Paintings
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| No studio is complete without my dogs. |
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| My palette in 2021 |
On my art.
I delight in opposites. As an oil painter and a digital artist I've spent my time between my beloved Vermont forests and global cities what I find between the boundaries—the quiet unnoticed—that which in our frantic mediated lives we rush by failing to notice truth reflected.
The portfolio of the oil paintings below, I've completed since spring 2010. To get the best view of each painting in greater detail, click on an image of a painting. Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube are where I regularly post my paintings, photography, videos, and my processes. Often my art and reading are tightly intertwined. This blog contains my story and the story of others who influence me.
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| Lights and Fog Over the Winooski oil on canvas, 12”x12”. December 2022 |
My Second July, 2022
But first, not a painting, my art this past year: home, gardens, pups, mediation, photos and videos composed on my cell phone.
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| Judy Rodgers My dear friend Judy in honor of her birthday oil on canvas, 12"x12", 2021 |
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| Untitled oil on canvas, 24"x36", 2021 |
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| Espírito Santo oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2021 From John O’Donohue’s “Anam Cara”, “The Holy Spirit is the wild and passionate side of God, the tactile spirit whose touch is around you, bringing you close to yourself and to others. The Holy Spirit makes these distances attractive and laces them with fragrances of affinity and belonging. Graced distances make strangers friends. Somehow at a particular time, they came from the distance toward your life. Their arrival seemed so accidental and contingent. Now your life is unimaginable without them. Similarly, your identity and vision are composed of a certain constellation of ideas and feelings that surfaced from the depths of distance within you. To lose these now would be to lose yourself. You live and move on divine ground.” |
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| Pixel exhibit 2019 |
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| Seven Days callout, Pixel exhibit, 2019 |
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| Pixel exhibit 2019, paintings ready to go to new owners |
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| Remembering Gettysburg #2 (after my arm healed and Jim almost died) oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| The Fields of Gettysburg #1 (after my arm healed and Jim almost died) oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| The Fields of Gettysburg #1 (after I injured my arm and Jim almost died) oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Remembering Gettysburg #1 (after I injured my arm and Jim almost died. I buried this with Jim) oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Daylight to Dusk oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| You & Me or Simply Us oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Remembering Home oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Oak Leaves #2 oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Vista oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| The New Haven after the Snow oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| FRAMED: Beech Forest oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Beech Forest oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| FRAMED: In the Darkest Places: Miracles Hold oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| In the Darkest Places: Miracles Hold oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Sentinels (for Cathy) oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Heart of the Matter (for Jim) oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| In Gratitude oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Oak Leaves in January oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| When the Beech Leaves Fall oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Cherry Tree in Winter oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Water Under the Bridge oil on canvas, 6"x6", 2019 |
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| Snow in Canada oil on multiple canvases, 12"x60", 2018 |
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Madonna's Garden
oil on canvas, 11'x 8", 2014
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Cathedral
oil on canvas paper, 4"x 12", 2014  |
In the Olive Grove
oil on joined canvas, 48"x64", 2012 |
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| Life and Death: the Elm Ghost oil on joined canvas, 36"x48", August 2012 |
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Pietrasanta Ruins
oil on canvas, 10"x8", 2012
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In the Olive Grove III
oil on canvas, 9"x12", 2012
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In the Olive Grove II
oil on canvas, 10"x8", 2012
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In the Olive Grove I
oil on canvas, 10"x8", 2012 |
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Mediterrean Clouds: Viareggio
oil on board, 10"x8", 2012
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Lucca Garden
oil on canvas, 8"x10", 2012
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| Lucca Rose oil on canvas, 10"x8" |
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Destiny
oil on canvas, 12"x16"
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All of Us
oil on joined canvas, 36"x60", 2012
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Tree of Life
oil on joined canvas, 48"x 36", 2012
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Dear God where did we leave those gifts?
oil on canvas, 6"x 6", 2012
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Where Are You Going? oil on canvas, 30"x40" 2012
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The Wind Resounds—Leaving Addison
oil on canvas, 36"x 48", 2012
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Open Heart
oil on joined canvas, 48"x 36", 2011
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Begin Sweet World
oil on canvas, 40"x30", 2011 |
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Last Light
oil on canvas, 40"x30", 2011
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Learning to Fly
oil on joined canvases, 24"x48", 2011 |
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To the Miracle as to the Wind
oil on canvas, 40"x30", 2011 |
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Maple
oil on canvas, 8"x10", 2011 |
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Wisdom of the Oak
oil on canvas, 8"x10", 2011 |
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Into the Dark III
oil on canvas, 12"x36", 2011
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Into the Dark II
oil on canvas, 12"x36", 2011
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Into the Dark I
oil on canvas, 12"x36", 2011 |
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Something Strange
oil on canvas paper, 9"'x12", 2011 |
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Flight
oil on canvas paper, 9"'x12", 2011 |
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Mid-morning
oil on canvas, 10"'x8", 2011 |
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Morning Stars
oil on canvas paper, 9"'x12", 2011
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What I Forgot to Tell You II
oil on canvas paper, 12"'x9", 2011
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What I Forgot to Tell You I
oil on canvas paper, 12"'x9", 2011
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That Startles the Dark
oil on canvas, 24"x24", 2010
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Where Love's Light
oil on canvas, 24"x24", 2010
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Why These Mountains? Why This Sky? Why This Road?
oil on joined canvases, 36"x36", 2010
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The Dream Before
oil on joined canvases, 36"x36", 2010
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Icarus Also Flew
oil on joined canvases, 36"x36", 2010 ---- |
These are so full of reflection and bold observations! Thank you for making them!
ReplyDeleteHelen its great to see your work too ( http://www.helensantelli.com/ ). I see in it the seeds of your work so long ago. I l love your sculpture - quite a surprise! So happy to have re-found you!
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