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725 Hopper's House, March Mist
Oil on canvas, 16 x 36 inches 2002- Sold
725 Hopper's House, March Mist
727 Ballston Surf, Green and Gold
Oil on canvas, 24 x 34.75 inches 2002- Sold
727 Ballston Surf, Green and Gold
729 Collecting Stones - detail
Oil on canvas, 36 x 45 inches 2002- Sold
729 Collecting Stones - detail
730 Maxine Singer
Oil on canvas. 50 x 30.75 inches. Commissioned by the Carnegie Institute of Washington.
- Commissioned
730 Maxine Singer
731 Harold Varmus, preliminary studies #4, #5, #6, and #7
preliminary studies for National Institutes of Health Commission. #7 has been acquired for the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery.
731 Harold Varmus, preliminary studies #4, #5, #6, and #7
733 Salt Marsh Panorama
Oil on canvas, 48 x 144 inches (divided into two panels each measuring 48 x 72 inches) 2002- NFS
733 Salt Marsh Panorama
733 Salt Marsh Panorama, left panel
Oil on canvas, 48 x 144 inches 2002- NFS
733 Salt Marsh Panorama, left panel
733 Salt Marsh Panorama, right panel
Oil on canvas, 48 x 144 inches 2002- NFS
733 Salt Marsh Panorama, right panel
738 High Dunes between Ballston and Longnook
Oil on canvas, 20.25 x 52 inches 2002- Sold
738 High Dunes between Ballston and Longnook
742 Harold Varmus, Finished Composition Sketch
Study for National Institutes of Health Commission
742 Harold Varmus, Finished Composition Sketch
752 Raking Light, Fisher Beach
Oil on canvas, 16 x 38 inches 2002- Sold
752 Raking Light, Fisher Beach
760 Harold Varmus
Harold Varmus, Commissioned by the National Institutes of Health The image in the background of Varmus' portrait is Jacques Louis David's famous painting of the 18th century French chemist Lavoisier and his young wife Marie. Harold feels a strong attachment to both the subject and the painting, and specifically requested that I use it as the background for his own portrait. The author of the classic "Elementary Treatise on Chemistry", Lavoisier was a methodical trailblazer whose experiments laid the foundation for modern biochemistry. He was also a man of many talents - a geologist, an agronomist, an expert in finance and political reform - a model of the dedicated public servant and scientist/bureaucrat. David depicts Lavoisier and Marie as both husband and wife and scientific collaborators. While the portrait was being painted, Marie took drawing lessons from David that aided her in preparing the thirteen plates used to illustrate the Treatise. A portfolio containing her drawings can be seen in the shadows on the left of the painting. The portrait has a melodramatic and tragic post-history. Five years after David completed the painting, Lavoisier, who had already incurred the enmity of Marat prior to the revolution, fell afoul of the Jacobins because of his work as a tax collector for the King. He was brought to trial before a revolutionary tribunal, sentenced to death, and guillotined in 1793. It has been suggested that David, who was the chief administrator of one of the tribunals, signed Lavoisier's death warrant. After Lavoisier's death, the portrait disappeared. It was rediscovered early in the 20th century, in an obscure chateau belonging to Lavoisier's descendants. Informed of the discovery by his vigilant art advisor, Rockefeller purchased the portrait and brought it to New York. The portrait hung at Rockefeller University until it was sold to the Metropolitan Museum in the 1950s (where it now holds a place of honor in a gallery at the top of the grand staircase). The money from the purchase was used to endow several postgraduate fellowships in cancer research and biochemistry and many of Harold's colleagues and protégés have been the beneficiaries of those fellowships.
760 Harold Varmus
761 Two Knights, a Queen and a Castle
Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches 2002- Sold
761 Two Knights, a Queen and a Castle
769 Ballston, October 30, 7:30am
Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches 2003- Sold
769 Ballston, October 30, 7:30am
770 Pamet Valley, Early Spring
Oil on canvas, 36x 24 inches 2003- Sold
770 Pamet Valley, Early Spring
776 Surf and Sandbars #1 (Dawn, November 7)
Oil on canvas, 32 x 48 inches 2003- Sold
776 Surf and Sandbars #1 (Dawn, November 7)
778 In the Villa Garden (Succulents and Pines)
Oil on canvas, 29 x 29 inches 2003- Sold
778 In the Villa Garden (Succulents and Pines)
780 Turbulent Surf, Sunrise #2
Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches 2003- Sold
780 Turbulent Surf, Sunrise #2
782 Low Tide and Mist, Fisher Beach
Oil on canvas, 22 x 48 inches 2003- Sold
782 Low Tide and Mist, Fisher Beach
783 Surf and Sandbars #2 (Dawn October 27)
Oil on canvas, 32 x 48 inches 2003- Sold
783 Surf and Sandbars #2 (Dawn October 27)
791 Two Fathers, Two Sons and a Fish #2
Oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches 2003- Available
791 Two Fathers, Two Sons and a Fish #2
793 Beach Path, November Sunrise
Oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches 2003- Sold
793 Beach Path, November Sunrise
824 Magnolias & Pines #1 - detail
Oil on canvas, 60 x 18 inches 2003- Sold
824 Magnolias & Pines #1 - detail
838 Peter Morris, Composition Study
Commissioned by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
838 Peter Morris, Composition Study
842 Small's Hill, Autumn Afternoon
Oil on canvas. 13.5 x 34 inches 2004- Sold
842 Small's Hill, Autumn Afternoon
844 Beach Passage, Winter Sunset
Oil on linen. 8.75 x 20 inches 2004- Sold
844 Beach Passage, Winter Sunset
854 Sir Peter Morris
Commissioned by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Sir Peter was the first Australian ever to serve as President of the Royal College, a distinction that I alluded to by including the image of a kangaroo in the pattern of the brocaded curtain on the right.
854 Sir Peter Morris
854 Sir Peter Morris-detail
Detail of the medallion of the Royal College of Surgeons.
854 Sir Peter Morris-detail
881 The Skater (Arvid) - detail
Oil on canvas. 48 x 64 inches 2004- Sold
881 The Skater (Arvid) - detail
882 Senate Tondo Study #1
Commissioned by the United States Senate Commissin on Art882 Senate Tondo Study #1
895 Two Dunes to the Bay
Oil on paper mounted on linen. 7.875 x 14 inches 2005- Sold
895 Two Dunes to the Bay
897 Tidal Flats & Boulders
Oil on paper mounted on linen. 6.25 x 17 inches 2005- Sold
897 Tidal Flats & Boulders
913 Bumblebee and Morning Glory
Oil on canvas. 13.25 x 15 inches 2005- Sold
913 Bumblebee and Morning Glory
920 Olive Trees and Buttercups
Oil on canvas. 12 x 12 inches 2005- Sold
