Pig Race Listings

Pig Race Series

The Pig Races is a loose narrative built around a fictitious game/sporting event. The paintings deal with the relationship between spirit and body, depicted by man and animal. The racers run through gates and soar over jumps that derive from croquet and equestrian courses. As in real life, the action of the pigs is driven by the pursuit of the apple, the promised reward. The various allegorical hurdles represent the challenges we all face in life.Sometimes there is a play between the concept of mathematical perfection and the vagaries of everyday life. Sometimes the compositions incorporate the golden section. Sometimes there is a diagram imposed over the image. These measured hi-jinks express the way things can be perfectly planned in the abstract, but are subject to change as they materialize, as unpredictable in their outcome as the results of a race.

Number Six at the Step-Over Gate 1999 - 2002 oil on wood 8 x 10" (14 x 16 in artist's frame) private collection	Pig Races II 1990-92 oil on canvas 14” x 18" collection: Sharon & Michael Fortenbaugh Blairstown, NJ	A Great Day at the Pig Races 1995-99 oil on canvas 50” x 70"
Going Over a Slow And Sometimes Moving Jump 1997-98 oil on canvas 22” x 30" collection: Jane Holzer New York City	Going Over a Slow and Sometimes Moving Jump II 2002 oil on canvas 30 x 24"	Approaching the Monkey Gate 2002 oil on canvas 30 x 24" private collection
The Prompter 2000 - 2002 oil on canvas 24 x 20"	Right Away, Betty's Pig Was Trouble 2000 - 2002 oil on canvas 30 3/4 x 24 3/4"	But Daisy Was No Ordinary Pig 1996 oil on canvas 20” x 24"
At the Start [Pig Tricks] 1996-97 oil on canvas 24” x 20" collection: Meier Inc.	Charlotte at the Monkey Gate 1997 oil on canvas 24” x 20" collection: Peter Scannell Metuchen, NJ	Charlotte at the Pig Races (Study) 1997 20” x 16" oil and pencil on rag board
Passing the Baton 2002 oil on canvas 22 x 30"	Pig Tricks 1997 22 ž” x 21 ˝" oil on paper	Archimedes' Fulcrum Jump 2002 oil on canvas 24 x 22"
George and the Dragon 1996 acrylic and pencil on paper 50” x 38" private collection Oklahoma City	George and the Dragon II 2002 oil on canvas 30 x 24"	Time Dogs 2002 oil on canvas 20 x 16" private collection
Jockeys -- The Fix 1998 - 2001 oil on canvas 24 x 20"	Jockey (Mike) 2001 - 2002 oil on canvas 22 x 18" collection: Paul Olsen	Jockey [Wink] 1997-99 oil on canvas 24” x 20" private collection Kansas City
Jockey Number 7 1997 oil on canvas 24” x 20"	Jockey in a Hermes Hat 1996 -2001 oil on canvas 24 x 20"	Balance Training 1998 - 2002 oil on canvas 30 x 24"
Duck Hat 1998 oil on canvas 24 x 20"	Bird of Paradise Hat 2002 oil on wood 14 x 11"	Head Through Hoop
Apple 1996 oil on canvas 24” x 20"	Newton 2002 oil on wood in artist's frame 5 x 4 1/4 inches private collection Washington, DC	Golden Apple 2002 Gold Leaf on cast resin, velvet pillow life-size on 8 x 8" pillow
Gold Medal 2002 gold leaf on cast resin, ribbon 15 x 12" framed	Silver Medal 2002 silver leaf on cast resin, ribbon 15 x 12" framed	Bronze Medal 2002 bronze powder on cast resin, ribbon 15 x 11" framed
The Silver Platter 2002 silver leaf, cast resin, pewter platter 9 3/4"	D.N.F. (Did Not Finish) 2002 copper leaf on cast resin 10 x 13" framed	Jockey (Study) 1995 pencil on paper 30” x 22"
Archimedes Fulcrum Jump 2002-2004 24 x 22 oil on canvas	Venus Caught in a Merger 2003 oil on canvas 11 x 14" oil & encaustic on wood	Best in Season 2002 gilded cast apple on velvet and marble 6 x 10 x 10"
Jockey in Bird Cap 2002-2004 oil on wood 14 x 11"	Watchdog 2004 2004 oil on canvas 24 x 20"	Wine, Cheese and Crow 1981 acrylic on canvas 60” x 72" collection: private collection, Coconut Grove, FL
Watchdog 2007 2007 12 x 12"