PORTFOLIO 2020
July 2020
Those Beauteous Things
This painting is part of my Dante Series. Each work in the series is titled from a line in Dante's Inferno. This is the passage for Boundary of the Valley:
It was the hour of dawn; with retinue
Of stars that were with him when Love Divine
In the beginning into motion drew
Those beauteous things, the sun began to shine;
And I took heart to be of better cheer
- Dante's Inferno, Canto I
June 2020
The Storyteller
the storyteller
stands
on the
edge of
dreams
and
reality
waiting
to
lead
the willing
June 2020
Autumn Yields to Winter Winds
autumn yields
to winter winds
scattering
dreams
as fog descends
May 2020
View From A Sacred Mountain
heights unseen
by mortal eyes
where banners wave
their silk goodbyes
where futures lived
in pasts unwept
where giants sleep
and dragons kept
by gods who dare
to hold them still
high upon the sacred hill
May 2020
Shallow Days of Silence
we walk
room to room
hoping to escape
these
brittle broken days
shattered
at
our
feet
April 2020
Listen to the Whispers
listen to the whispers
carried on the wind
the hum
of a hundred thousand
hopes
we cannot comprehend
a dream
a wish
a memory
a destiny we share
the whole of our humanity
stirring in the air
March 2020
Behind the Curtain
behind the curtain
of ice and stone
a world
awaits
to call
my own
where waters run
and trees can speak
where foxes dance
and mountains sleep
where nothing starts
and nothing ends
behind the curtain
of my pretend
January 2020
The Road Home
the road home
on winters day
passing wood
and walls of stone
January 2020
The Passage
the passage
through
a frozen forest
keeps
quiet moments
for thought
January 2020
Sand Storm
the sand storm
lays bare
secrets
hidden
below
July 2020
A Place Eternal
This painting is part of my Dante Series. Each work in the series is titled from a line in Dante's Inferno. This is the passage for Boundary of the Valley:
I decide therefore and judge that
thou hadst best come on with me for
guide; and hence I'll lead thee where
a place eternal shall to thee be
shown.
- Dante's Inferno, Canto I
June 2020
The Sky Bridge
over
the sky bridge
where
memories sleep
and
tomorrow
dances
in
endless
possibilities
May 2020
A Mile Above Water
we soared
a mile above water
looking
for a place
to land
our dreams
May 2020
A Haze of Forgotten Afternoons
a haze of forgotten afternoons
drifts across
my splintered mind
as ghosts of
children
long since grown
dance in a past
lost to time
April 2020
Shallow Days of Silence
desperate mornings
fade
to empty nights
these shallow days
of silence
bare
witness
to our weary souls
April 2020
Waiting for Spring
a late snow
weeps
frigid tears
waiting for spring
February 2020
The Audience Swooned
the audience swooned
the audience swore
they shut their eyes
but wanted more
January 2020
Snow and Ash
snow and ash
pave the way
to roads beyond
a winter day
January 2020
Quiet Path
an afternoon
crossing frozen fields
I take
the quiet path
June 2020
Boundary of the Valley
This painting is part of my Dante Series. Each work in the series is titled from a line in Dante's Inferno. This is the passage for Boundary of the Valley:
Scarce know I how I entered on that ground,
So deeply, at the moment when I passed
From the right way, was I in slumber drowned.
But when beneath a hill arrived at last,
Which for the boundary of the valley stood...
- Dante's Inferno, Canto I
June 2020
Buried Secrets
deep
inside
the mist
of my aging mind
are
the buried
secrets
of youth
May 2020
Hear the Hollow Places
hear the hollow places
that exist
between
a thought
and
a dream
May 2020
Along This Quiet Road
along this quiet road
through field
and fen
and fern
the mountains watch
through veils
of fog
our steps
at every turn
April 2020
Between Heaven and Earth
between heaven and earth
a sacred mountain
breaths
immortals awake
April 2020
Cruel and Beautiful Places
we live between the times
stumble into days
locked
inside
the cracks and caves
daring hope but
scared to find
those cruel and beautiful places
hidden in our mind
February 2020
Beyond the Cliffs
beyond the cliffs
of fallen rock
are fields of gold
above the loch
wind and storm
thrash the shore
whistling howls
across the moor
but I see only
home and glen
where hearths are warm
and love is kin
January 2020
Moon Sings Over Pinks Sands
moon sings
over
pink sands
sad songs
of
forgotten lands
January 2020
Seeking Shelter
seeking shelter
in caverns below
deep inside
ice and snow