Nicholas Emery

river corridor series

I began my life with rivers on the Yampa River in 1993. This work is a reflection of those experiences in western river corridors, including the Colorado river in Grand Canyon .

green river comet

acrylic on canvas, 19” x 17”, 2024
$600

under the cottonwoods

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 22” x 28”, 2024
$800

blue light

acrylic on canvas, 20” x 20”, 2020.
$500

the great blue heron

acrylic oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 12" x 9", 2022
$300

midnight moonrise

acrylic on canvas, 19” x 27”, 2020.
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transfixed

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 3' x 2'.
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butterfly imprint

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 20” x 16”, 2023
$400

golden butterfly

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 10” x 8”
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the lucky ones

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 3' x 1'.
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early light

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 3' x 1'.
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magic memory place exhibition

Magic Memory Place is the culmination of an enigmatic journey I began years ago to contextualize and reflect on my deep connection to the country of Trinidad and Tobago. Many of the experiences I have felt, considered, and nursed into being through my paintings I have had in Trinidad, or in meditation on Trinidad from afar. Like the paintings, Magic Memory Place are words that stand apart from each other and are likewise inseparable. They contain elements of secrets, loss, and healing. For me, Trinidad is saudade, the mixed state of melancholic and joyful yearning that cannot be expressed with words. What is woven into these paintings are the tendrils of my varying states of meditation and consciousness with Trinidad, and my love for her and her people, of which I am one.

a place just for you

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 28” x 27”
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your secret my secret

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 27” x 27”, 2021
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a place just for you 2

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 27” x 27”, 2023
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magic and memory

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 27” x 32”
$1,300

meditation

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 2021
$1,000

the promise

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 27” x 25”, 2020
$1,000

infinity

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 28” x 27”, 2021
$1,000

house of dreams

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 26” x 36”, 2022
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the heart holds memories

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2019
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reflection

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 40” x 22”, 2020
$1,300

transference

acrylic on canvas, 27” x 37”, 2020
$1,000

shh

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 23” x 15”, 2024
$600

who knows your secret

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 20” x 12”, 2024
$600

night flyer

acrylic on canvas, 24”x 24”, 2018
$600

sojourner 1

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 19” x 19”, 2020
$600

sojourner 2

acrylic, oil pastel anmd pencil on canvas, 2021
$1,100

dialogue with the past

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 27” x 32”, 2024
$1,300

fog

This series is about storms, particularly storms that create fog, and the different qualities of light within the opaque nature of fog that cause the unknowable to take flight in our imagination

shimmering light

acrylic on canvas, 26” x 28”, 2021
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the space between

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 21” x 22”, 2021
$685

fog

acrylic on canvas, 17.5” x 13.5”, 2021
$250

sunset, storm coming

acrylic on canvas, 36” x 48”, 2021
Sold (commission)

another walk in the cold fog

acrylic on canvas, 25” x 22”, 2022
$550

earthbound

Created in 2023, this series is rooted in land and draws its inspiration from our bodies being of the earth. To emphasize this I place bodies - that can be seen as at rest or having begun the journey of returning to the earth - in places that I have both been to or imagined.

The series is meant as a celebration of the beauty and mystery of both life and death.

woman under the cottonwood tree

acrylic, oil pastel, pencil, and charcoal on canvas, 29” x 26.5, 2023
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man in the meadow

acrylic and pencil on canvas, 27” x 28”, 2023
$1,200

woman lying in the gold grass

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 28” x 27”, 2023
$1,200

man lying in the grass prairie

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2023
$1,200

pagans

acrylic on canvas, 18.5" x 16.5", 2024
$600

controlled wild series

Begun in 2018, the paintings in the controlled wild series are based on my experiences at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, located in Commerce City in north Denver, as well as my experiences along the Front Range and mountain region west of Denver. The paintings are a reflection of the tension in the regional west between concepts of wild, and wildness, and the control and boundaries being exerted by humans.

