Deluge, Four White Rivers Falling into Pool
Deluge, Four White Rivers Falling into Pool

The first painting in the Deluge Series. I was finishing up a series of drawings of water, and starting to paint again, muddling along. Then, in the middle of the night, I woke from a dream of four white rivers falling into a pool. I went into the studio and started painting this image new to me. I painted many paintings of water falling, all on 40” x 30”canvases. Later I moved on to larger 48” x 36” canvases. Golden paint on canvas, 40” x 30”, finished 11.15.2016

Deluge, Blue Icemelt Torrents
Deluge, Blue Icemelt Torrents

I did several blue paintings of water. Golden paints on canvas, 48” x 36”, finished 6.22.2018

Place of Peace, Oil Begins
Place of Peace, Oil Begins

Our past world, a place of peace. Invasion of black oil begins. 48" x 48", Golden paints on canvas, finished 10.12.21

Deluge, Blood Fall, Waterfall, Black Oil Pooling
Deluge, Blood Fall, Waterfall, Black Oil Pooling

I looked at this upside-down and decided I liked it better that way. It still took time to finish it. Golden paint on canvas, 48” x 36”, finished 3.21.2020

Deluge, Blood Cut Cliffs, Rivers of Burning Blood
Deluge, Blood Cut Cliffs, Rivers of Burning Blood

Thank you to Bill for telling me that this was not simply blood, but burning blood. 48" x 36", Golden paints on canvas, finished Friday the Thirteenth, 9.13.24.

Flayed Cliffs, Scars, Oil, Blood
Flayed Cliffs, Scars, Oil, Blood

An image of our Earth, flayed and scarred with streams of oil and blood, like earlier martyrs: St. Bartholomew holding his removed skin was painted as a self portrait by Michelangelo; and the flayed satyr Marsyas, who dared challenge Apollo, was painted by Titian. 40" x 30", Golden paints on canvas, finished 3.11.2024

Deluge, Blooming in Fire
Deluge, Blooming in Fire

I needed to paint this painting. This is Los Angeles in January, 2025, and the Texas panhandle in February, 2024, and fires globally. Climate change has increased the risk of large, frequent, and severe wildfires. A palette of yellow and cerise to paint fire. 48” x 36”, Golden paints on canvas, 1.13.25

Deluge, Abandoned Oil Field
Deluge, Abandoned Oil Field

Golden Paints on Canvas, 40”x30”, finished 9.4.25

Deluge, Oil Spill
Deluge, Oil Spill

Climate crises include many kinds of deluge. This is one: a traditional view of ocean and coast – but now invaded by the spreading black lines of heavy crude oil, another tanker disaster. For this painting I envisioned icy blues and greens but I couldn’t mix these with my limited palette. So I bought Thalo Blue and Thalo Green, colors I had not used in years. My friend Star likes the liminal moonlight. Maureen says it reminds her of when Arthur would take her out on the boat at night off the shore of Cape Cod. 48” x 36”, Golden paints on canvas, Finished 3.19.25

Deluge, Pure Water, Three Peaks, After the Oil is Gone
Deluge, Pure Water, Three Peaks, After the Oil is Gone

Golden paint on canvas, 48” x 36”, finished 1.29.2022

Deluge, Four White Rivers Falling into Pool
Deluge, Blue Icemelt Torrents
Place of Peace, Oil Begins
Deluge, Blood Fall, Waterfall, Black Oil Pooling
Deluge, Blood Cut Cliffs, Rivers of Burning Blood
Flayed Cliffs, Scars, Oil, Blood
Deluge, Blooming in Fire
Deluge, Abandoned Oil Field
Deluge, Oil Spill
Deluge, Pure Water, Three Peaks, After the Oil is Gone
Deluge, Four White Rivers Falling into Pool

The first painting in the Deluge Series. I was finishing up a series of drawings of water, and starting to paint again, muddling along. Then, in the middle of the night, I woke from a dream of four white rivers falling into a pool. I went into the studio and started painting this image new to me. I painted many paintings of water falling, all on 40” x 30”canvases. Later I moved on to larger 48” x 36” canvases. Golden paint on canvas, 40” x 30”, finished 11.15.2016

Deluge, Blue Icemelt Torrents

I did several blue paintings of water. Golden paints on canvas, 48” x 36”, finished 6.22.2018

Place of Peace, Oil Begins

Our past world, a place of peace. Invasion of black oil begins. 48" x 48", Golden paints on canvas, finished 10.12.21

Deluge, Blood Fall, Waterfall, Black Oil Pooling

I looked at this upside-down and decided I liked it better that way. It still took time to finish it. Golden paint on canvas, 48” x 36”, finished 3.21.2020

Deluge, Blood Cut Cliffs, Rivers of Burning Blood

Thank you to Bill for telling me that this was not simply blood, but burning blood. 48" x 36", Golden paints on canvas, finished Friday the Thirteenth, 9.13.24.

Flayed Cliffs, Scars, Oil, Blood

An image of our Earth, flayed and scarred with streams of oil and blood, like earlier martyrs: St. Bartholomew holding his removed skin was painted as a self portrait by Michelangelo; and the flayed satyr Marsyas, who dared challenge Apollo, was painted by Titian. 40" x 30", Golden paints on canvas, finished 3.11.2024

Deluge, Blooming in Fire

I needed to paint this painting. This is Los Angeles in January, 2025, and the Texas panhandle in February, 2024, and fires globally. Climate change has increased the risk of large, frequent, and severe wildfires. A palette of yellow and cerise to paint fire. 48” x 36”, Golden paints on canvas, 1.13.25

Deluge, Abandoned Oil Field

Golden Paints on Canvas, 40”x30”, finished 9.4.25

Deluge, Oil Spill

Climate crises include many kinds of deluge. This is one: a traditional view of ocean and coast – but now invaded by the spreading black lines of heavy crude oil, another tanker disaster. For this painting I envisioned icy blues and greens but I couldn’t mix these with my limited palette. So I bought Thalo Blue and Thalo Green, colors I had not used in years. My friend Star likes the liminal moonlight. Maureen says it reminds her of when Arthur would take her out on the boat at night off the shore of Cape Cod. 48” x 36”, Golden paints on canvas, Finished 3.19.25

Deluge, Pure Water, Three Peaks, After the Oil is Gone

Golden paint on canvas, 48” x 36”, finished 1.29.2022

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