Artist's Statement: At the Jewish new year (in the fall), Jews customarily share apples and honey to offer and share hopes for a sweet new year. This painting depicts a plate of apples prepared for that purpose and shows contrasting colors, shapes, and textures. Perhaps paradoxically, the center of the painting is not an apple but rather a half grape atop an apple slice. The Jewish new year is already three months past, but nothing prevents us from offering apples, honey, and

Artist's Statement: This series of paintings of the odd, the curious, and the strange, shows items I came across in two curiosity shops in an historic district in Tampa, Florida. The elf is a weird, ambiguous creature –– sometimes, on the side of the general good, as at the North Pole or in The Lord Of The Rings; often, as in much folklore, a devious character, intent on harming or at least confusing humans. The elf in this painting reflects both possibilities. Dressed in pin

Oil on Canvas 38 x 19.5 in Soul mates. They really call themselves that, which makes sense, because I guess they are . . . They have no harsh edges with each other, no spiny conflicts, they ride through life like conjoined jellyfish - expanding and contracting instinctively, filling each other's spaces liquidly. Making it look easy. Gillian Flynn contemporary author Gone Girl I'd like to be a jellyfish, 'cause jellyfish don't pay rent. Jimmy Buffett contemporary musician,