ART EFFECT GALLERY

My current exhibition at Art Effect Gallery at The Vue at Lake Eola in Orlando. This show of "shaped paintings" was curated by Kirsten Gjermo. Artist's reception March 22, 6- 8pm.

"Maximilian's Flow"

This latest tabletop sculpture measures 16" X 17" x 2". It is currently available for purchase at Gallery on First, Sanford, Florida. Shipping available. $600.00 US kabbott765@gmail.com This piece is currently on view at Reach Art Center, Rome, NY.

"Lucy Baker's Revolution" SOLD

This tabletop sculpture measures 16" X 11" X 2". Welded steel. SOLD - Private collection, New Mexico

"Lunch with Yaya"

My last painting of 2016. "Lunch with Yaya" Acrylic on canvas. 48" X 48"

Recent Work SOLD/SOLD

I will debut these newest pieces at a show at The Gallery at Avalon Island next Thursday, February,19. This venue is one of the finest in Orlando and operates in the oldest building in the city. As a relative recent arrival to the area I am pleased to have been invited to participate in Hope, History and Horizons. I am one of six artists invited. Should be a great show!

"Free Will"

"Free Will"  Acrylic on canvas w/ canvas on canvas and paint skin.   This is a small scale painting at 16" X 20" currently on view and available at Gallery on First, 211 E. First St., Sanford, Florida.   





You can choose a ready guide 
In some celestial voice 
If you choose not to decide 
You still have made a choice 

You can choose from phantom fears 
And kindness that can kill 
I will choose a path that's clear 
I will choose free will 


Rush, 1980

"Orion" SOLD

Welded steel tabletop sculpture.  1/4" and 1/8" mild plate steel with clear coat.  21" X 10" X 7"

TTS#4, November 2014 - "Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe"

This recent piece is another welded steel tabletop sculpture.  18" X 17" X 3"  It is currently on display at Gallery on First,  211 E. First St., Sanford, Florida.  It available for purchase.  $450.00  Shipping available

"Black Circles"

The latest in my series of circle theme paintings. Mixed media on birch panel. 30" X 30". Available at Gallery on First, Sanford, Florida. $1,200.00

"Locomotive"

Mixed media on birch. 24" X 30" Available at Gallery on First, Sanford, Florida. $900.00

Small Scale Work SOLD/SOLD/SOLD

I am continuing to make small scale works as I get ready for the coming holiday season. I have several gallery shows scheduled in December and all have requested small scale items. Here are a few more recently finished.

Recent Work

Here are some of the new small works that I have been doing this week. Finger Lakes Gallery in Canandaigua, NY has asked for about a half dozen and I am gearing u; for the season here at Gallery on First in Sanford. These works are welded steel and stand about 10 inches on average.

"Quark" at OMA

On Friday June 20, Deb and I attended the opening reception for the "Florida Prize in Contemporary Art"at the Orlando Museum of Art. The event was a lot of fun and we enjoyed seeing a lot of friends and fellow artists. As for the show? Well,not so much. If that is supposed to be the best in contemporary art in Florida…….. Let's just say we were not impressed. I am not a critic and despite my opinion I encourage all to attend and judge for yourself. The Museum deserves your support. Hey, you may come away with a very different perspective. We were more impressed with the massive sculpture currently installed on the grounds for the 90th anniversary of the museum. "Quark" a 70 foot tall piece on loan from Chattanooga sculptor John Henry.

"Gold Coast"

"Gold Coast" 48" X 48" acrylic on canvas and canvas on canvas. Available through Gallery on First, Sanford Florida $1,800.00. I did not realize how uneven the light was when I took this photograph. I will have to reshoot and post a better image.

Untitled Tabletop sculpture - SOLD

This recent piece didn't hang around the gallery long. Less than a week I think. Deb thinks it's a tree, maybe on the serengeti or somewhere in Africa. Others see a bird. The funny thing is I had neither in mind as a created this one. I do seem to see some Erte influence. Must have been subconscious. In any case the collector who purchased this piece really likes it and I am happy it has a good home.

Untitled KVA #3, 2014

The latest in my ongoing series of circle paintings. This is a theme I have revisited off and on over the last thirty years. I have a few still around from way back and am thinking of mounting a show of these to include some early encaustic and mixed media works. This piece measures 24" X 24" and is currently available at Gallery on First Sanford, Florida. $900.00

Untitled - KVA #2, 2014

This piece is mixed media on birch panel. It is one of an ongoing series of circle paintings. Very Midcentury in style. The painting measures 24" X 24" and is currently on display at Gallery on First, 211 E. First St., Sanford, Florida. $900.00

Recent Work SOLD/SOLD

Here are a couple of recent table top pieces. They are welded steel and stay true to my mid-century inspired style. Both pieces are currently available through Gallery on First in Sanford, Florida.

"Blue on Blue"

This painting is acrylic on birch panel. It measures 30" X 30" unframed. I am currently house sitting in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in South Carolina in an area know as the "Golden Corner". We are situated in that far western corner of the state that sticks up between north Georgia and western North Carolina. Deb and I visit here a couple of times a year on average and have fallen in love with the area. Sadly the home owners have put the place up for sale and have accepted an offer. This may be our last visit, at least to this particular spot. I had been wanting to break out into a different color palette and this seemed like the time. Maybe it's the "Blue Ridge" or the possibility that this may be our last visit here the brought on the "Blues". Anyway my latest effort, "BLue on Blue". The heavy impasto does not translate effectively in the photograph. This painting will be available at Gallery on First, in Sanford, Florida upon our return. $1,200.00