I am the wolf yearning for the taste of blood and the deer intent on escape. All of it is there when I stand before the canvas, not in words, but in the feel of movement and the senses interacting with one another. A writer once told me that art is not about the artist or even about the finished product. It is about the journey that took him there: the hunt for a single truth. Painters can document this journey. The map is the painting itself.  I invite you to look at my paintings. Look at them with more than your eyes. Take in all you can in that’s around you. Let yourself go and feel. I invite you to go with me back to the cave…

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Thank You J.W.