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Since the Firepainting technique was accidentally invented in 2004, hundreds of paintings have been burned - most of them successfully. Most have found loving homes.
Some have remained in the artist's possession, which fact alone contributes to their rarity. Some have been published. Some were removed from the market out of favoritism or recognition of their significance in Firepainting history. Some have been exhibited once or never. Some have only been displayed in the artist's home. And some date back to the infancy of the technique - works that laid the foundation for later achievements.
All have appreciated significantly in value, and all are available to appreciate on your wall of choice. The images pale in comparison to the originals.
Prices vary from $1,800 to $16,000 depending on size, rarity, and significance. Inquire for details.
30"h × 22"w
Painted on cotton rag paper and burned on a bonfire. Only plain water was used as paint, plus a minor retouch in pastel on the horizon. The lower left corner was burned away entirely. From early in the Firepainting career, 2004–2006. Published in the Washington Post. Exhibited twice.
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Painted with only plain water in the bottom of a drained in-ground pool at the artist's dealer's home in Washington, DC. The session was broadcast on live TV. The yellow splashes are color cross-contamination between paintings. c. 2012. Exhibited twice.
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Painted with just water and then set ablaze, this time in West Virginia. Beautiful contrasts between the wet and burned dry areas of the paper, with brilliant brights, deep darkness, and strong motion throughout. c. 2011. Exhibited twice.
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An exercise in enthusiasm; this 2006–2007 piece shows confidence in execution and excitement at the potential inherent in this infant technique. Painted with water, wheat paste, potassium nitrate, gunpowder, and charcoal. Published in the Washington Post with a favorable show review. Exhibited three times.
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From later career, c. 2016. Painted with water, wheat paste, potassium nitrate, earth, and burning charcoal. Another powerful abstraction of nature by nature. Never shown publicly.
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Still abstract but more representational, this early work (2005–2007) shows strong environmental overtones - winter all warmed up. Painted with water, wheat paste, charcoal, ink, pastel and oil pastel. And burned, of course. An elegantly spontaneous and subtle piece. Exhibited once.
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Only the second Firepainting ever made - September 2004 - this abstract is unlike any made since, but a clear sign of things to come. Painted with water, charcoal, and pastel, then set afire and reworked with pastel. Exhibited once. Brighter and clearer than the photo shows; it has hung in the artist's home for 16 years.
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Painted with water, wheat paste, charcoal, and earth, then retouched with pastel post-burn. During the burn, the entire upper section of the painting burned away. Mounted on a blue painted backing paper. Mid-Firepainting career, 2009–2011. Exhibited thrice.
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The second painting in only the second Firepainting series (the first is Dominican Sunsets), this piece shows the early introduction of watercolor in addition to plain water. A fluid and radiant work with a truly organic aesthetic. c. 2005. Exhibited twice.
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Painted with water, watercolor, wheat paste, inks, and set ablaze, then mounted on a bright, ink stained backing paper. Again, a fluid creation full of flow and subtlety. Mid-career, c. 2008. Exhibited thrice.
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Painted with water, watercolor, ink, wheat paste, and gunpowder, and then burned, at a party in Schuyler, VA, summer of 2012. All natural ingredients for an all natural abstract - as organic as art gets. Shown once.
Inquire about this work →50"h × 70"w (framed)
A powerful abstraction on a larger scale. Painting with fire at this size is difficult and requires assistance, so few have been made. Like all abstract naturals, this is off the fire just as you see it; it has not been reworked. c. 2016. Exhibited once in Miami, FL.
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Painted in 2017 with water, watercolor, inks, tempera, and earth. Burned medium to medium-rare; the image is well balanced, the colors clear and strong. Never exhibited.
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This 2013 Firepainting straddles the lines between nature and abstraction, figurative and conceptual. Painted with water, watercolor, wheat paste, inks, tempera, and earth. Lightly detailed post-burn with pastels and mounted on ink stained backing paper. Published in the Washington Post; exhibited twice and mainly displayed in the artist's home.