the fragility of stillness

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 41” x 42”, 2025
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into the unknown

acrylic & pencil on canvas, 27" x 26", 2024
$1,400

it's as if the world didn't exist

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 26.5" x 26.5", 2024
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appearing in the fog

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 18" x 16", 2024
$900

afterglow

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 19” x 17”, 2024
$600

shadowing the herd

acrylic and oil pastel on reclaimed plywood, 24.5” x 35”, 2024
$1,000

sublimation #2

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 36”, 2020.
$1,100

double twist

acrylic on canvas, 20” x 26”, 2019.
$670

cougar country

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 23” x 29”, 2023
$900

night owl

acrylic on canvas, 21” x 29”, 2019.
$600

ghost buffalo in the San Luis valley

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 36” x 48”, 2022.
Commission

when we weren't looking no 2

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 20” x 16”, 2023
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wolf magi

acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2020
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victory crossing

acrylic on canvas, 34” x 48”, 2017.
$1,600

bison and signal tower

acrylic and pencil on canvas, 20" x 20", 2018.
$400

controlled wild

acrylic on canvas, 5' x 5', 2017.
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power

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 30” x 22”, 2021
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passing

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 19” x 18”, 2021
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untitled

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 48” x 84”, 2022
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ghost elk

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 27” x 24”, 2022
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shadow elk

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 20” x 20”, 2022
Sold (commission)

ghost elk #2

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 2023
Sold (commission)

cage, horns, fire

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 18.5” x 20”, 2018.
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when we weren't looking

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2021
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returning home

acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2021
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black wolf series - the return # 3

acrylic on canvas, 17.5” x 17.5”, 2019.
Artist collection

coming home

acrylic & pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2021
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involuntary paradox

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 23” x 17”, 2020.
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white wolf

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 2020.
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black wolf series, the return #7, wolf moon pack

acrylic on canvas, 19” x 26”, 2020.
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devil's rope

acrylic, oil pastel, pencil & barbed wire on plywood, 38” x 24”, 2020.
Sold at auction in 2020 (BMoCA)

apotheosis #2

acrylic on canvas, 28” x 28”, 2019.
Sold (commission)

apotheosis

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2018.
Sold at auction (BMoCA)

black wolf series - the return # 5

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2019.
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black wolf series - the return

Acrylic on canvas, 18.5” x 19.5”, 2019.
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black wolf series - the return # 2 - ambrosios

Acrylic on canvas, 19” x 22”, 2019.
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black wolf series - the return # 4 - undercurrent

acrylic on canvas, 27” x 24”, 2019.
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black wolf series - the return # 6 - slipstream

Acrylic on canvas, 22.5” x 24.5”, 2019.
Sold (commission)

white heron

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 17”, 2019.
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transcendent

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2018.
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Electric outpost

acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2018.
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mysten.

Begun in 2018, mysten is a word I created to describe a dialogue and messaging between the forces of Nature and human beings. This dialogue exists in the subatomic intelligence structures within Nature, historically represented in mythology by deities, or in science as a form of quantum entanglement.

The pieces are about that process of communication, including the possibility of transformation, of rewilding, of an existence between human and Nature that is inseparable, and may allow for the emergence of a more intelligent, primal human.

transfiguration

acrylic on canvas, 37.5” x 27”, 2019.
$1,700

watcher

acrylic on canvas, 36” x 25.5”, 2019.
$1,200

kinship

acrylic on canvas, 24.5” x 41.5”, 2019.
$1,200

offering

acrylic on canvas, 38” x 21”, 2019.
$1,200

shape shifter

acrylic on canvas, 36” x 25”, 2019.
$900

currents

acrylic on canvas, 48” x 36”, 2018.
$1,700

arrival

acrylic on canvas, 48” x 36”, 2018.
$1,700

sojourner #2

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 30” x 30” 2021
$1,100

sojourner

acrylic and pencil on canvas, 21.5” x 21.5”, 2020
$600

Empire

acrylic on canvas, 18”x14”, 2018.
$250

magician

acrylic on canvas, 17”x17”, 2018.
$280

the woman and the lion

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2018.
$570

mysten

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2018.
$570

creation

acrylic on canvas, 4’ x 3’, 2018.
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couple

acrylic on canvas, 18”x14”, 2018.
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the interrupted landscape series

