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This started as an impasto doodling exercise using leftover paint from my palette. First I laid down the majority of the orange color along with some of the blues and dark greens. I painted randomly just trying to make some interesting shapes. These first colors reminded me of the incredible sight of molten lava pouring into the sea which I had seen at the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii in 1999. I then crafted the rest of the painting to recapture the wildness of that scene in which nature, way beyond human control, was creating new land on earth.
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PLEASE NOTE: The price quoted for the original is for the painting framed in a black 3/4"-wide floater frame. At your request, I will e-mail you a photo of the framed painting. I guarantee that you will like my artwork. If, for any reason, you are dissatisfied with an original you purchase, return it to me for a full refund. You pay only for shipping. For returns of prints, see the terms and conditio...

I made my first attempt at painting with oils in 1977 and immediately fell in love with the medium. Since then, I have painted in spurts, often experiencing long periods of inactivity. But once I was exposed to oil painting I have thought about painting almost constantly. After I retired in 1996, I became active in the performing arts as a musician, singer, actor, theater set designer and director. Through all this, I never stopped thinking about painting, and now painting has become my primary creative outlet. I have never had any formal art lessons. From books, and more recently the Internet, I have learned a lot. Mostly, however, I figure things out for myself, and this is the most rewarding part of the experience for me. My...