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HLD1HLD2
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20 x 40"
An abstract juxtaposition of ray guns |
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Hit list 1 |
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36 x 60"
Phallus holding ladies assault their own identity. Violence can be sexy, but also self destructing. |
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Hit list 2 |
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30 x 48"
Inspired by Krav Maga, Nakita, and Fembot assassins. |
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Coulrophobia and 10-31-05
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Coulrophobia 1 |
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34 x 60"
Equally inspired by Jack Skellington, Captain Spaulding, and Pennywise.
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Coulrophobia 2 |
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34 x 60"
Once seen as pariahs of society, clowns were associated with marginalised people and with strong associations of the devil.
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Coulrophobia 3 |
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36 x 72" (diptych)
A disguised figure is removed from reality three times over by an upside down, inverted mask.
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Coulrophobia 4
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12 x 48"
Inspired by Michael Moorcock's 1965 pulp fantasy The Fireclown AKA The Winds of Limbo.
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Coulrophobia 5
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12 x 48"
Clown duos often depend on the manipulator / victim framework. Competing for survival yet desperately reliant on each other.
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Coulrophobia 6
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12 x 48"
Blue face paint is commonly avoided by clowns. It is considered bad luck. Inspired by another clown duo, abstraction prevails.
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Coulrophobia 7
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12 x 48"
John Wayne Gacy buried 29 of his victims under his house and on his propety.
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Coulrophobia 8
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12 x 48"
Inspired by the slasher film sub-genre. 1960 Pyscho, 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and 1978 Halloween.
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10-31-05 no.1
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34 x 60"
In Halloween, John Carpenter used the cheapest mask he could find. A Captain Kirk/William Shatner mask from Don Post studios.
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10-31-05 no.2
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34 x 60"
Inspired by the John Carpenter film Halloween and the paintings of James Ensor. Why is disfigurement a cultural attraction?
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10-31-05 no.3
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36 x 72" (diptych)
A diptych as a conceptual gesture; two canvases creating one image parallels the duality of mask use.
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10-31-05 no.4 |
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12 x 48"
An abstraction of no.1 & no.2 |
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10-31-05 no.5 |
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12 x 48"
An abstraction of Halloween lighting |
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Sequences
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BD2PRD1
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20 x 40" (diptych)
Mr. Smashy and the face of Hades.
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BD1LL1D3
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20 x 40" (diptych)
Those who are first to throw fists are the first to run out of ideas.
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H1D1BD2H1D2
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20 x 60" (triptych)
A spotlight, a sweatshirt, and another spotlight. A little illumination please.
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LL1D1LL1D2
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20 x 40" (diptych)
Two masks of Luchadores. Friday night fight!
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MD1BD4
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20 x 40" (diptych)
The artist's favorite - surgical glove and a devil mask.
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MD2LL1D4
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20 x 40" (diptych)
Abstracted masks of a dinosaur and luchadore.
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PD2JD2PD4
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60 x 20" (triptych)
An inverted rocking horse, a styrofoam hand, and a plastic cowboy hat. Giddy up!
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PRD2RD1
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20 x 40" (diptych)
Abstracted faces of Hades and Bzous (werewolf).
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MD1MD2
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36 x 18" (diptych)
Various body parts of a Chinese Dragon.
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PD1PD3GD1
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16 x 48" (triptych)
The center panel is an abstraction of the artist's bleeding mouth.
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Lucha Libre! / Persephone &
Other Paintings
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Lucha Libre! 1
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24 x 48"
Latent homosexual tendencies at their finest! Equal parts of ritual and play, professional wrestling has molded male youths across the continent.
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Lucha Libre! 2
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24 x 48"
These models are public high school teachers by day.
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Brothers 1
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24 x 48"
Is it morally superior to do wrong and hate yourself for it? Or to not know youre doing wrong at all?
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Brothers 2
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24 x 48"
Inspired by The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoyevsky stated, "when there is no God, all is permitted."
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Persephone
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72 x 36"
Persephone is an apt title for both the narrative and the subtext.
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House 1
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48 x 24"
A disturbance in the henhouse!
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House 2
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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.
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Mercy
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48 x 30"
Inspired by the Angus MacPhail and Alfred Hitchcock -MacGuffin- theory.
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Motive
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48 x 30"
What is in that briefcase? A Macguffin. Whats a MacGuffin? A device to drive or motivate a character.
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Red 1
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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!"
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Red 2
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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?"
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Red 3
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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.
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Company
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48 x 24"
Inspired by Angela Carters The Company of Wolves and Wolf-Alice.
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Earlier Work - 2003 and before
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Paul
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66 x 66"
Self portrait inspired by the DH Lawrence story Rocking Horse Winner and Caravaggio's Conversion of St. Paul.
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George
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96 x 72"
Self portraits inspired by St. George and the slaying of the Dragon.
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Jacob
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90 x 72"
Self portraits inspired by Jacob wrestling the Angel.
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Trinity
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72 x 48"
A Plague Doctor mask substitutes for a Knight of the Pelican and the questioning of faith. Pie pelicane, Jesu domine.
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Michael
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72 x 48"
Saint Michael slays the dragon. An unfortunate clash between West and East.
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Narcissus
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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.
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Golem 1
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98 x 48"
The artist creating himself, creating himself.
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Paper Christ 1
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98 x 48"
Immortalized wounds are only paper deep.
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Paper Christ 2
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98 x 48"
Freewill allows us to quesiton faith, not blindly follow. The artist with a God complex, and fancy for panties.
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Cronos 2
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20 x 16"
A series of self portraits inspired by Goya's Saturn Devouring One of His Children.
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Drawings - lead on paper studies
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Paul study 1
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8 x 10"
An alternative view with a horizontal orientation.
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Trinity study 1
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10 x 8"
An alternative view with focal point on hand(s).
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Ecstasy study
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8 x 10"
A study for the large scale painting Ecstasy (now destroyed).
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Jacob study 1
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8 x 10"
An alternative view of Jacob character.
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Jacob study 2
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10 x 8"
An alternative view of Esau character.
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Jacob study 3
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8 x 10"
A character study of Shiva. Intended to be incorporated into Jacob, but ultimately ommitted.
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Jacob study 4
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8 x 10"
An alternative view of Angel/God character.
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Michael study 1
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8 x 10"
An alternative view with characters disrobing.
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Michael study 2
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8 x 10"
An alternative view with a horizontal orientation.
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