​Life Lost and Dreams Forgotten - 30 x 24 oil on canvas
Philosophical musing: Metaphor-rife presentation of a man in his sixties as he reviews his life, assessing his accomplishments, failures, and ethical performance.   Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​Melting Man -   24 x 48  oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: How critical activism against others is often conducted through assumption, ignorance, and bias.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​Celebration – 48 x 60 oil on canvas
Philosophical musing: The celebration of life, procreation, and the intimate connection of all forms of life through their common origin.  Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

River of Time, Rock of Regret - 30 x 40 oil on canvas
Philosophical musing: Introspective plea to oneself to efficiently embrace time and the many difficulties experienced throughout life, and to effectively manage defeatist thoughts of regret.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​Stallion Galleon and the Sea Mistress Mystery   – 30 x 40 oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: Metaphor-rich commentary on various tumultuous life experiences, and how to avoid or manage them with well thought-out and practiced ethical philosophies.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​Voyage the Desperate Mind 24 x 36
Philosophical musing: Addresses a man’s anxiety-filled mind and the turmoil his thoughts create throughout his everyday experiences. ​ Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​Egg won best of show for paintings in a large Des Moines Metro wide art show.  Many of Dennis's other paintings won awards at similar shows.

Egg – 30 x 20 acrylic on board
Philosophical musing: The value of freedom and an exploration of the world with ardor.   Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​Madonnova Spring – 20 x 30 acrylic on board
 Philosophical musing: Ponders the wonder of motherhood and how the mother is valued by humanity.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

A Woman's Journey won honorable mention in the international Tera Varna 2023 Figurative art contest.  
A Woman's Journey - 48 x 36 - on mahogany board
Philosophical musing: A portrayal of the multifaceted journey through life a typical woman often takes.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

Morrowlith (Waiting for Tomorrow) - 24 x 48 oil on canvas
Philosophical musing: Comment on blissfully ignorant people who ignore various signs that portend a hazardous future.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

Alone and Enduring the Raven Sun           36 x 30 oil on canvas
Philosophical musing: The ethics of humanity controlling and destroying nature at the expense of all living things, including themselves.     Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

The Forgotten - 20 x 30 - oil on canvas
Philosophical musing: Addresses the many who have not adapted to social expectations and those who have fallen into misfortune, and mourns for their fate and their absence from the consciousness of people who are in the position to help.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​The Nightmare – 24 x 48 oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: An anxiety fraught plea for an end to the chaos and turmoil humanity and nature cause and experience.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

Fleas of Profundity – 30 x 40 oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: The insignificance of humanity compared to the vast universe, yet the value of humanity within its own sphere of existence.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

Phantasmagoria – 16 x 20 oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: Comprehensive essay of recommendations for living a full and ethical life.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

Storm of the Stallion Specter – 18 x 24 oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: Depiction of a surrealistic populist despot who quickly betrays his creators and destroys their lives.  Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​Men of Fire – 18 x 24 -oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: An essay about young men who have difficulty adapting to society’s staid rules and the resultant criticism that plagues them and often ruins their lives.     Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​Night Runner – 16 x 20 oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: Confession of a man possessed with paranoia and the anxieties that result.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​Desolation Road (White Crow) – 24 x 18 oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: The abhorrence and avoidance of violence borne from evil intentions.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​​​Stream of Consciousness – 16 x 12 acrylic on clayboard
 Philosophical musing: Addresses humanity’s search for meaning and basic answers to why anything exists at all, meaning or not.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature. 

​The New Arrivals – 24 x 12 oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: A depiction of a hopeless man and woman who are lost because of their bad life decisions, and their helpless watch of others enduring the same fate.

Swallowed by Time – 16 x 20 oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: A man ponders the passage of time and its effects on his existence.    Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

Journey of Man
 Philosophical musing: The value of humanity to the entire universe, and the intimate relationship of our consciousness with our sensuality.   ​ Play the audio file for the accompanying literature.

​​Endless Day – 48 x 36 acrylic and oil on canvas
 Philosophical musing: The permanence of human aspirations and relative perception of time and place.

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