Begun in 2016, this series inspiration is largely drawn from contemporary events that are taking place in the west: industry, fire, human expansion, movement, and boundaries. The land images in this series reflect my viewpoint of what I call “beauty under tension”, and can be juxtaposed with Western historical notions of romanticized landscapes. These thought patterns privileged Eurocentric concepts of nature, primitivism, wildness, and dominion over understanding. Today we can see the effects of these thoughts made manifest on the land, and they have become the ideas and inspiration for my work

new growth

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 29” x 23”, 2021
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the embers of tall grasses

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 20" x 30", 2024
$900

white power lines

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 22” x 29”, 2021
$765

pyrocene: last light

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 20”, 2021
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troublesome

acrylic & oil pastel on canvas, 30” x 28”, 2020
$1,000

interrupted landscape

acrylic on canvas, 59” x 42”, 2017
artist collection

cluster

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 13", 2017.
$260

intercross

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 12", 2017.
$295

distillation

acrylic on canvas, 18" x 12", 2017.
$295

crisscross

acrylic on canvas, 59" x 42", 2017.
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claw

acrylic on canvas, 5' x 5', 2017.
$3,600

explosion

acrylic on canvas, 59" x 42", 2016.
$2,500

night prairie

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 40" x 40”, 2021
$1,600

antecedent

acrylic on canvas, 76" x 59", 2017.
$4,500

a different way

acrylic on canvas, 36” x 48”, 2022
Sold at auction in 2024 (BMoCA)

new mexico

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 30” x 32”, 2021
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remnants

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2021
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ethereal

acrylic on canvas, 60” x 48”, 2022
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currents

acrylic on canvas, 59" x 42", 2016.
Sold at auction in 2022 (BMoCA)

provenance

acrylic on canvas, 59” x 42”, 2016
Sold at auction in 2021 (BMoCA)

flame

acrylic on canvas, 2016.
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heritage

This series is inspired by the spirits of the past and present.

This series is multifaceted. It is partly an exploration of identity through the fields of genetics and epigenetics, based on two DNA tests I took in 2019 and 2021, and imagery of powerful dream sequences I have had.

Briefly, epigenetics is the term used to describe gene activity by mechanisms other than through the DNA sequence, through a process known as “gene expression”.

Said another way, it is a description of how the environment you exist in, the people who you are not genetically related to, and the land you live with, can alter and directly impact the way you look and are physically, but only in a single generation.

This information and reality is different to memetic inheritance, also a very important form of heritage, that is a form of cultural inheritance passed on through the beliefs and behaviors of others, but that does not alter you physically.

In thinking more about my own heritages, Celtic, Norse, old English, North American, Caribbean, and Lebanese, this body of work has evolved and now also includes imagery of both personal and cultural human heritages that speak to us through time.

These heritages constitute old footprints, artifacts, stories, or communication by other means that are being revealed through the land record and studied by the archeological and human anthropological sciences.

In some cases these revelations come to us by the processes of climate change through glacier melts, discoveries of rock art within ancient caves, or a combination of hard work and sheer luck, that both add to and defy previously held notions of our individual, collective, and cultural ancestries.

These heritages are directly linked to how we think about ourselves.

ghostlight

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 19” x 17”, 2024
$600

through the portal (Bonneville Salt Flats)

acrylic and pencil on canvas, 18.5” x 16.5”, 2024
$600

waiting for the shaman

acrylic on canvas, 32” x 20”, 2021
$800

the messenger

acrylic & oil pastel on canvas, 36” x 28”, 2022
$1,200

footprints

footprints, acrylic, oil pastel, sand & pencil on canvas, 30” x 21”, 2021
$630

mother and daughter

acrylic, oil pastel, sand & pencil on canvas, 30” x 23”, 2021
$690

spirit dream, or dance of utter darkness

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2021
$900

magi dream

acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2020
artist’s collection

blue spirit

acrylic on canvas, 37” x 32”, 2020
$800

the heart holds memories

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2019,
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crashing

Acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2020
$900

brother self, arise

acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2020
artist’s collection

reflection

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 40” x 22”, 2020.
$1,300

lebanese bust

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 39” x 22”, 2020.
artist’s collection

fading away

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 27” x 23”, 2020.
$650

transference

acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2020
$1,000

your secret my secret

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2021
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the secret

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 2020
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cosmic shield

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 38” x 22”, 2020.
artists collection

letting go

acrylic on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2020
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domesticated & dangerous

acrylic on canvas, 27” x 33”, 2020.
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in the studio

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 28” x 24”, 2020.
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grin city artist residency series (Iowa)

This is a series of work I did at a six week artist residency in Grinnell, Iowa in August of 2016. All of the work was completed there, and references experiences I had there on the land.

iowa #1 barn skull

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30" x 30", 2015.
$900

iowa #8 water tower

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 25" x 25", 2015.
$625

iowa #9 b road

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 23" x 30", 2015.
$690

iowa #2 chickens

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 23" x 30", 2015
$690

iowa #3 barn, tree, tire, sky

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30" x 30", 2015.
$900

iowa #4 vulture

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 23" x 30", 2015.
$690

iowa #11 scrap metal

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 25" x 28", 2015.
$700

iowa #13 tubes

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas paper, 12" x 16", 2015.
$200

iowa #12 tubes

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas paper, 12" x 16", 2015.
$200

iowa #10 grainery

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30" x 30", 2015.
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iowa #5 blue barn

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30" x 30", 2015.
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iowa #6 hayworm

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 12" x 23", 2015.
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iowa #7 two hayworms

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 12" x 23", 2015.
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prairie ronde artist residency

This is a series of work I did at Prairie Ronde artist residency in Vicksburg, Michigan for 6 weeks in November and December of 2023. All of the work was completed there. The work references the land, specifically the 400,000 square foot Vicksburg historic paper mill that closed in 2001 and the surrounding wetlands it sits on.

the rise and demise of all things

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2023
Prairie Ronde artist residency collection

in a thousand years

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2023
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memory keeper

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2023
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water has no enemy

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2023
$900

payne's grey no 2

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2023
$900

payne's grey

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2023
$900

night shimmer

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2023
$900

the absense of you

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2023
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factory and oil refinery series

Begun in 2016, this work is a series of industrial night paintings, originally based on Suncor oil refinery, in Commerce City, north Denver, that has begun to expand to other areas in the west. This work is an attempt to capture both the sublime and macabre nature of our contemporary industrial addiction.

anomaly of meaning

acrylic & oil pastel on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2020
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suncor oil refinery #3, smokestacks

acrylic and pencil on canvas, 60" x 108", 2016.
$6,400

suncor oil refinery #2, illumination

acrylic and pencil on canvas, 60" x 120", 2016.
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suncor oil refinery #5, midnight

acrylic & pencil on canvas, 20” x 20”, 2018
$400

suncor oil refinery #1, oil castle

acrylic and pencil on canvas, 34" x 48", 2016.
$2,000

suncor oil refinery #4, oil castle study

acrylic on canvas, 2016
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deep space

This series of work, unrealized for now, represents a continuation of work I began 31 years ago in 1993 when I first began to paint. In that series I painted a series of celestial bodies and halo’s (only a few of these paintings still exist). Now, in 2024, inspired by NASA’s deep space photography and the 98 billion light year universe we exist in, I have returned to this work with a different interest brought about from conversations about beauty, respect, death, and the possible location of heaven in this immeasurable universe.

