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RENAISSANCE REFLECTIONS
Early Collection 1980-1982
My first works were extensions of our home filled with antiques and prints of the Old Masters. Soon, those prints were replaced with some of my own reflections.
![Pears and Cheese, 1980](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_b4d372fcd8ae4815b36b1d34d5a46763.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_b4d372fcd8ae4815b36b1d34d5a46763.jpg)
16”x24”, Oil on Canvas board. Photographer unknown. First attempt with oils.
![Old Woman, 1980](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_711349ff25f74a20be1970e2c5856712.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_176,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_711349ff25f74a20be1970e2c5856712.jpg)
24”x20”, Oil on Canvas board. Reflection of an early 1600’s Dutch artist (unknown) First completed work. Applying a glazing technique.
![Wine & Fruit, 1981](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_dbf324a9d5a44ec1830d7f97a4f0db13.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_178,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_dbf324a9d5a44ec1830d7f97a4f0db13.jpg)
24”x20”, Oil on Canvas board. Photograph possibly by Leon Franks. Third attempt - Still Life, with glazes.
![Brick House, 1981](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_76d1df9a88c340d993dc6667a712f191.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_116,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_76d1df9a88c340d993dc6667a712f191.jpg)
24”x30”, Oil on Canvas Photo by Chris DeJong. A place that holds wonderful memories of life changing experiences. .
![Roses, 1986](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_4e57a0839d9547549fb54f77fa3182f3.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_187,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_4e57a0839d9547549fb54f77fa3182f3.jpg)
14”x11”, Oil on Canvas. Source unknown Trying something different, without glazes.
![My Grandma, 1990](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_752ce1fc2e9f4020b24f518c611b2a12.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_183,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_752ce1fc2e9f4020b24f518c611b2a12.jpg)
20”x16”, Oil on Canvas. Taken from an old family photo. My Grandma was a special person and role model.
![Serenity, 1990](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_5f446201cc4349288deee48577bafb62.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_5f446201cc4349288deee48577bafb62.jpg)
18”x24”, Oil on Canvas. From memory. Embedded in my mind will always be this scene of Grandma.
Later Collection 2003 - 2004
After 20 years it was time to revisit my earlier love of the Renaissance.
![Woman with Copper Pot, 2003](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_eeea0e7affb44215b583227d8c9c7946.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_187,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_eeea0e7affb44215b583227d8c9c7946.jpg)
28”x22”, Oil on Canvas. Reflection of an early 1600’s Dutch artist (unknown).
![Life at the Hearth, 2004](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_011f2527f06c428fa988c7df9da734b0.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_011f2527f06c428fa988c7df9da734b0.jpg)
48”x36”, Oil on Canvas. Reflection of an early 1600’s Dutch artist (unknown). First partially painted in 1980 as “Old Woman”.
![Passing Time, 2004](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_639ff43130b940778e04b6f40b6d069d.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_173,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_639ff43130b940778e04b6f40b6d069d.jpg)
34”x28”, Oil on Canvas. Reflection of a work done by Jean-Baptist-Simon Chardin (yr??)
![Barley WIne, 2004](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_a8600cff623a40b2aea22b8b0135818d.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_115,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_a8600cff623a40b2aea22b8b0135818d.jpg)
11”x14”, Oil on Canvas. Reflection of Roland Delaporte’s “Still Life with a Carafe of Barley Wine”, 1787.
![Meal with Olives, 2004](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_2f76ee2b54a6414a96f89925b092608d.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_98,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_2f76ee2b54a6414a96f89925b092608d.jpg)
20”x30”, Oil on Canvas. Reflection of Jean-Baptist-Simon Chardin’s “Still Life with Jar of Olives”, 1760.
![Lacemaker, 2003](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_802dfe37402a4617bd42a046c47aec93.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_183,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_802dfe37402a4617bd42a046c47aec93.jpg)
10”x8”, Oil on Canvas. Reflection of Johannes Vermeer’s “The Lackemaker”, 1665.
![Learn Young, 2003](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_135341a87c424051b566a33914010737.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_117,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_135341a87c424051b566a33914010737.jpg)
8”x10”, Oil on Canvas. Reflection of C. Jetses’ “Jong geleerd, Oud gedann.” Translated ...“Learned young, done old”. (yr??).
![Boy and a Dog, 2003](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_39f0aaead8ee4975a8eedb360fa62084.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_147,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_39f0aaead8ee4975a8eedb360fa62084.jpg)
5”x5”, Oil on Canvas. Reflection of Gerard TerBorch’s “Boy Delousing a Dog”, 1655.
![Self Portrait, 2003](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/65ee7d_a290581ea4a34decbbb93e85ca7e219a.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/65ee7d_a290581ea4a34decbbb93e85ca7e219a.jpg)
48”x36”, Oil on Canvas. Reflection of Adelalde Labille-Guiard’s “Portrait of the Artist with Two Pupils”’ 1785.