Polymorphous Flowers & Plants
Polymorphous defines the beautiful and terrible in nature and acknowledges the micro and macrocosm where life is expressed in color, light, and energy — a force of destruction and regeneration — where the Universe, mind, and spirit are eternal. A source of inspiration for this series is Odilon Redon’s “Les Fleurs du mall” (The Flowers of Evil) after Charles Baudelarie’s “Les Fleurs du Mal”. Similarly, borrowing from fin de siècle of the previous (19th and early 20th) centuries, my series takes a contemporary approach and features dark, imaginative, and often evocative imagery that explores humanity's fascination with both beauty and horror, spiritual and sensual experiences and the dark side of the human soul.
“Extract the eternal from the ephemeral.”
ANCIENT BOUQUET Charcoal, chalk pastel and gesso on Stonehenge 22" x 30" 08/19/2025
MIDNIGHT BOUQUET Charcoal, pastel, ink and gesso on Stonehenge 22" x 30" 07/06/2025 Collection of Paul H. and Laura M. of Washington, D.C., USA
SUMMER BARN AND BOUQUET Charcoal, pastel and gesso on Stonehenge 22" x 30" 06/30/2025
LATE BOUQUET Charcoal, chalk pastel and gesso on Stonehenge 22" x 30" 07/02/2025
FLOWERS AT MIDNIGHT Charcoal and pastel on Stonehenge 22" x 30" 06/28/2025
ENCHANTED FOREST Oil paint stick, charcoal and graphite on Arches 10" x 10" 10/12/2020 Collection of Matthew R., International
THE ANTS GO MARCHING Monotype and mixed media on Arches 4" x 6" c. 1995 Private collection
SOLO TEA ROSE Monotype and collage on Arches 4" x 6" c. 1995
FLORAL Graphite and gesso on Bristol Board 11" x 15" c. 2002
FLORAL Graphite and gesso on Bristol Board 11" x 15" c. 2002
FLORAL Graphite and gesso on Bristol Board 11" x 15" c. 2002
FLORAL Graphite and gesso on Bristol Board 11" x 15" c. 2002 Collection of Amy B. of North Carolina, USA
RHODODENDRON Graphite and gesso on Bristol Board 11" x 15" c. 2002
RHODODENDRON Graphite and gesso on Bristol Board 11" x 15" c. 2002
FLORAL Graphite and gesso on Bristol Board 11" x 15" c. 2002
FLORAL Graphite and gesso on Bristol Board 11" x 15" c. 2002
BOTANICAL Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 4" x 6" c. 1999 Owned by collector in Florida, USA
BOTANICAL Monotype on Rives B.F.K. 4" x 6" c. 1999
SOLO FLOWER (KIRSTIE'S BOOKMARK) Monotype 3.5" x 5.5" c. 2014
BOTANICAL (WILDACRES, NC) Dry point on Rives B.F.K. 3.5" x 5.5" 07/17/2014 Sold in 2014