Paintings

“Heirs to the Sea,” paintings play with pattern, repetition and iconic characters,  evoking sea creatures and birds.  These images operate as oceanic dramas,  referential and simultaneously evolving with dimensional brush marks and bioluminescent hues. They are a response to experiences with birds, wildlife and water.  Using the UV rays of the sun, paint, sand and silkscreen, the pictures create an 2D aquatic labyrinth.   The textural qualities of paint and sand embed gesture as a fossil of a geological trace, speaking about the infinite living languages of the universe.

Dew Drop 2017, paint and mixed media on canvas, 12×12

EXCAVATION OF NADA, Installation, Nada Gallery, East Village, NYC 1985

Heirs to the Sea 2018, paint, cyanotype and silkscreen on canvas, 32×32

Luminescent Waterfall 2018, mixed media on canvas, 30×30

Octopus 2018, paint and mixed media on canvas, 70×50

Pool 2018, paint and mixed media on canvas, 30×40

Prairie Rain 2018, paint and mixed media on canvas, 18×24

Sea Labyrinth 2018, paint, cyanotype and silkscreen on canvas, 32×32

Surge 2018, paint, cyanotype and silkscreen on canvas, 32×32

Swept Away 2018, paint and mixed media on canvas, 70×50

Tales at Sea 2018, paint, collage and mixed media on canvas, 52×50

Water Falls 2018, paint and mixed media on canvas, 12×12

20,000 Leagues Under 2018, paint and mixed media on canvas, 54×50

Blue World 2017, paint and mixed media on canvas, 70×50

Cascading Pond (for Venus) 2018, paint and mixed media on canvas, 24×24

Prints

“Heirs to the Sea,” are multi media prints where lexicons of painted characters operate as forces in oceanic dramas.  Referential and continuously evolving, the bioluminescent hues explore imagery and deep connection to birds, animals and the sea, relying on layering, texture and pattern. Using the UV rays of the sun, the works are fossils of time, appropriating and reinventing images directly from automatic writing, nature, cultural history and etchings by early naturalists. 

Surf_and_Sea_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

To_the_Sea_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

To_the_Sea_Gold_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Surfing_Wave_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Autumn_Rhythm_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Beach_at_Sunrise_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Labyrinth_Golden_Sun_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Beachcomber_Sunrise_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Sea_Labyrinth_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Prairie_Labyrinth_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Seafoam_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Shells_Gold_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Snow_Labyrinth_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Sunrise_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Shells_Blue_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Sunrise_Cliff_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Sunset_Beach_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

Sunrise_Dunes_2018,_paint_and_silkscreen_on_paper,_34_x_32

VanDeb Edition Prints

“Heirs to the Sea,” are multi media prints where lexicons of painted characters operate as forces in oceanic dramas.  Referential and continuously evolving, the bioluminescent hues explore imagery and deep connection to birds, animals and the sea, relying on layering, texture and pattern. Using the UV rays of the sun, the works are fossils of time, appropriating and reinventing images directly from automatic writing, nature, cultural history and etchings by early naturalists.  

Heirs to The Sea-7, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 14×14″

Heirs to the Sea-9, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 10×10″

Heirs To The Sea-2, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 14×14″

Heirs to the Sea-10, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 10×10″

Heirs to the Sea-8, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 14×14″

Heirs to the Sea-13, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 10×10″

Heir to the Sea-21, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 30×20″

Heirs To The Sea-3, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 14×14″

Heirs to the Sea-14, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 10×10″

Heirs to the Sea-16, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 10×10″

Heirs to the Sea-17, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 10×10″

Heirs to the Sea-12, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 10×10″

Heirs to the Sea-18, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 30×20″

Heirs to the Sea-19, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 30×20″

Heirs to the Sea-20, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 30×20″

Heirs to the Sea-11, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 10×10″

Heirs to The Sea-4, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 14×14″

Heirs To The Sea-1, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 14×14″

Heirs to The Sea-5, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 14×14″

Heirs to the Sea-15, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 10×10″

Heirs to The Sea-6, 2019 cyanotype and etching ink on arches, 14×14″