FAQ @ PaintedMatter
Can you tell me about the work?
See the Featured Work page and the interview to get a sense of context.
Who is the artist?
I've created a large and varied body of work. This site has a selected sample of many series done over the years. My work is in many collections with recent acquisitions by the Sanyo Corporation and the Oakland Museum. See the interview with the artist.
Has the artist worked in mediums other than painting?
I've worked in many other mediums - my MFA is in printmaking. I've created digital works for example. Iris Prints released as fine art editions, like etchings or lithographs. Another series of digital images was released as "Desktop Pictures". I wanted in these images to disseminate my work widely and inexpensively - using the models of the paperback book which democratized publishing and the "Floating World" of traditional Japanese prints which widely disseminated spectacular images to a national culture. There have been over 50,000 downloads of these digital images.
I've also created sites that were purely designed to explore the internet. "Dreams Project" an internet project that was linked to by the Oakland Museum as part of its WebArt project. "ArtBridge", a site exploring the many possibilities the internet offers an artist, has received very gratifying responses and will be included in an upcoming show with curatorial input from Phil Linhares, Chief Curator of the Oakland Museum and Larry Rinder, now of the Whitney. "High Tech, High Touch" is to be exhibited in California in three galleries - KALA, Space743 and Refusalon.
I'm a collector - how could I purchase one of these paintings and feel secure about the transaction?
These paintings will be a discovery and a valued addition to a serious collection. Any purchase will be handled with discretion and honesty.
In your email identify the work(s) you are interested in - the title bar of the image pages will say something like: "Water's Edge / W89.01_14" - you can just copy and paste the text into your email. You will receive a reply and further info. You'll have your choice of several secure transaction possibilities if you decide you wish to purchase the piece(s) - so we'll both feel comfortable.
What are the prices?
Individual prices and more information are available via email to collectors.
I'm a gallery director - how would I arrange to show this work?
The works that haven't been sold can be made available for exhibition or placed on consignment to selected serious venues. Write.
I'm a curator and/or art consultant - I'm interested in your work, how can I find out more?
Your interest is welcome. Email.
How can I be notified of new series placed on the site?
Email with "announce" in the subject head
Why aren't the images larger?
This was a tough one. For the images to be large enough for you to see great detail would have required a file size so large that the time it took to load in your browser would be off-putting. Of course some folks have very fast connections but I had to assume a 56k modem and a relatively recent, that is, a 4x browser, as a default. You can get a slightly more detailed look at one piece on the "Featured Work" page. You can also purchase an 8x10 color photograph of this piece to get a very good idea about what the original painting looks like. I made a great effort to achieve fidelity to the original work in this reproduction.
What are the ArtCards about?
I've always loved baseball cards and thought it would be fun to have accurate, archival, detailed reproductions of collectons paintings to thumb through in the same way. It's a personal way to consider images.
Romantic as it might seem, I've always felt that art could and should be democratized - more widely available than what it often seems now - something very special only for specialists, or a confection for someone on a vacation.
Art by its nature is an elite activity - just as professional sports is elite - but that doesn't mean it need be marginalized. Like the desktop pictures I did years ago, these ArtCards are a way to reach out to a wider public, which I truly believe is there.