Paintings - oil on canvas

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New Work

Friday, December the Eleventh

34 x 48"

Saturday, December the Twelfth

34 x 48"

House

House I

30 x 48"

House II

30 x 48"

House III

30 x 48"

House III version 2

30 x 48"

House IV

30 x 48"

House IV version 2

30 x 48"

House V

30 x 48"

House VI

30 x 48"

House VII

30 x 48"

House VIII

30 x 84"

House IX

30 x 84"

House X

18 x 12"

acrylic on movie poster reproduction

House XI

18 x 12"

acrylic on movie poster reproduction

House XII

18 x 12"

acrylic on movie poster reproduction

House XIII

mixed media installation

Sequences

HLD1HLD2

20 x 40"

An abstract juxtaposition of ray guns

BD2PRD1

20 x 40" (diptych)

Mr. Smashy and the face of Hades.

PRD2RD1

20 x 40" (diptych)

Abstracted faces of Hades and Bzous (werewolf).

H1D1BD2H1D2

20 x 60" (triptych)

A spotlight, a sweatshirt, and another spotlight. A little illumination please.

LL1D1LL1D2

20 x 40" (diptych)

Two masks of Luchadores. Friday night fight!

BD1LL1D3

20 x 40" (diptych)

Those who are first to throw fists are the first to run out of ideas.

MD2LL1D4

20 x 40" (diptych)

Abstracted masks of a dinosaur and luchadore.

PD2JD2PD4

60 x 20" (triptych)

An inverted rocking horse, a styrofoam hand, and a plastic cowboy hat. Giddy up!

PD1PD3GD1

16 x 48" (triptych)

The center panel is an abstraction of the artist's bleeding mouth.

JD1TD1

20 x 40" (diptych)

10-31-05 and Coulrophobia

10-31-05 no.1

34 x 60"

In Halloween, John Carpenter used the cheapest mask he could find. A Captain Kirk/William Shatner mask from Don Post studios.

10-31-05 no.2

34 x 60"

Inspired by the John Carpenter film Halloween and the paintings of James Ensor. Why is disfigurement a cultural attraction?

10-31-05 no.3

36 x 72" (diptych)

A diptych as a conceptual gesture; two canvases creating one image parallels the duality of mask use.

10-31-05 no.4

An abstraction of no.1 & no.2

10-31-05 no.5

12 x 48"

An abstraction of Halloween lighting

Coulrophobia 1

Coulrophobia 1

34 x 60"

Equally inspired by Jack Skellington, Captain Spaulding, and Pennywise.

Coulrophobia 2

34 x 60"

Once seen as pariahs of society, clowns were associated with marginalised people and with strong associations of the devil.

Coulrophobia 3

36 x 72" (diptych)

A disguised figure is removed from reality three times over by an upside down, inverted mask.

Coulrophobia 4

12 x 48"

Inspired by Michael Moorcock's 1965 pulp fantasy The Fireclown AKA The Winds of Limbo.

Coulrophobia 5

12 x 48"

Clown duos often depend on the manipulator / victim framework. Competing for survival yet desperately reliant on each other.

Coulrophobia 6

12 x 48"

Blue face paint is commonly avoided by clowns. It is considered bad luck. Inspired by another clown duo, abstraction prevails.

Coulrophobia 7

Coulrophobia 7

12 x 48"

John Wayne Gacy buried 29 of his victims under his house and on his propety.

Coulrophobia 8

12 x 48"

Inspired by the slasher film sub-genre. 1960 Pyscho, 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and 1978 Halloween.

Lucha Libre! / Persephone & Other Paintings

Mercy

48 x 30"

Inspired by the Angus MacPhail and Alfred Hitchcock -MacGuffin- theory.

Motive

48 x 30"

What is in that briefcase? A Macguffin. Whats a MacGuffin? A device to drive or motivate a character.

Red 1

54 x 36"

Remember the talking cat, who decries Red Riding Hood, "She is a slut who eats the flesh and drinks the blood of her granny!"

Red 2

48 x 24"

Feminine symbolism in the bzous's (werewolf) question, "Which path are you taking... the path of needles or the path of pins?"

Red 3

48 x 24"

Man-made illumination is a metaphor for divine absence. Also, two cords in one outlet = little red and the wolf as the same character. Oh yeah, and sex.

Luche Libre! 1

24 x 48"

Latent homosexual tendencies at their finest! Equal parts of ritual and play, professional wrestling has molded male youths across the continent.

Luche Libre! 2

24 x 48"

These models are public high school teachers by day.

Brothers 1

24 x 48"

Is it morally superior to do wrong and hate yourself for it? Or to not know youre doing wrong at all?

Brothers 2

24 x 48"

Inspired by The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoyevsky stated, "when there is no God, all is permitted."

House

48 x 24"

A disturbance in the henhouse!

House 2

72 x 36"

An extremely loud noise will cause a rabbit to take flight in panic. In the close confines of an apartment, such behavior may be disastrous.

Persephone

72 x 36"

Persephone is an apt title for both the narrative and the subtext.

Company

48 x 24"

Inspired by Angela Carters The Company of Wolves and Wolf-Alice.

Hitlist 1

36 x 60"

Phallus holding ladies assault their own identity. Violence can be sexy, but also self destructing.

Hitlist 2

30 x 48"

Inspired by Krav Maga, Nakita, and Fembot assassins.

Earlier Work - 2003 and before

Trinity

72 x 48"

A Plague Doctor mask substitutes for a Knight of the Pelican and the questioning of faith. Pie pelica

Michael

72 x 48"

Saint Michael slays the dragon. An unfortunate clash between West and East.

Paul

66 x 66"

Self portrait inspired by the DH Lawrence story Rocking Horse Winner and Caravaggio's Conversion of St. Paul.

George

96 x 72"

Self portraits inspired by St. George and the slaying of the Dragon.

Jacob

90 x 72"

Self portraits inspired by Jacob wrestling the Angel.

Narcissus 1

48 x 72"

The artist in a perverse moment of self gratification. The mythical pool of water is replaced by a camera and mirrored image.

Narcissus 2

48 x 72"

Paper Christ 1

98 x 48"

Immortalized wounds are only paper deep.

Paper Christ 2

98 x 48"

Freewill allows us to quesiton faith, not blindly follow. The artist with a God complex, and fancy for panties.

Cronos 2

20 x 16"

A series of self portraits inspired by Goya's Saturn Devouring One of His Children.

Cronos 3

20 x 16"

Cronos 4

20 x 16"

Golem 1

98 x 48"

The artist creating himself, creating himself.