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An earlier transitional work anticipating future visions, marrying nature and abstraction. Water, wheat paste, potassium nitrate, and pastel, mounted on inked paper. Promoted by the artist's NY dealer in ARTnews Magazine.
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An excellent earlier example of the landscape potential inherent in all Firepaintings. Painted with water, watercolor, wheat paste, tempera, gunpowder, retouched post-burn with pastel. The cover piece of the artist's only art catalog to date. Mounted on inked paper. Exhibited once.
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Painted with water, watercolor, tempera, and wheat paste. This piece said landscape right off the fire. Maybe the most heavily reworked of all Firepaintings, detailed post-burn with pastel. Luminous and vibrant; the colors clean and pure. Published in the Washington Post.
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Heavily worked with pastel post-burn, and heavily burned. The bright orange spots are holes in the painting where the inked backing paper shows through. Water, watercolor, wheat paste, potassium nitrate, and gunpowder used throughout. Published with a critical review in ARTnews. Exhibited twice; shown in the artist's home for 8 years. c. 2011.
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Painted with water, watercolor, wheat paste, inks, earth, and finished post-burn with pastel. A beautiful balance between what the fire gave and the requirements of the artist's vision. A surprising expanse of unsinged paper. c. 2016. Exhibited once.
Inquire about this work →25"w × 40"h
Painted with water, watercolor, earth, wheat paste, and raw pigment, then set ablaze. Finished on the fire, medium-well done. A rare vertical Firepainting - about 35w × 50h framed - a powerful visual accent for hard-to-decorate, uncommonly narrow planes, and a bold statement on larger walls. Circa 2017. Never shown publicly.
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A tour de force of organic art. Painted with fire, water, earth, wind, wheat paste, and potassium nitrate for the extra dark accents. Supremely luminous as only Firepaintings can be. Came off the fire exactly as shown without retouching. Approximately 40 × 50 framed. Circa 2017.
Inquire about this work →15"w × 22"h
Small image, large impact. Created with fire, water, watercolor, wind, earth, charcoal, and potassium nitrate that burned through the paper at lower right. The burn-through is backed with bright orange paper conveying the idea of the fire over which the artwork was born. Approximately 24" × 31" framed. Circa 2017.
Inquire about this work →28"h × 35"w
Painted with water, watercolor, ink, earth, raw pigments, wind, and fire. Moderately burned rather than well done but beautifully finished all the same. Highlights the displacement of pigment and soil molecules when exposed to high heat and the wind created by fire itself. 38" × 45" framed. Circa 2017, never shown publicly.
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Painted with water, watercolor, ink, earth, wheat paste, wind, and fire. More subtle and softer than most Firepaintings, with limited singeing and scalding. Soil clearly dispersed at lower right and across the lower center, influenced by aero-, hydro-, soil-, and thermodynamics. Nature imitating itself through the vision and elemental manipulation of the artist. Never shown publicly. 40" × 50" framed. Circa 2017.
Inquire about this work →Each of these drawings begins as an extended series of randomly-placed, abstract marks and erasures. As additions and subtractions are made in layers, distinctive forms start to emerge. Lines may be sacrificed to serve emergent characteristics, and random is replaced with intent until the drawing comes alive.
Contemporaneous with the Firepaintings, these drawings serve as a way to deal with extended periods of solitude. They couple the creative urge with great experiences worth revisiting. Every piece is a visual story, often a social commentary to the absurdly human condition that speaks of observation clad in caricature.
The more we look, the more we see. Because of their highly personal nature, nearly none have been exhibited.
Drawing prices vary from $650 to $4,200 depending on size, rarity, and significance. Inquire for details.
Note: these drawings are made on archival, 100% acid-free, cotton rag drawing or watercolor paper, medium to heavy weight. The paper is white; any discoloration shown in photos is the result of lighting during documentation.
19"h × 24"w unframed
c. 2009. Graphite. Never exhibited.
