2022
I’ve organized my 2022 paintings into eleven collections: Ghosts in Bowler Caps, The After Party, Sacred Future Megaliths, Both Sides of the Window, Brickworks, Bathroom Mirror Portraits, Unfolding, Totem Piles, Narratives, Costume Party, and Cloud People.
Ghosts In Bowler Caps
My ideas for “Ghosts in Bowler Caps” started to form at the beginning of the summer after watching the Alfred Hitchcock movie “Rear Window.” In the movie, a man is confined to his apartment due to injury and becomes obsessed with observing the lives of his neighbors and fantasizing his own narratives. A feeling of mystery animates the everyday such that the most ordinary of things become filled with wonder. I wanted to capture that feeling in these paintings. My subjects are meant to at first be understandable. Men wearing suit and tie walking through a plain cityscape. But, the coherence is quickly fractured by incongruous details. It may be otherworldly lighting, an unsatisfied expression, or suspect eyes peering through a distant window but the world is not as it seems. I want the mystery of the real world to be palpable in my work. A brick building, a stranger, a grocery store, the view from the rear window, all harbor an undercurrent of unknowability. Never feel like you can judge a man by his hat, he will always surprise you. These works along with the collections “The After Party”, “Sacred Future Megaliths”, and “Both Sides of the Window” were featured in my first Solo Exhibition in New York titled “Ghosts in Bowler Caps.”
The Race is About to Begin/ 16x20 in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Sold
Spying On the Neighbors/ 30x40 in/ Acrylic and oil stick on canvas/ Available
The Bar that Never Closes/ 36x24 in/ Acrylic and oil stick on canvas/ Available
Friendly Ghosts at the End of the Road/ 16x20 in/ Acrylic and oil on canvas/ Sold
The Promise of a New City/ 40x30 in/ Acrylic and oil on canvas/ Sold
Homesick Cowboys/ 36x22 in/ Acrylic and oil paint on canvas/ Available
Full Moon Bar/ 24x18 in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Available
Wanted/ 11x14in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Available
Don't Disturb a Man Eating a Hot Dog/ 30x24 in/ Acrylic and oil on canvas/ Sold
Glued to the Window/ 40x30 in/ Acrylic and oil on canvas/ Available
DC is Full of Ghosts/ 3.5x6 ft/ Acrylic and oil on canvas/ Sold
The City that Always Sleeps/ 20x16 in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Available
Time to Put your Shoes on/ 36x24 in/ Acrylic and oil on canvas/ Sold
The After Party
These works on paper were made over a two week period in Cape Cod. I wanted to evoke the feeling of a crowded party or sporting event. At first, the human forms appear to be iterations of the same figure. But upon closer look each face is wholly unique. The moods and motivations of the individual members of the crowd pull in opposing directions.
The Grand Stand/22x30 in/ Acrylic and colored pencil on paper/ Available
One Hot Dog Please/ 22x30 in/ Acrylic and colored pencil on paper/ Available
Down By the Docks/ 22x30 in/ Acrylic and colored pencil on paper/ Sold
Monocle/ 22x30/ Acrylic and colored pencil on paper/ Sold
Noise Complaint/ 16x20/ Acrylic and colored pencil on paper/ Available
Bowler Caps are Back/ 16x20 in/ Acrylic and colored pencil on paper/ Available
Noise Complaint Part 2/ 16x20 in/ Acrylic and colored pencil on paper/ Available
Bowler Caps are Back Part 2/ 16x20 in/ Acrylic and colored pencil on paper/ Available
Sacred Future Megaliths
The ideas for this ongoing series began to form as I was working on the painting Potential Symbols for Future Worship. The traffic cone in today’s world has limited use: to block off an area of the road from traffic. But in a future society unfamiliar with our modern world as time has wiped away our records, a traffic cone has the potential to serve a larger purpose. A religious device crucial to future ceremony. This series is born from that imagination. A world wiped clean of its memory relearning itself.
Potential Symbols for Future Worship/ 20x24 in/ Acrylic and oil on canvas/ Sold
Divine Intervention 2030/ 20x24 in/ Acrylic and oil on canvas/ Available
Dreams of my Former Home/ 14x11 in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Available
Dreams of my Future Home/ 14x11 in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Sold
Both Sides of the Window
Figurative works that draw on the Bay Area Figurative Movement, in particular David Park, for inspiration. More works will be added to the series that capture intimate moments between friends, foes, and lovers.
