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