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WEISSENBORN
Floating Circus
2023 Oil on canvas
45" x35" /116cm x 88cm
45" x35" /116cm x 88cm
Carousel Dream
2023 Oil on canvas
45.5" x 35.5"/116cm x 90cm
45.5" x 35.5"/116cm x 90cm
Floating Hands
2023 Oil on canvas
48" x 40"/120cm x 100cm
48" x 40"/120cm x 100cm
Design
2023 Oil on canvas
36" x 29.5/ 90cm x 73cm
36" x 29.5/ 90cm x 73cm
Baby-scape
2023 Oil on canvas
32"x32"/80cm x 80cm
Influenced by Peter Doig's paintings, I wanted to experiment with scale. I decided to paint a very tiny baby on a large canvas. I referenced a video of my grandchild crawling and and placed him on the lower third of the canvas. I put a cloud of equal width above the baby to create balance. The cloud was too dark and foreboding, causing the painting to have a more ominous rather than happy tone. I lightened the cloud and the background which lightened the mood a bit. I realize the cloud is still a bit ominous but I could not bring myself to lighten it. I debated whether to put a shadow under the baby in order to anchor him to something, but I thought it was more interesting without one. I don't think I can paint an entirely happy painting. There always has to be some sort of darkness along with the light. This one makes me smile. in spite of the rain cloud.
32"x32"/80cm x 80cm
Influenced by Peter Doig's paintings, I wanted to experiment with scale. I decided to paint a very tiny baby on a large canvas. I referenced a video of my grandchild crawling and and placed him on the lower third of the canvas. I put a cloud of equal width above the baby to create balance. The cloud was too dark and foreboding, causing the painting to have a more ominous rather than happy tone. I lightened the cloud and the background which lightened the mood a bit. I realize the cloud is still a bit ominous but I could not bring myself to lighten it. I debated whether to put a shadow under the baby in order to anchor him to something, but I thought it was more interesting without one. I don't think I can paint an entirely happy painting. There always has to be some sort of darkness along with the light. This one makes me smile. in spite of the rain cloud.
Portly Lady with Yellow Background
2023 Oil on canvas
32" x 32"/80cm x 80cm
This painting is from a series of cafe paintings I am working on. My goal is to abstract the figures just enough without losing the feeling of a cafe. This portly lady appeared late in the painting as I needed a larger shape to break up all of the other similar shapes. She reminds me of someone I know and love. I had to keep her.
32" x 32"/80cm x 80cm
This painting is from a series of cafe paintings I am working on. My goal is to abstract the figures just enough without losing the feeling of a cafe. This portly lady appeared late in the painting as I needed a larger shape to break up all of the other similar shapes. She reminds me of someone I know and love. I had to keep her.
Man with Two Dogs
2023 Oil on canvas
20" x20"/50cm x 50cm
This painting is a continuation of my cafe series. I am attracted to the story a cafe scene creates. This one was all about the man walking his two dogs. I cannot pass a dog without imagining them in a painting.
20" x20"/50cm x 50cm
This painting is a continuation of my cafe series. I am attracted to the story a cafe scene creates. This one was all about the man walking his two dogs. I cannot pass a dog without imagining them in a painting.
Standing in Yellow
2023 Oil on canvas
20" x20"/50cm x 50cm
This is part of an ongoing series of cafe paintings I am presently working on. I am intrigued by the story of a man and his dog. It is interesting to me that you could be in a place full of people and be so alone at the same time. Dogs are a great comfort during times of islolation. My goal was to use mostly yellow keeping the shapes abstract. I am continuously pushing and pulling the paint toward abstraction without losing the story entirely.
20" x20"/50cm x 50cm
This is part of an ongoing series of cafe paintings I am presently working on. I am intrigued by the story of a man and his dog. It is interesting to me that you could be in a place full of people and be so alone at the same time. Dogs are a great comfort during times of islolation. My goal was to use mostly yellow keeping the shapes abstract. I am continuously pushing and pulling the paint toward abstraction without losing the story entirely.
Good Dog
2023 Acrylic on canvas
20" x 20"/50cm x 50cm
This is part of my cafe series. I struggled with this one. It went through many changes until I added the dog at the end. I needed a big shape to break up the monotany of the other shapes. This dog not only adds humor and emotion to the painting, but it was what I needed to create tension.