deep space

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 29.5 x 29.5, 2024
artist’s collection

the sea

Begun in 2020 this series reflects my love for the ocean

blue aura

acrylic on canvas, 30” x 28”, 2020
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the promise

acrylic on canvas, 30” x 28”, 2020
$900

meditation

acrylic, oil pastel & pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2021
$1,000

text paintings

This work references the settler paradox, the Orwellian language of doublethink, i.e the inability for independent thought, the tension between ideas of wildness and domesticity, and the obsession with superficial body beauty when in a state of constant decay

stolen homeland

acrylic on canvas, 14.5” x 20.5”, 2019.
$300

doublethink

acrylic on canvas, 17.5” x 26”, 2019.
$440

controlled wild (you)

acrylic on canvas, 17.5” x 26”, acrylic on canvas.
$440

beauty paradox

acrylic on canvas, 17” x 26”, 2019.
$440

patriot series

Begun in 2020, these portraits are inspired by cultural events in the political arena

mad, mad America, or the patriot

acrylic , oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 40” x 30”, 2020
$1,370

the mad boy-king

acrylic and pencil on canvas, 30” x 28”, 2020
$1,100

the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, or, the possum, from Fantastic Mr. Fox

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 30” x 30”, 2021
$1,100

the saddest king

acrylic & pencil on canvas, 30” x 28”, 2020
$1,100

vengeance

acrylic and pencil on canvas, 40” x 30”, 2020
$1,370

Bats

A trip to the San Luis Valley and Orient Land Trust in 2018 led me to an old collapsed iron mine inhabited by 250,000 Mexican free tailed bats. At dusk, they rise out of one of the mines deep holes, known as “glory hole”, that was once part of the mines complex underground tunnel and cavern systems. In large waves of spirals they fly out over the San Luis valley to hunt through the night, and return to their home at dawn.

night flyer

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2018.
$600

coming home

acrylic on canvas, 24” x 24”, 2018.
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caging the bat

acrylic and pencil on canvas, 20” x 20”, 2020.
$400

railroad crossings

Begun in 2016 these night paintings are about industrial confluences of energy and symbology

railroad crossing #1

acrylic on canvas
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railroad crossing #2

acrylic on canvas,
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railroad crossing #3

acrylic on canvas,
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railroad crossing #4

Acrylic on canvas
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globeville series

Begun in 2016, the Globeville series are paintings that are based on the industrial area of north Denver located within the boundaries of the South Platte River corridor and near Commerce City and Interstate I-25. The area is called Globeville, and has a long history dating back to the 1800's. This particular series reflects my continuing exploration of how we mark the land.

globeville #4 amalgam

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24”x36”, 2016.
$870

globeville #2 - bones

acrylic on canvas, 48" x 48", 2016.
$2,300

globeville #5 - GRACe studios,

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 64”x 48”, 2017.
$3,000

globeville #3 - coded

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24” x 12”, 2016.
$280

glimpse series

At the end of 2009 I began a series of figurative work inspired by the people of Trinidad and Tobago. The work culminated in a one man show that was exhibited at Soft Box Studios Gallery in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 2012.

myth of knowledge

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 5'x4' , 2011
artist's collection

portal

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 6' x 4'
$3,400

l'amour cafe

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on canvas, 18" x 20"
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l'amour cafe 2

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 48" x 48"
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l'amour cafe 3

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 36" x 24"
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l'amour cafe 4

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on paper, 20" x 18"
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lady in red

oil pastel, 20" x 18"
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look again

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 12"
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man in color

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 12"
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caribbean man

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 48" x 36"
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backyard

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas paper 16" x 20"
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stepping out

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 16"
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red on blue

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 36" x 24"
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study #1

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 12"
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sans souci bay

oil pastel, 18" x 20"
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study #2

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 12"
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sans souci self portrait

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil, 24" x 20"
artist's collection

Study #3

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 12"
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the future

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 36"
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the secret

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 36"
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Pause

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 2' x 1'
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trance

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on paper, 24" x 20"
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Untitled

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, unframed, approximately 4' x 4',
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thermal infrared series

Begun sometime in 2010, this is a portrait series of visiting friends and is based on their heat signatures that are left by infrared technology. I used this technology in order to create radically different color schemes in these paintings to reflect a kind of digital aura.

thermal #6 view of another artist #2, mario.

