Below are three from a series of twelve from 1996/97. These are the beginning of a series that were heavily influenced by my years as a billboard painter.

   For four years, six days a week for fifty-eight hours. I painted, forty-eight by fifteen foot photorealistic images along with text. Three nights a week I taught beginning two dimensional composition at The Ohio State University.

   There was little else going on in my head but painting and composition. Through that, these were born. They say a little about alot but mostly they're about painting.

   Shortly after, at forty-five I accepted a tenure line position at OSU. That's when this work began. 

STILL LIFE WITH PAINTED PEAR-1996-97- OIL AND ENAMEL ON CANVAS

STILL LIFE WITH GREEN PAINTED BIRD 1996/97 OIL AND ENAMEL ON CANVAS

STILL LIFE WITH PAINTED BRUSH HANDLE- 1996-97-OIL AND ENAMEL ON CANVAS