Pothole ©1991   74” x 61”   oil on canvas 

One might think that this painting has to do with urban streets and life. To some extend it does, but there is also a Pothole region in the North American prairies.  Pothole Ponds are tiny natural nicks in the earth, caused by moving glaciers, that fill with water and pepper the Midwest grasslands.  These "wetlands" are the breeding grounds of a millions of migrational fowl.  As big farming and housing developments sprout these shallow wet spots are filled in and planted. The lost potholes disturb bird migration. The "remedy" is a chain of manmade puddles placed along our highways. 

This is why I am "into" birds. They saw the land becoming less hospitable way before we did.

This painting hung in my home for some time and is now in my studio.

PROJECT: My history of painting
I am scanning slides of my early paintings, works created while I was in my 20s and 30s.