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Selected Work
"SUNRISE" and "SUNSET"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Each 36" x 36"
This diptych explores the creative process. At sunrise, all ideas are new and fresh, bubbling from a rested subconscious. At day's end,
creativity crashes into a heap with, hopefully, one good idea to pursue.
Diptych N.F.S.
Each 36" x 36"
This diptych explores the creative process. At sunrise, all ideas are new and fresh, bubbling from a rested subconscious. At day's end,
creativity crashes into a heap with, hopefully, one good idea to pursue.
Diptych N.F.S.
Extinction Events
Acrylic and paper on canvas
44" x 44"
The extinctions of animals, organizations and ideas bring very real consequences to the people of this world. This painting reflects on what is now dying or gone . . . and wonders at what will be left.
Painting available to private collectors
44" x 44"
The extinctions of animals, organizations and ideas bring very real consequences to the people of this world. This painting reflects on what is now dying or gone . . . and wonders at what will be left.
Painting available to private collectors
Drawing from life #006: PUP MIDAS
From the Detroit Queer Sketch Series drawing sessions
Play ball.
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
42" x 63"
This painting explores the position of the African-American athlete in collegiate sports. As he is weighed, measured and put on a pedestal
for taking by the highest bidder, is he really still a student-athlete or just meat for the grinder in pursuit of profit and TV ratings?
Painting available to private collectors
42" x 63"
This painting explores the position of the African-American athlete in collegiate sports. As he is weighed, measured and put on a pedestal
for taking by the highest bidder, is he really still a student-athlete or just meat for the grinder in pursuit of profit and TV ratings?
Painting available to private collectors
Drawing from life #005: JEFF, GAMING
From the Detroit Queer Sketch Series drawing sessions
The Joke's on You
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
45" x 45"
In the artist's estimation, a fine of "$3.7 billion for widespread mismanagement of auto loans, mortgages,
and deposit accounts" defines a company as a criminal organization. This painting illustrates the haves and have-nots of the mortgage game
and asks both who is the butt of the joke and who laughs all the way to the bank.
Painting available to private collectors
45" x 45"
In the artist's estimation, a fine of "$3.7 billion for widespread mismanagement of auto loans, mortgages,
and deposit accounts" defines a company as a criminal organization. This painting illustrates the haves and have-nots of the mortgage game
and asks both who is the butt of the joke and who laughs all the way to the bank.
Painting available to private collectors
"OW"
Acrylic and oil on canvas
66" x 42"
This painting comments on a corporate chemical giant, its perceived internal identity and its possibly divergent
public image. It suggests -- but leaves all final determinations to the viewer.
Painting sold to a private collector
66" x 42"
This painting comments on a corporate chemical giant, its perceived internal identity and its possibly divergent
public image. It suggests -- but leaves all final determinations to the viewer.
Painting sold to a private collector
Drawing from life #002: TURNING MAN
From the Detroit Queer Sketch Series drawing sessions
A Better Tomorrow
Acrylic, oil and mixed media on canvas
48" x 35.5"
A commission from my brother, a meteorologist, this painting is an allegory of forward-thinking positivity; there is good behind the bad.
Painting sold to a private collector. Now exhibited in the offices of COAPS (the Center for Oceanic and Atmospheric Prediction Studies) at Florida State University.
48" x 35.5"
A commission from my brother, a meteorologist, this painting is an allegory of forward-thinking positivity; there is good behind the bad.
Painting sold to a private collector. Now exhibited in the offices of COAPS (the Center for Oceanic and Atmospheric Prediction Studies) at Florida State University.
Care About Me
Acrylic, oil, mixed media and found objects on canvas
18" x 24"
In the world of frequent suicide and drug addiction inhabited by paramedics and other first responders, this canvas asks us to consider
their sacrifices with love rather than treating them as just part of the job.
Private commission
18" x 24"
In the world of frequent suicide and drug addiction inhabited by paramedics and other first responders, this canvas asks us to consider
their sacrifices with love rather than treating them as just part of the job.