Rear Window/ 16x20 in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Sold
Sweating/ 11x14 in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Available
Brickworks
Brick patterning is the foundation of each painting. The form unites the composition, while also creating a tension between figure, foreground and background. The simplicity of the pattern provides an opportunity for playing with texture and color.
Brighton/ 16x20 in/ Oil stick on wood panel/ Available
NYC Hot Dog/ 16x20in/ Oil stick on wood panel / Available
Stuck In Love/ 14x11 in/ Oil stick and acrylic on wood panel/ Sold
Talking To a Wall/ 14x11/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Available
Can't Sit Still/ 20x16in/ Oil on wood panel / Available
I've Only seen Chartres in a Dream/ 14x11 in/ Oil and Acrylic on Wood Panel/ Sold
Bathroom Mirror Portraits
All of these works are oil on Dura-Lar. The surface allows the oil to maintain the structural integrity of the brushstroke. These textural effects provide odd possibilities for what skin can look and feel like. By making skin appear somewhat alien I hoped to highlight the subjects estrangement from themselves when encountering their image.
Old Razor/ 11x14 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Available
Head & Shoulders/ 11x14 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Available
Morning Routine/ 11x14 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Sold
This Helmet is Too Small Now/ 11x14 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Sold
Extra Dirty/ 11x14 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Sold
Empty Glass/ 11x14/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Available
Haven't Flossed in a While/ 11x14 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Available
Smoker/ 11x14 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Available for purchase/ Available
Repetition/ 11x14 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Available
Unfolding
In making these paintings I wanted to create an unstable image where organic shapes solidify and then disassemble. Figures are easily delineated in the first paintings, A Wrinkle In Time and Late to the Party, but as the work progressed they collapse into one another.
Fusion/ 30x40 in/ Oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas/ Sold
Cramped Apartment/ 40x30 in/ Acrylic oil and spray paint on canvas/ Sold
Fission/ 14x11 in/ Oil and acrylic on wood panel/ Available
A Wrinkle in Time/ 40x30 in/ Acrylic and oil on canvas/ Available
Disassembled Prayer/ 24x18 in/ Spray paint, oil and acrylic on canvas/ Sold
Late to the Party/ 36x24 in/ Oil and acrylic on canvas/ Sold
Totem Piles
Cartoonish mounds of flesh that incite a neurotic creativity to find faces.
Everyone Touching/ 14x17 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Sold
Totems and Monument/ 11x14 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Available
Haunted Mound/ 14x17 in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Available
Narratives
Narrative figure paintings have always been a favorite of mine. 90% of my work from 2018-2020 was acrylic on canvas with a single figure in the foreground. This year I hoped to vary my organization of forms in my narrative works, but also made a few paintings that draw upon compositions in my 2018-2020 portfolio.
One Bedroom/ 12x12in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Sold
Frog Pond/ 12x12in/ Oil and acrylic on wood Panel/ Available
Drip Castles/ 12x12in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Sold
Alone in the Studio/ 1.5x3 ft/ Oil and acrylic on canvas/ Available
Knight of Faith/ 3x4 ft/ Oil and acrylic on canvas/ Sold
Winter Shower/ 2.5x4 ft/ Acrylic and oil on canvas/ Available
Don't Tap the Glass/ 24x18 in/ Oil and acrylic on canvas/ Sold
Easter Island/ 48x36in/ Spray paint, oil and acrylic on canvas/ Sold
H.A.G.S./ 10x16 in/ Oil and acrylic on wood panel/ Sold
Costume Party
While making the Totem Piles collection, I began to imagine new contexts for the fleshy cartoonish mounds of color that were my main subject matter at the time. I liked the idea of allowing these organic shapes to veil the head of a figure in a portrait. They provide a personality and an identity to the figures, while also concealing their facial expression. The shapes replace the face of the figure in its capacity to convey emotion and meaning.
Office Party/ 12x12in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Available
Stuffed Animal Collection/ 12x12in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Sold
Veil/ 12x12in/ Oil on Dura-Lar/ Available
Costume Party/ 16x10in/ Acrylic an oil on wood panel/ Available
Cloud People
With Cloud People, I wanted to toe-the-line between figuration and abstraction. In my sketchbook, I was playing around with rounded human-like shapes. Five sided shapes have immediate resonance with a human body, so I played around with the form in my sketchbook working in the grey area between abstract form and figure. I translated some of these sketches onto wood panel with oil stick.
Birds Eye View of Massive Bunny and Paper Air Planes/ 14x11 in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Available
Blood Transfusion/ 10x16in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Sold
Midsommar/ 14x11in/ Acrylic and oil on wood panel/ Available