The Wave When I was first

asked to do horses in 1980 for an album cover for Bob

Seger, My response was "I don't do horses" Well I gave it a

shot anyway and when I heard that

people were buying the

album just to frame the cover,

I changed my mind about

painting horses. Of course I did this with a little

surreal Jim Warren twist, blending the

horses into one of my great

loves, the ocean waves. The Wave was

painted in 1992.

Riders on the Storm

Music had a big influence on me in the beginning of my career as an artist in the late 60s. Not surprisingly some of my

paintings were inspired by, or at least titled after some of that music. I named this

painting after the Door's

"Riders on the Storm" a moody

song which inspired this

moody painting.

Wild Spirit

They only come out at night

The idea for this painting came to me after observing that

there are strange and unusual people that you see out late at night, that you just

would not see during the day

hours. If fantasy creatures did exist, I'm sure they too would only come

out at night!

Against the wind

Wild watersAs a child I

often watched the rolling

waves of the ocean crash

upon the rocks and shore. I was intrigued by the

shapes that appeared within

the water, seemingly forming

whatever my young

imaginative mind could dream up.

Hence, the birth of Wild Waters,

my most published

painting. Wild Waters has been

published on calendars,

greeting cards, posters, limited edition prints

etc.

Night Moves It has been over 25

years since Bob Seger and the art

director of Capitol Records "convinced me" that I "Could" paint horses. It has

been one of my more re-occurring

and popular themes in my paintings

since that time. This latest painting "Night Moves"

which I named after Seger's hit song

from the 80s, is the moonlit version of my most popular painting "Wild

Waters" , which was inspired by Seger and the horses I

painted for the cover of his album

"Against the Wind" I am happy to hear

Bob Seger has a new album and is

touring again.

Out of the Blue

As a teen I questioned everything, including God. In a discussion

once with my Dad, who is

not particularly religious, he said to me

something to the effect of

"Do you think all this beauty in the world

just happened out of the

blue?" That was certainly something for me to ponder for years to

come.

Trees of Life

I thought it was

intriguing how all of

life depends on other life to

survive. I guess that's partly

where the phrase

"Circle of Life" comes from.

Spirit In the

Night

Splash

Spirit of Play As I grew up I learned the horrible truth; that life is not all play and no work. But as I grew up more, I learned as

well that work, as well as play can and should be done in the Spirit of

Play; meaning ANYTHING can be

fun if YOU make it so. The child in this

painting was a candid shot I took of an

unknown little girl running on the beach. It was about 5 years later when I came up with this idea that fit

her so perfectly.

Alaskan illusion.

I have alsways liked to hide things in my

paintings, exept this time I have the reflections showing what exactly I was

hiding just so no one misses a horse ot two.

AvalancheWith

Christmas coming soon I

thought it time to

paint a little freezing

snow. My eight year

old daughter

came up to it when it

was finished and

said "Oh look! The

horses start turning into snow and then start

turning into rocks up

there". That reassured me that it

was indeed finished

After the Storm This painting is a variation of my classic painting

"Avalanche" While some artist

can paint a similar theme over and over, such as horses, oceans scenes, flowers etc, I find that I get very bored if I

paint something similar within 3

years. The challenge for me

is to continue thinking up new

themes, a challenge I feel

kept me as ambitious today as when I began painting 35 years

ago.

Rollin' Like Thunder

It is not only sights that make up the beauty of nature, it is the sounds as well.

The beautiful, yet dramatic and often violent

sounds of such natural

occurrences as the crashing ocean waves,

crackling thunder storms and snow avalanches seem

to come alive, like a thundering herd of galloping

horses.

The horses in the snow

I have always enjoyed those pictures as a

child where you find the hidden images within the landscape.

I showed this to my 15 year old

daughter Drew to see what she

thought. At first she said it is

horses and then she looked and

some of the horses became mountains and

the horses disappeared. That's how I

determine that the painting is

completed.

Peace on Earth Horses are the most

beautiful and peaceful species on the planet I

believe. Besides having great beauty and grace,

they don't squabble over such issues as economics,

religion or the color of their skin as we humans

often do. In fact, it occurred to me that if horses were the only

species on earth, there truly would be peace on

earth, except then we humans would not be

there to experience it. I guess we will just have

learn to follow their examples.

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Out of the mistOne thing I have always done with my paintings is try to make them come to life as if to be a

part of the real world.

Horses in the Wild

Because at times I hide things in my paintings, people

are always looking at shapes

within my paintings thinking there is something

there ...usually unintentionally on

my part. Here I have intentionally

hidden some horses without

saying how many, just to see if

people can find them all, or find more that I even

intended.

Running Free On Sept 11th, 2001 I was on the

little Hawaiian Island called Kauai after just completing a show tour of the islands. Although we were

on one of the most beautiful islands in the world, things looked pretty grim after hearing the news

from New York. The feelings most felt was that this is the end of freedom as we have known it. On March 11th, the 6th month

anniversary of this event, it occurred to me just how strong & resilient people can be when they truly believe in something; in this

case freedom which for us in America is symbolized by the American Flag. I have been

painting the theme of freedom ( personal freedom,

religious/spiritual freedom etc.) ever since I became an artist in

high school. For some reason this theme has usually been

symbolized by me by running horses. This is the story of this painting which was started on

March 11th, 2002.