624 (Rose Bush)
Outdoor painting is a longstanding tradition that many painters have excelled in. This was a painting that I did outside of the studio that I lived in for a short period (after college). It was a completely natural surrounding and I was able to make many observations of the rose bush that grew on the wall outside my front door. This painting is my most successful (and only surviving) record of those (flowers and vegetation) observations. The number 624 represented a date that was significant to me at the time, and I thought that it produced a very trendy look. This painting hung in 'Fuel for Your World' for several years. It is now held in a private collection.