20" x 20"/50cm x 50cm
This is part of my cafe series. I struggled with this one. It went through many changes until I added the dog at the end. I needed a big shape to break up the monotany of the other shapes. This dog not only adds humor and emotion to the painting, but it was what I needed to create tension.
Tulleries Abstracted
2023 Oil on canvas
20" x20"/50cm x 50cm
I took a photo of this woman in the Jardin de Tulleries in hopes of using it for a painting. The painting was too literal at first, so I kept painting over it. It took several years before I was able to get the feeling I was after. I was so happy to realize that if I don't quit, I will eventually succeed.
20" x20"/50cm x 50cm
I took a photo of this woman in the Jardin de Tulleries in hopes of using it for a painting. The painting was too literal at first, so I kept painting over it. It took several years before I was able to get the feeling I was after. I was so happy to realize that if I don't quit, I will eventually succeed.
Flex
2023 Oil on canvas
32" x 32"/80cm x 80cm
Flex is titled after a person I actually encountered walking in a park in Paris. He was accompanied by an entourage. He eagerly posed for me in hopes that I would paint him. It took me several years to get the mood I was after without being too literal with the background. Some paintings take longer to realize, but if I am patient, they find there way to the surface.
32" x 32"/80cm x 80cm
Flex is titled after a person I actually encountered walking in a park in Paris. He was accompanied by an entourage. He eagerly posed for me in hopes that I would paint him. It took me several years to get the mood I was after without being too literal with the background. Some paintings take longer to realize, but if I am patient, they find there way to the surface.
Where's Edna?
2023 Acrylic on canvas
23.5" x23.5"/60cm x 60cm
I had other plans for this painting. I am not sure I am finished but I like the raw feeling of it. I hesitate to continue. Unlike the other paintings in my cafe series, it worked rather quickly. What do you think?
23.5" x23.5"/60cm x 60cm
I had other plans for this painting. I am not sure I am finished but I like the raw feeling of it. I hesitate to continue. Unlike the other paintings in my cafe series, it worked rather quickly. What do you think?
Purpose
2023 Oil on canvas
23.5" x 23.5"/60cm x 60cm
My daughter in law is one of my muses. She unwittingly makes the most beautiful poses. I caught her feeding the baby one day with the morning light gently illuminated their forms. I kept fighting the urge to paint realistically. I wanted to record everything. It was a challenge to abstract the faces. I wanted mothers to get lost in the feeling of holding a baby and the love that one feels when nurturing a child. I could have obscured the mother's face more. I think I will do another painting where I can push the abstraction further.
23.5" x 23.5"/60cm x 60cm
My daughter in law is one of my muses. She unwittingly makes the most beautiful poses. I caught her feeding the baby one day with the morning light gently illuminated their forms. I kept fighting the urge to paint realistically. I wanted to record everything. It was a challenge to abstract the faces. I wanted mothers to get lost in the feeling of holding a baby and the love that one feels when nurturing a child. I could have obscured the mother's face more. I think I will do another painting where I can push the abstraction further.
Fuck it
2023 Oil on canvas
32" x 32"/80cmx80cm
Oh my lord, this painting was a bitch to complete. It went through so many changes. At one point I was scraping off a large area of raised paint and put a hole in the canvas. I kept going because I had an idea of what I wanted and pressed on until I finished with this. I am so happy I didn't stop. It is exactly what I hoped to get. The title came after I put the hole in the painting and decided to keep going. The hole represents part of the struggle an artist has to create while often blind.
32" x 32"/80cmx80cm
Oh my lord, this painting was a bitch to complete. It went through so many changes. At one point I was scraping off a large area of raised paint and put a hole in the canvas. I kept going because I had an idea of what I wanted and pressed on until I finished with this. I am so happy I didn't stop. It is exactly what I hoped to get. The title came after I put the hole in the painting and decided to keep going. The hole represents part of the struggle an artist has to create while often blind.
Dicken's Revisited
2023 Oil on canvas board
8" x 8"
8" x 8"
Fresh
2022 Acrylic on canvas board
12" x 12"
12" x 12"
Together
2022 Acrylic on canvas board.
8" x 8"
8" x 8"
Exposed
Currently on Exhibit at the Vero Beach Museum.
