The Artistry Of Corrosion

This series of paintings contain what appear to be unimaginable creatures and lands. The brain tries to make sense of the arcing colors, the dreamscapes, the feathers. Waves? Mountains? An Island? Reality is not clear. You’ll have to hear the story to make sense of it. Or make up your own story. Art can be a window into a person’s way of seeing things. Here is a story: One day, on a walk around a cranberry bog, Dad gleefully pointed out that the corroding paint on an old farm truck looked like artwork. This then became a new muse of artistry and beauty. The resulting paintings reveal the abstract and sometimes surreal beauty of the old and forgotten. They reveal the complexity we can find in simple discarded things. By taking a second look, slowing down, we discover new ideas and images that surge and EMERGE. Look closely: the old abandoned farm truck is now in flight, with the wings of flying things spanning across red skies and over roads and ocean waves to its new unfathomable freedom. The green decaying dumpster has become a garden of tree veins, flowers of rust, gently beckoning, winding toward you in greeting: inviting you to follow along its hidden rainbow paths. 

This series is being exhibited at The Cosmos Gallery, in Gloucester MA Spring 2026

~The Bog Truck, photograph, Dec 2023

  • Collision

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    18” X 20”

    $1200

  • Quill and Bone

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    18” X 20”

    $1200

  • Wing

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    24” X 30”

    $2000

  • Cosmic Corrosion

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    36” X 48”

    $4700

  • The Road

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood-Panel

    20” X 18”

    $1200

  • An Unknown Land

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    30” X 24”

    $2000

  • Rainbow Mountain

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    6” X 8”

    $350

  • Cicada Island

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    12” X 15”

    $550

  • Return To Flight

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    18” X 24”

    Sold

  • Phoenix Wave

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    24” X 36”

    $2500

  • The Butterfly

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    24” X 36”

    Sold

  • Luna

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    10.25” X 13.25”

    $500

  • Hillside

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    8” X 7.75”

    $400

  • River

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    8” X 7.75”

    $400

  • Garden

    Acrylic and Copper Leaf on Wood Panel

    Hand-Framed

    8.5” X 13.5 “

    $450

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