Private commission
"GO OGLE"
Acrylic, oil and mixed media on canvas
60" x 46.5"
This painting, seen through the gaze of a gay male, explores men's narcissistic fascination with themselves
as sex objects. The iPhone becomes both the window to their souls and the recorder of their egos. The viewer need only
click to the Net to leer at pages of studs like this, each Adonis either secure in his exhibitionism or barely hiding his insecurities.
Available to private collectors
60" x 46.5"
This painting, seen through the gaze of a gay male, explores men's narcissistic fascination with themselves
as sex objects. The iPhone becomes both the window to their souls and the recorder of their egos. The viewer need only
click to the Net to leer at pages of studs like this, each Adonis either secure in his exhibitionism or barely hiding his insecurities.
Available to private collectors
"O-FACE TRIPTYCH IN BLUE, CRIMSON AND RED"
Acrylic, oil and mixed media on canvas
Each piece 11" x 14"
Using the Trojan Condoms logo as inspiration, I created three related canvases that explore the relationship between condom purchase and climax.
Triptych available to private collectors
Each piece 11" x 14"
Using the Trojan Condoms logo as inspiration, I created three related canvases that explore the relationship between condom purchase and climax.
Triptych available to private collectors
"AMAZO"
Acrylic, oil and mixed media on canvas
70" x 39"
This painting explores the rise of Internet buying at the expense of traditional stores and rural downtowns using a burst motif
and old postcards -- the trappings of classic advertising.
Available to private collectors
70" x 39"
This painting explores the rise of Internet buying at the expense of traditional stores and rural downtowns using a burst motif
and old postcards -- the trappings of classic advertising.
Available to private collectors
"ALPHABET SERIES: M"
Acrylic, oil and mixed media on canvas
33" x 27"
An autobiographical piece, this mixed media canvas explores important points in the artist's life while experimenting with paint and collage techniques.
Painting N.F.S.
33" x 27"
An autobiographical piece, this mixed media canvas explores important points in the artist's life while experimenting with paint and collage techniques.
Painting N.F.S.
"HEXAGON IN A HEXAGON, AFTER KANDINSKY"
House paint on plywood with oil pastel details
73" x 73"
Created as a stage backdrop for the play "As Bees in Honey Drown", this painting took Kandinsky's painting "Circles in Circle" and reinterpreted it
with a bee-hive hexagon motif that was omnipresent through the set design (which was also the brainchild of the artist).
Painting N.F.S.
73" x 73"
Created as a stage backdrop for the play "As Bees in Honey Drown", this painting took Kandinsky's painting "Circles in Circle" and reinterpreted it
with a bee-hive hexagon motif that was omnipresent through the set design (which was also the brainchild of the artist).
Painting N.F.S.
"ALPHABET SERIES: X"
Acrylic, oil and mixed media with feathers on canvas
31" x 38"
An experimental painting used to test paint and rubber-stamping techniques, it explores oil exploration and its environmental impact.
Available to private collectors
31" x 38"
An experimental painting used to test paint and rubber-stamping techniques, it explores oil exploration and its environmental impact.
Available to private collectors
Drawing from life #003: SHAWN
Drawn in the studio
"ALPHABET SERIES: G for Gygax"
Acrylic, oil and mixed media on canvas
48" x 34"
A homage to the founder of the Dungeons & Dragons pantheon of adventures, E. Gary Gygax is often considered to be the godfather of the modern role-playing game.
Available to private collectors
48" x 34"
A homage to the founder of the Dungeons & Dragons pantheon of adventures, E. Gary Gygax is often considered to be the godfather of the modern role-playing game.
Available to private collectors
Drawing from life #004: SHAWN
Drawn in the studio
"ALPHABET SERIES: H for Homo"
Acrylic, oil and mixed media on canvas
24" x 31"
This painting provides editorial on the gay vacation destination, noting that LGBT people need to go to the ends of the Earth to find the safety to be themselves.
Painting N.F.S.
24" x 31"
This painting provides editorial on the gay vacation destination, noting that LGBT people need to go to the ends of the Earth to find the safety to be themselves.
Painting N.F.S.
Drawing from life #001: WOMAN IN CHAIR
From the Hatch Gallery drawing sessions
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