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on paper, 10" x 14", 2012
$140

thermal #1 artist in his studio

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on paper, 10" x 14", 2012
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thermal #2 temoy, spirit under the coconut tree

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on paper, 10" x 14", 2012
artists collection

thermal #3 view of another artist, eddie bowen

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on paper, 10” x 14”, 2012
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thermal #4 marie, shack, chair

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on paper, 10" x 14", 2012
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thermal #5 hand

acrylic, oil pastel, & pencil on paper, 10" x 14", 2012
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decay series

Begun in 2012, this series was probably inspired by the house I lived in for several years in Port of Spain that was being slowly consumed by the rainforest where it lay, leaving it in a state of constant decay. Eventually I began to explore this phenomena throughout the islands of Trinidad and Tobago, which eventually led to me to ideas around class, inheritance, culture, beauty, decay, and regeneration. This work culminated in a one man show at Medulla Gallery in Port of Spain, Trinidad in 2014.

decay #26 blanchisseuse #2

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 38"
$900

decay #27 blanchisseuse blue shoes

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 10" x 13"
$200

decay #7 st. chad's church

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 50" x 47"
$2,350

decay #13 tobago grass roof house

Acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 24"
artist's collection

decay #1 jungalow shack

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 13" x 10"
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decay #2 red car

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 13" x 10"
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decay #6 steps

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 13" x 10"
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decay #8 emerging plant

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 13" x 10"
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decay #12 white car

Acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 13" x 10"
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decay #31 maraval house

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 13" x 10"
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decay #21 l'anse noir house

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 36"
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decay #3 pepsi bottles

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 36"
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decay #11 genesis

Acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 36"
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decay #5 toco house

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 12" x 24"
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decay #4 mayaro house

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas 12" x 24"
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decay #9 pirogue

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 12" x 24"
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decay # 23 sans souci house

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 12" x 24"
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decay #14 tobago house #2

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 12" x 24"
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decay #17 manzanilla house vine roof

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas 12" x 24"
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decay #20 manzanilla vendor shack

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 10" x 13"
artist's collection

decay #15 las cuevas house

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 10" x 13"
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decay #10 Jungalow

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 10" x 13"
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decay #28 belmont house

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 10" x 13"
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decay #16 blanchicheusse

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 10" x 13"
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decay #18 manzanilla pink house

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 10" x 13"
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decay #19 manzanilla steps

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 10" x 13",
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decay #22 valencia multicolored shack

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 24"
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decay #24 north coast container

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 24"
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decay #25 sunken ship

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 24"
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decay #29 sunken ship #2

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 36" x 36"
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decay #30 maraval electric wire vine

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 24"
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decay #32 lady chancellor cul de sac wall

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 12"
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decay #33 colville street

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 24"
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trinidad (other work)

This is work that I did that was either commissioned or didn't specifically fit into one of my series

maracas beach

acrylic on canvas, 3' x 3',
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the imortelle tree #2

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 2' x 1",
commission

the imortelle tree #1

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 2' x 1',
commission

untitled

acrylic on canvas, 3' x 3',
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check me out

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas paper, 3' x 2',
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the yard

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 4' x 4',
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urban introspective series

Beginning in the early 2000’s I embarked on a series of experimental paintings that reflected my interest in the points of confluence between cities and nature. My approach to the work began with abstraction and transformed into semi-representational imagery, and went back again. The shapes I used were often a simple way to demonstrate dwellings, or the rainforest, or both, and the colors were influenced heavily by the southern Caribbean, in Trinidad and Tobago, where I was born. The work culminated in a one man show that was exhibited at Soft Box Studios Gallery in Port of Spain in May of 2009.

blue

acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36"
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after blue

acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36"
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cave dwelling

acrylic on canvas, 48" x 36"
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a pattern language

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 6' x 4'
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a pattern language 2

acrylic on canvas, 6' x 4'
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escalante

acrylic on canvas, 6' x 4'
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new york

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 48" x 36"
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caribbean life

