JRW Legacy Art

Legacy Art


	The following presents a 15 year history of my abstract painting in images and text.


		*1979*


			Interior #3, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches

	Completed shortly after I saw a Rothko retrospective in Minneapolis, this painting was part of my application portfolio to graduate shool.


	*1980*


				Untitled, oil on canvas, 36 x 42 in

		This piece dates from my frst year of graduate school; a difficult period when I was trying to transition comletely to abstract painting.


		*1981*


				Temporary Water, oil on canvas, 48 x 57 in

	The second year I finally made the transition with the help of visiting artist, Julius Tobias.


	*1982*


			I Scream, oil on linen, 48 x 57 in


	*1982*


		Thorny Way, oil on linen,48 x 57 in


	�I Scream� was one of the paintings from my graduate thesis show. Later that year year I transformed it into �Thorny Way�. I did the same thing with every painting in that show; throwing away the delicate surfaces and muted color.


	*1983*


		Who Will Save the Pissboys?, oil on canvas, 28 x 25 in


	*1984*


			The Polyester Horror, oil on linen, 48 x 57 in


	At this point I entered what I characterize as my �pop abstraction� period where the subject matter was violence and humor.


	*1985*


			Barabajagel, oil on linen, 36 x 42 in


	*1986*


			A Self-Portrait, oil on linen, 48 x 60 in


	In autumn 1985 I moved to New York and began to transition out of pop abstraction while retaining the forms.


	*1987*


		Soozievolk, oil on masonite cutout pieces, 48 x 60 in

			At this point I started a series of paintings that utilized white wall space through cutout painted shapes on masonite.


	*1987*


		Turkson, acrylic and graphite on paper, 22 x 30 in


	*1988*


		Borderline, mixed media on paper, 22 x 30 in


	This piece (and 4 others) were an iimportant turning point and came to define my esthetic for the next 6 years.


	*1989*


			Amagansette, oil on canvas, 11 x 15 in


	*1990*


			Seagulls, mixed media collage on paper, 17 x 24 in


	*1991*


		Fauveland, oil on canvas, 22 x 36 in


	This collage is one of my personal favoiites. I used woodcut methods, newspaper collage and paint to create it.


	*1992*


			1992 Eucalyptus, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in

				In 1992 I moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. and had a studio in Greenpoint.


		*1993*


			Edwin, oil on canvas, 48 x 57 in

	This painting was influenced by a brilliant series of paintings by Cy Twombly from 1951 and 1953.


		*1994*


				Storyville, editioned woodcut print, 5.5 x 7.5 in

	This woodcut was 1 in a series of 4 small editioned prints. At this point I was beginning to move toward graffitti influenced imagery.


	*1994*


		Night & the City, oil on canvas, 42 x 36 in


	*1994*


			Sunnyside, oil on canvas, 42 x 36 in


	These paintings were the last I did in New York and mark a transition into my current work. In 1995 I moved to New Jersey and dropped out of the art world for 4 years until I began Abstract Art Online in 1999. I began painting again in 2002