2022 Oil on canvas
32"x32"/80cmx80cm
Part of my cafe series, "Exposed" is often how I feel when sitting alone at a cafe. I had taken another photo of this scene, but ended up putting a version of myself in the painting and adding a variety of characters to tell the story. I went more realistic than I like to, but I think this hyper focus adds to the feeling of being exposed. It would be a totally different painting if she was abstracted.
2022 Oil on canvas
32"x32"/80cmx80cm
Part of my cafe series, "Exposed" is often how I feel when sitting alone at a cafe. I had taken another photo of this scene, but ended up putting a version of myself in the painting and adding a variety of characters to tell the story. I went more realistic than I like to, but I think this hyper focus adds to the feeling of being exposed. It would be a totally different painting if she was abstracted.
Abstracted
2022 Oil on canvas
32" x 32" / 80cm x 80cm
This is a part of the cafe series I am working on. It is the first in the series and one of my favorites. I was attracted to this scene because of the Frida Khalo like girl smoking a cigarette. I wanted to highlight her smoking and it instead became a story about feeling isolation in a crowd. This theme seems to crop up often for me. I am debating about changing the cafe series to an isolation series.
32" x 32" / 80cm x 80cm
This is a part of the cafe series I am working on. It is the first in the series and one of my favorites. I was attracted to this scene because of the Frida Khalo like girl smoking a cigarette. I wanted to highlight her smoking and it instead became a story about feeling isolation in a crowd. This theme seems to crop up often for me. I am debating about changing the cafe series to an isolation series.
More
2022 Oil on Canvas
32"x32"/80cm x 80cm
I wanted to tell the story of how the phone is severing relationship. The mother was talking on the phone while the child tried to get her attention. The bare trees and the colors mirror he feeling. This painting came about quickly so I didn't feel the need to add more paint.
32"x32"/80cm x 80cm
I wanted to tell the story of how the phone is severing relationship. The mother was talking on the phone while the child tried to get her attention. The bare trees and the colors mirror he feeling. This painting came about quickly so I didn't feel the need to add more paint.
Out
2022 Oil on canvas
32"x32"/50cmx50cm
I came upon these two girls on Gay Pride Day in Paris. I loved the story their bodies were telling. I decided to paint them. I wasn't intending to be as realistic as this, but I was enamored with the lights and shadows. I might try another one that is more abstract later.
32"x32"/50cmx50cm
I came upon these two girls on Gay Pride Day in Paris. I loved the story their bodies were telling. I decided to paint them. I wasn't intending to be as realistic as this, but I was enamored with the lights and shadows. I might try another one that is more abstract later.
Fixation
SOLD
2022 Oil on canvas
32"x32"/80cmx80cm
I reworked this painting so many times. I couldn't get the composition I wanted. I tried to abstract it but it wasn't working so I completely obliterated it and turned it into an abstract painting. It is on this site titled, "Cover Up". I am sorry I destroyed that painting because I like it now. I have learned that I should leave the problematic painting alone and start a new one.
2022 Oil on canvas
32"x32"/80cmx80cm
I reworked this painting so many times. I couldn't get the composition I wanted. I tried to abstract it but it wasn't working so I completely obliterated it and turned it into an abstract painting. It is on this site titled, "Cover Up". I am sorry I destroyed that painting because I like it now. I have learned that I should leave the problematic painting alone and start a new one.
The Inheritance
2022 Oil on canvas
32"x32"/50cm x 50 cm
This is another painting in my cafe series. I loved how the light was that day illuminating the blue table and chairs. I also like the story of the people leaning in and engaged in conversation. I wondered what they were discussing so intently.
32"x32"/50cm x 50 cm
This is another painting in my cafe series. I loved how the light was that day illuminating the blue table and chairs. I also like the story of the people leaning in and engaged in conversation. I wondered what they were discussing so intently.
Lori
SOLD
2022 Acrylic on canvas
15"x15"/38cm x 38cm
2022 Acrylic on canvas
15"x15"/38cm x 38cm
New Red Vest
2022 Acrylic on canvas board.
8"x8"
8"x8"
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