all that we have had and all that we will lose
all that we have had and all that we will lose
2 Degrees C
2 degrees C
Wet Paint
wet paint
Keeping Score
keeping score
Paintings 2015-2017
paintings 2015-2017
Recent Waterworks (2017)
recent waterworks 2017
Basketball
basketball
Hockey
hockey
The Long Summer
long summer
Paintings 2013-2014
paintings 2013-2014
Personal Landscapes
personal landscapes
Collages
collages
The Black & White Ball
ball
Clipped
clipped
A New Year in Paint
paint
Skating on Thin Ice
skating
Golf
golf
Austria
austria
A New Decade in Paint
paint
Dancing Through Life
dancing
Figures
figures
Whiskeytown
whiskeytown
No Naked Nudes
no naked nudes
Convictions
convictions
Body Language
new york
Tribute to Rotonde
brussels
A New Century in Paint
paintings1
Freshly Dug Up: 1970's
early work
In London: Diverse RCA
london
New in Berlin
berlin
In San Francisco: Boxers
Springer-Croke
In New York: Surfers
Surfers
From Cleveland: "Drawn In"
Cleveland
"The Babies V"
Babies 5
From Berlin: "Medusa"
Medusa
 


Offshore/On Board - Surf Art Reconsidered, Mario Novak Gallery, May 2006



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The movement of the drawing hand echoes the rhythms of wave, the water and pigment flow and pool as the water's edge pulls the sand. These dark marks on the blank page stand as the black figures against bleaching sunlight dot the beach. The heroic stance of the surfer follows the pose of egyptian prince, greek kouros or existential poet. The power of nature as it rises through the ocean challenges the strength and determination of youth. Just as the surfer is engaged on the very edge, so the force of line brings a drawing into existence in an instant with the rush of the unknown and the hope of knowing.