Wet Feet

2 feet wide by 4 feet wide oil, 2008.

The painting shows geese stepping from shore into water as the lead goose, swimming, directs the group.  I feel the work shows a process of motion, such as multiple repeating images with slight change create moving stills.  Yet I also feel each individual bird and its bit of character.  The rippling water reflects the motion.

Amazon River
Staten Island Zoo, NY

28 feet wide by 6 feet high plus ceilings and skylights
acrylic, 2007.

This painting for Staten Island Zoo’s newly renovated Reptile Wing, sets the scene of Amazon River, the lush South American Rainforest. The tropical woodland habitat creates a simulated river’s edge, compatible with the fabricated mud bank. A path through the woods leads the viewer to side walls which show a continuation of the “river”.

Sonoran Desert
Staten Island Zoo, NY

35 feet wide by 9 feet high in acrylic, 2007.

The painting depicts Southwest United States, the ideal environment for animals native to that area on exhibit at Staten Island Zoo’s new Reptile Wing. The saguaro cactus, painted life-sized, serves to minimize architectural features such as the corner and the doorway.

Southeast Asia
Staten Island Zoo, NY

20 feet wide by 4 feet high in acrylic, 2007.

Native plant species such as large ferns and bromeliads create curves and breaks that draw the viewer into the scenery. Life sized painted plants create an intimate scene for the viewer as well as for the python on exhibit

Our Living Bay at Save the Bay Center
Save the Bay - Narragansett

30 feet wide by 10 feet high in acrylic, 2006.

An idealistic under and over water cross-section of Narragansett Bay habitats.  The painting features 50 native plant and animal species in life-size scale.  The underwater habitat transitions from shallow sandy water on the left to rocky deeper water on the right. Read more here

Otter Point at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge
US Fish and Wildlife Service

8 feet wide by 2feet high in acrylic, 2002.

The image shows the negative impact of invasive plant species upon native plant species in a scene at Otter Point. This painting will be used as a part of interpretive signage.

Bears' Den Cafe Mural, East Wall
Buttonwood Park Zoological Society, New Bedford, MA

30 feet wide by 11 feet high in acrylic, 2001.

Located in the Wildlife Education Center, the East wall is one of four painted walls that comprise the full mural of a New England woodland. Shown are three black bears climbing on a rock outcropping. 36 birds, mammals and invertebrates are featured for the visitors to discover in the life sized painting.

Wetland Marsh at Wickford Cove, RI

This 4 by 8 foot mini-mural was the model for instruction for the mural painting workshop I taught in the summer of 2003 at University of Denver. The objective of the painting is to convey realistic depth in a well composed landscape, with the sharpest details in the foreground and lesser detail as the scene progresses back in space.

Barrier Beach Mural
Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford, MA

40 feet wide by 9 feet high, 2000.

Located in the Aquatic Environmental Center, this mural provides the background scenery for the fabricated dune habitat and is designed to create formed dunes and the illusion of wide open space despite multiple walls. Exhibit features shorebirds and saltwater fish.

Woodland Stream Mural
Boston Museum of Science, Discovery Center, Boston

27 feet wide by 9 feet high in acrylic, 2001.

Located in the Discovery Center on three walls, this mural of a New England woodland stream sets the scenery for the 3D fabrication of a flowing stream. Children and adults are encouraged to identify and discuss the 13 animals or evidence of their activity found in the painting of this native habitat.

Sachuest Point Mural
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
Middletown, RI

27 feet wide by 11 feet high, acrylic, 2000.

Located in the auditorium of the Visitor's Center, the mural features over 40 species of migratory waterfowl that are commonly seen at the refuge in winter. The painting educates and informs nearly 30,000 visitors who enjoy the refuge's seasonal waterfowl, trails and sweeping coastal views