"Victor/Victor"

This piece melds both a very industrial and gritty look with organic forms and seems to feel a little "Steampunk" to me without gears. This is one of three pieces entered in the Orlando Museum of Art's 1st Thursday event for May, 2013. "The Boiler Plate Ball": Steampunk Steps Out. The piece stands 31" tall and is my latest welded steel table top sculpture. $600.00

"Black, White and Red # 1, 2013" SOLD

This is the first of a series of small acrylic abstract paintings on paper. I have done several and intend to make more using only black and red on white paper. These paintings intrigue me by their simplicity yet powerful presence. Patrons seem drawn to my black and white paintings and I am curious to see the response to these with the addition of red.

"Under The Upper Crust" SOLD

"Under the Upper Crust" (detail). 20" X 24" mixed media on birch panel. $500.00 Sold

Garden Sculpture SOLD

New Garden Sculpture.

Levon SOLD

A new table top sculpture. Welded steel.

This piece is now SOLD

Donna The Buffalo

I had the distinct pleasure of seeing my favorite band perform yesterday at the inner harbor in Syracuse for the "Big Splash". The event was in support of the Finger Lakes Clean Waters Initiative. Donna rocked as always!!!!

"October's Children" SOLD

This collage is part of a series I began working on in the late 1980's and continued with until the mid 1990's. I explored combining photography and painting using both my own images as well as those I found at flea markets and antique shops.

This body of work broke down mainly into two groups, figurative and non figurative and then again into sub groups of modern (my own) images and found antique images.

This was a fairly fresh and cutting edge thing I was doing at the time, but has since been done and even over done by many other artists. I took a lot of flack in a recent review of my work for these pieces. The show was somewhat of a retrospective so I felt it was certainly worth including some of these works, as they represented over a decade of my career. The criticism was fair and as I stated at the time, looking at them today they may seem dated and revisiting something that has been overdone, but keeping in mind they were done twenty years ago, I think changes how one views them.

Regardless of the criticism, these pieces remain popular and I have now sold almost all of them from that time period. I have less than a half dozen left from well over 60 pieces completed, framed and exhibited from that body of work. This particular piece, "October's Children", is a good example of the work I was doing in 1992. This collage sold yesterday and will be a part of a very fine regional art collection.

Untitled Painting June 16, 2010

Ok, here is my latest work. I have not titled it yet but am in the process of framing it and I plan to include in my upcomming show "Changes" at Edgewood Gallery in Syracuse. Changes Opens 25 June and runs through Sept. 12. Edgewood Gallery is located at 216 Tecumseh Road between Syracuse University and Nottingham. For more information contact Cheryl at Edgewood Gallery 445-8111.

This image is untitled and unfinished. This is from a series of abstract photographs I am working on and plan to combine with encaustic to blur the line between painting and photography. I am very excited about this series and I think it will be an interesting exhibition when finished. I hope to have these ready for my June show at the Edgewood Gallery in Syracuse, New York.

"Questa" $500.00 SOLD

"Questa" This mixed media abstraction is a painting from the late 90's. It will be auctioned off to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in April. This painting is one of four that Deb and I have (two each) that will be published in this year's Guide to Art in Central New York.

"Turner to Cezanne" - Everson Museum, Syracuse

Well we finally made it to this much vaunted exhibition. We were not disappointed the show was everything and more than we had expected. There is something profoundly moving to stand before some of the greatest works of impressionist art ever created by the worlds most lauded artists.

Monet, Manet, Pissaro, Renoir, VanGogh and on and on. A veritable whos' who of impressionist painters. The Everson Museum is fortunate to be one of five museums in North America to host this exhibition. A considerable achievement for a small city art museum.

My only regret was that we waited to go on the Sunday afternoon following Christmas, and so it seems did everyone else. The exhibition has been well attended since opening in October, but this particular day was the busiest I have ever seen the Everson. I do not know, but would not be surprised if they set a single day attendance record. Deb and I have been to many shows and functions at the Everson over the last twenty five years and have never seen a crowd like that.

On the one hand it was wonderful to see so many turn out for the show, on the other it made it difficult to really take the time to fully absorb the art the way I would have liked to. It was at times difficult to basically nudge your way to a place where you had a decent view.

The show is up for one more week and I highly recommend seeing it if you have not already, however, go during the week if you can. Just a thought!

For more information see my earlier post Everson Museum - Turner to Cezanne below.

Everson Museum - Turner to Cezanne

Turner to Cézanne:

Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales
Through January 3

Hours
Tuesday & Wednesday: Noon - 6.00pm
Thursday & Friday: Noon - 9.00pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9.00am - 6.00pm
Closed Monday

Holiday Hours
December 24 (Christmas Eve): Noon - 6.00pm
December 25 (Christmas Day): CLOSED
December 31 (New Year's Eve): Noon - 6.00pm
January 1 (New Year's Day): CLOSED


This collection is comprised of an extraordinary group of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century paintings collected largely between 1908 and 1923 by sisters Margaret and Gwendoline Davies. By 1914, the Davies sisters had assembled one of the finest collections of European modern art in Britain, with works from artists such as Paul Cézanne, Camille Corot, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Joseph M.W. Turner, among several others.

Tickets to this extraordinary exhibition cost $15 Adults; $12 children under 18, students (with college ID), Armed Forces (with ID), and seniors (65+); $10 Everson Members; children ages 5 and under are free. A special family rate of $50 (including 2 adults and 4 dependent children) is also available.

Docent-led tours are available Tuesday and Thursday at 2.00pm and Saturdays at 10.00am and 3.00pm. These tours are complimentary with exhibition admission, and no reservation is required. A complimentary cell phone audio tour is available to all visitors.

The exhibition is organized by the American Federation of Arts and National Museum Wales. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

The presentation of Turner to Cézanne at the Everson Museum of Art is made possible through generous support by: exhibition sponsor M&T Bank, co-sponsor Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, education sponsor The Dorothy & Marshall M. Reisman Foundation, and gallery sponsors The Post-Standard and NationalGrid.


Additional support provided by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation grant made possible by Senator John DeFrancisco; the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York grant made possible by Assemblyman William Magnarelli; the Everson Museum of Art Members' Council; The Gifford Foundation; WCNY-TV; Arthur and Cheryl Grant; Dr. Paul E. Phillips and Ms. Sharon Sullivan; and Syracuse-area businesses, organizations and individuals.

Please thank our donors for their support!

"Landmarks of Syracuse" by David "RC" Oster

This best seller is available in our gallery or buy it on-line through our web store. The hand signed print measures 18" X 22". $25.00

"Orbit of Love, Chapter II"

I am in the process of reworking this blog and am going to go through and "retire" or "archive some of the images that I previously had in the side bar. This painting is a mixed media on canvas ( encaustic and oil). The canvas measures 24" X 24" and sold for $1,800.00. This piece garnered several awards at some prestigious regional shows including two Best of Show awards and one First Place in Mixed Media. I am happy to say this painting is part of a wonderful collection in the Syracuse area.