Two men look out to sea. From a cruise to Canada with the Dietze's.

Using the same set-up as Man Reading, the backyard is transformed into a more ethereal place with heightened color.

The wife of fellow painter, David Rich, posed for us one afternoon at David's studio. I particularly liked the aggressive pose, the simple palette of violet and green, and the way the close values of the background allowed the figure to emerge from it with clarity.

Another backyard painting, this time with a man reading in shade. Like the other backyard paintings the result here is a visual puzzle. The chair's arm intersects with the book and forms a focal point around which the various dark shapes radiate. The two-dimensional remains constantly in tension with the three dimensional.