![](images/bruise3.jpg)
untitled ( bruise 3 )
2012
Oil on Panel
12" × 12"
While renovating a burned out 1920s house I became interested in the pathos of bruises—a side effect of such work. In this series of paintings I sought to capture the stormy, ethereal quality of the bruise, one that straddles representation and abstraction.
![](images/bruise3.jpg)
Selected Past Work
![](images/Allagash-thumb.jpg)
![](images/Area-51-thumb.jpg)
![](images/Bruise1-thumb.jpg)
![](images/Bruise2-thumb.jpg)
![](images/Bruise4-thumb.jpg)
![](images/Bruise5-thumb.jpg)
![](images/Imprint-thumb.jpg)
Recent Work
![](images/clover-thumb.jpg)
![](images/cypress.jpg)
![](images/mex-hat-thumb.jpg)
![](images/ladythumb-thumb.jpg)
![](images/primrose-thumb.jpg)
![](images/milkweed-thumb.jpg)
![](images/solidago-thumb.jpg)
![](images/thistle-thumb.jpg)
![](images/violet-thumb.jpg)
![](images/fleabane-thumb.jpg)
![](images/jungle-thumb.jpg)