garden of eden

blue landscape

Eden (after Jacob Savery), 2020, glazed porcelain, 4.5 x 8 x 7 inches




Eve (after Cranach)

Eve (after Cranach), 2018, glazed porcelain, 5 x 3 x 2.5 inches




Eden Trees and Rock 1 (after Jean Fouquet)

Eden Trees and Rock 1 (after Jean Fouquet), 2020, glazed porcelain, 4.5 x 6 x 4 inches




Eden (after Limbourg Brothers) 1

Eden (after Limbourg Brothers) 1, 2020, glazed porcelain, 1.25 x 10 x 7 inches




Eden Trees and Rock 2(after Jean Fouquet)

Eden Trees and Rock 2(after Jean Fouquet), 2020, glazed porcelain, 5.5 x 6.5 x 5 inches




Eden (after Cranach)

Eden (after Cranach), 2020, glazed porcelain, 2.25 x 12.5 x 9.5 inches




Eden River and Hills (after Bruegel)

Eden River and Hills (after Bruegel), 2019, glazed porcelain, 3.25 x 11 x 10 inches




Garden of Eden (after Rubens) 2

Garden of Eden (after Rubens) 2, 2018, glazed porcelain, 3 x 7.25 x 8 inches




Eden Trees (after Brueghel

Eden Trees (after Brueghel, 2020, glazed porcelain, 3 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches




Reservoir Blue Hills

Reservoir Blue Hills, 2019, glazed stoneware, 1.25 x 12 x 8 inches




Garden of Eden (after Rubens) #2

Garden of Eden (after Rubens) #2, 2018, glazed porcelain, 4 x 9.5 x 7 inches




Adam and Eve (after Masaccio)

Adam and Eve (after Masaccio), 2014, glazed porcelain, 4.25 x 4.75 x 2 inches




Shame (after Masaccio)

Eve (after Masaccio), 2015, glazed porcelain, 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 inches




Hand of God

Hand of God, 2019, glazed porcelain and brass rod, 20 x 6.5 x 2 inches




The first Adam and Eves that I did were after Masaccio's Expulsion from the garden of eden. Those works go back about 4 years ago. Recently I've been interested in their depiction before the apple. Especially Eve when she's feeling no shame. Those pieces were inspired by Cranach's version of the garden of eden.

I've also been drawn to the vistas outside the garden that are often a part of medieval manuscripts and later paintings. Two of the above landscapes were taken from a painting by Rubens of Adam and Eve where there is a snippet of a landscape (perhaps by Jan Brueghel) between the two bodies.