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c. 2007. Notice the distinctly urban view and the woman with the grenade. Graphite. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →A swirling mass of humanity centered around someone holding a burning match.
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c. 2009. Graphite and pastel. Never exhibited.
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c. 2004. Graphite. Exhibited once and held in the artist's house for 16 years. The more you look, the more you'll see.
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c. 2007. Graphite and charcoal. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →17"h × 12"w unframed
c. 2006. Graphite and charcoal. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →14"h × 17"w unframed
c. 2007. Graphite and charcoal. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →22"h × 16"w unframed
c. 2008. Graphite and charcoal. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →26"h × 26"w unframed
c. 2009. Never exhibited.
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c. 2009. Never exhibited.
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c. 2011. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →30"h × 21"w unframed
c. 2009. Never exhibited.
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c. 2007. Graphite, charcoal, and ink. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →44"h × 30"w unframed
c. 2006. Mixed media. Never exhibited.
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c. 2004. Graphite and eraser. Exhibited once. Has hung in the artist's house for 16 years.
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c. 2006. Mixed media. Unexhibited.
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c. 2007. Mixed media. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →44"h × 30"w unframed
c. 2006. Mixed media. Never exhibited.
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c. 2006. Mixed media. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →27"h × 41"w unframed
c. 2010. So many figures or parts thereof, so many interactions of character and space. One of the artist's more refined pieces, with at least one reference to one of the greatest works ever made by one of the greatest makers. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →42"h × 28"w unframed
c. 2010. A more refined piece, with darker darks and greater detail. Clearly a culmination of six years of technique development. Characters with character. Never exhibited.
Inquire about this work →20"h × 41"w (29"h × 49"w framed)
c. 2004. A lively rendering of a train coursing through a rural setting and a whimsical depiction of the artist's extensive experience in this environment. Graphite. Exhibited once. Hung for years in the home of good friends in Philadelphia, near the art museum, then ended up in south Jersey before returning to the artist's home.
Inquire about this work →Nearly every artist begins his or her career creating impressive messes with fingerpaints at age 3. After abandoning the practice for decades and well into adulthood, I began my professional career painting with my fingers in art school in the early '90s. My first major exhibit was of fingerpaintings, and, like most of my other work, these have found loving homes and dedicated owners.
But a few have been rediscovered, as noted below.
I stopped making these when I started painting with fire. If I ever revisit the practice, these early works will signify the developmental phase of this art. If I don't, they will continue to represent the style that launched my art career.
Fingerpainting prices vary from $3,000 to $7,000 depending on size, rarity, and significance. Inquire for details.
19"h × 30"w (27"h × 38"w framed)
c.1994. Fingerpainting in oil and oil pastel on heavily primed, heavyweight cotton rag paper. Exhibited once, and displayed in my mother's home for 24 years.
Inquire about this work →Approximately 36" × 36" framed
Oil pastel and oil color on primed board. I selectively scraped through the finished painting with a butter knife, revealing lights and darks below the surface and really lighting it up. Yes, that's a book lying open on the grass.
Inquire about this work →A rare work in pastel on paper. Glowing colors and nearly a live sky. Displayed in my mother's home for many years.
Inquire about this work →22"h × 27"w (32"h × 37"w framed)
Comprised of "Forward, Backward" on the left and "Side To Side" on the right, this c.2003 piece was finger-painted with oils, oil pastels, ink, and a little spray paint on primed cotton rag paper. A rare diptych, exhibited once and displayed in my home for about 15 years.
Inquire about this work →43"h × 28"w
Mixed media, mixed application piece that flows with energy and flaunts its rhythms. Strong, rich colors coupled with varied lights offer a dazzling visual display.
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Mixed media and mixed application with great energy. Suggestive, color-saturated, imbued with flow and infused with light subtle and bold - the artist in motion. Very similar in many ways to my drawings and differing strongly in color. On archival cotton rag paper.
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