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 36" x 36"
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staircase to the moon

acrylic, oil pastel and pencil on canvas, 24" x 24"
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independance square

acrylic, oil pastel, and pencil on canvas, 24" x 24"
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port of spain

acrylic on canvas, 24" x 24"
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midnight

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 32" x 20"
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house of the rising sun

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 32" x 20"
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inside out

acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 22" x 18"
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yellow

acrylic on canvas, 28" x 20"
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one way passage

acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48"
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ninja drawing series

This series was inspired by my son Gideon's love of Ninja's.

ninja series #1

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 8" x 6",
artist collection

ninja series #2

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 6" x 8",
artist collection

ninja series #3

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 6" x 8",
artist collection

ninja series #4

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 8" x 6",
artist collection

ninja series #5

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 8" x 6",
artist collection

ninja series #6

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 8" x 6",
artist collection

ninja series #7

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 8" x 6",
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ninja series #8

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 8" x 6",
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pot hound drawing series

These drawings are about our dog Scully who hails from Trinidad and is a pot hound, as they are affectionately referred to there. She showed up on our doorstep and never left. A book about how she showed up on our doorstep one day may be in the making...

scully the dog

acrylic & pencil on canvas, 17” x 20”, 2022
artist’s collection

pot hound series #4 scully the dog's other look

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 6" x 8",
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pot hound series #1 scully the dog shakes her head

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 6" x 8",
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pot hound series #2 scully the dog's look

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 6" x 8",
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pot hound series #3 scully the dog scratches an itch

acrylic and pencil on canvas paper, 8" x 6",
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sculpture

In this work I use bone, barbed wire, and wood to situate and embed the viewer in historical and contemporary narratives regarding land, boundaries, and the wild in the American west.

manifest destiny

bone, paint, barbed wire, and steel, size varies, 2017
No longer available (repurposed)

subversion

wood and barbed wire, 24" x 24", 2017,
no longer available (repurposed)

skyline, powerline, claw

wood and barbed wire, 24" x 24", 2017,
no longer available (repurposed)

barbarism

bone, wood, paint, and barbed wire installation, size varied.

experimental short film

I began making short, experimental films in 2017. In them I explore issues related to the American west, such as fire (burnt 2017 5min), and industrial corridors such as Commerce City and Globeville in north Denver, and the reintroduction of a wildlife prairie at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City (claw 4 min 23sec).

claw, 2018

An experimental super8 short film taking place in Commerce City and Globeville in north Denver

vermont college of fine arts mfa final exhibition

This work represents two years of visual culture and studio work that culminated in my final exhibition for my MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

I used the mediums of painting, sculpture, and film, and materials such as barbed wire, wood, bone, super8 film and paint for the exhibition.

The work is a reflection of some of the most compelling parts of life to me, namely land, wildness, and boundaries.

controlled wild and the claw

5' x 5' (x2)

A shot of several of the elements

barbarism

Size varies
Wood, bison bone, steel, and barbed wire

barbarism

Another view
Wood, bison bone, steel, and barbed wire

barbarism

Another view of barbarism, with two other works in the background, subversion, and skyline, power line, claw.
Wood, bison bone, steel, and barbed wire

skyline, power line, claw (top) and subversion (below)

24" x 24" (x2)
Wood and barbed wire

barbarism

Size varies
Wood, bison bone, steel, and barbed wire
Note the site lines to Zachary Stevens photography final exhibit

An image of all of the elements in my exhibit

manifest destiny

Size varies
Bison bone, steel, and barbed wire.
This piece on its own is called manifest destiny, but I incorporated it into a larger piece entitled barbarism

Artwork Galleries

river corridor series

magic memory place exhibition

fog

earthbound

controlled wild series

mysten.

the interrupted landscape series

heritage

grin city artist residency series (Iowa)

prairie ronde artist residency

factory and oil refinery series

deep space

the sea

text paintings

patriot series

Bats

railroad crossings

globeville series

glimpse series

thermal infrared series

decay series

trinidad (other work)

urban introspective series

ninja drawing series

pot hound drawing series

sculpture

experimental short film

vermont college of fine arts mfa final exhibition