48 x 60, The Power of H2O, acrylic on canvas
Drip Dry, 60 x 60, acrylic on canvas
The Plunge, 60 x 60, acrylic on canvas
From Suntan Oil to SPF 50, 60 x 60, acrylic on canvas
Benched, 60 x 60, acrylic on canvas
Some images from my recent show, Lap Swimming.
If there’s
an activity I’ve spent more time doing than painting, it’s swimming laps. Throughout
the course of my life, I’ve swum countless laps. As a child, my summer days
were spent at the neighborhood pool beginning with an early morning swim team
practice followed by a day of playing in the water. As an adult, I swam in college and every phase
of my life thereafter. Now, I swim laps
for fitness and am a coach for a US Swimming Youth team.
I’ve swum
and coached in pools around the country. I’m drawn to the lines, grids, and patterns of
pools designed for competition. My paintings usually begin with a grid that
I’ve drawn using a ruler and pencil. The grids set the stage for patterns of
colors. I often wonder if my connection to lines, grids and patterns in my
paintings is linked to my time spent in and around pools. When I look at
swimming pools, I see the grid and the opportunity for patterns of color.
Lately, I’ve
been swimming in the morning as the sun rises, hitting the windows and water in
the pool in a beautiful way. The results are dancing lines of light on the
bottom of the pool. This adds a dimension of beauty and wonder to my morning exercise.
This exhibition was an opportunity for me to marry my two passions: painting and swimming pools.
Time To Turn, 48 x 48, acrylic on wood
At the Wall, 36 x 36, acrylic on canvas
Lap Swimming, 36 x 36, acrylic on wood
Deep End, 36 x 36, acrylic on wood
Morning Workout, 36 x 36, acrylic on wood
Two Fifties, 12 x 12, acrylic on wood
One twenty-five, 12 x 12, acrylic on wood
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