Portait of the Artist as an Secret Agent of the Capitalist State, 2021
Another large drawing construct in multiple component. Full installation might be 10 ft x 12 ft
Portait of the Artist, detail, 6ft x 3 ft
You will note that both "secret agents" are played by yours truly!
Secret Agent 2
Yep, its me again. This time as the "good" cop.
Secret Agent 1 says
Secret Agent 2 says more.jpg
Portrait of the Artist...drone detail
somewhere, hovering high over the house
Portrait of the Artist...house detail
For the house with allegedly "no" art, I used the house which I grew up in. In fact, I was blessed with lots of actual art in all forms in that house!! Probably why I am an artist today
Girl In the Park, from the Series Consider This 2020 / 2021
We live right across the street from a small, but beautiful urban park - a real jewel of grass and trees in a concrete, urban environment. People frequently sleep rough there. Hence the subject of the poem and these images.
The colour in the drawing is deliberately muted - mostly blacks with hints of colour. The two diamond squares - one dark blue and one dark purple - hint at the saturation of colour that the poem evokes in my imagination.
The colour in the drawing is deliberately muted - mostly blacks with hints of colour. The two diamond squares - one dark blue and one dark purple - hint at the saturation of colour that the poem evokes in my imagination.
Girl in the Park, 2020, studio installation
Gives a better idea of scale
The Girl In The Park, Part 1, detail
A detail showing some of the wholes cut into the image.
The Girl In The Park, Part 1, detail
Rage Over Lost Keys, complete image
Something about the heightened anxiety brought on by COVID and restrictions. I am old enough to remember the Cold War and Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) in the early 60's. That stress brought on increased sightings of UFOs. SO...I figured I should put in my own flying saucer.
Seven pieces of paper. Total size 55 in (w) x 72 in (h). Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on abused Stonehenge paper.
Seven pieces of paper. Total size 55 in (w) x 72 in (h). Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on abused Stonehenge paper.
Detail, from Rage Over Lost Keys
Detail, Rage Over Lost Keys, central panel
this one part (maybe 2 feet) of a very long central panel separating upper and lower panels
Detail, Rage Over Lost Keys, central panel
this one part (maybe 2 feet) of a very long central panel separating upper and lower panels
Bottom half of Rage Over Lost Keys
Pick A Card (the hand is quicker than the eye) 2 of 3
The Shuffle and the Offer
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencils on abused paper. Each unit about 4 ft x 4 ft
Pick A Card 3 of 3. The Reveal
Detail, Pick a Card
Detail, the Shuffle
Detail, The Shuffle
A Walk In The Park, 2021
Based on Runnymede Park - right across the street from my studio. I spend a lot of time there. 7 panels. Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on paper 64" x 72"
Just finished reading Robert MacFarlane's Underland. Helped me focus some thought on connectivity. Also a riff on Bosch - heaven, earth, and the nether world
Just finished reading Robert MacFarlane's Underland. Helped me focus some thought on connectivity. Also a riff on Bosch - heaven, earth, and the nether world
Roots 1, from A Walk in the Park
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on paper. 22" x 30"
Clouds 1, detail from A Walk In The Park
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on paper. 22" x 30"
Roots 2, detail from A Walk In The Park
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on paper. 22" x 30"
Ant, detail from a Walk In The Park
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on paper. 12" x 30"
Park,detail from A Walk In The Park
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on paper. 12" x 64"
Housefinch, detail from A Walk In The Park
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on paper. 12" x 30". I haven't decided whether one bird moving, two birds, or one bird with two heads. All the options appeal
Cloud 2, detail from A Walk In The Park
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil on paper. 22" x 30"
So, How Do You Feel?
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil, spray paint through hand cut stencils on multiple pieces of abused paper. About 6 feet x 12 feet.
Early in the summer of COVID 2020, a severe storm uprooted a massive oak tree in the park across the street from my studio. The trunk lay there for weeks, and became the focus for parents and kids. People loved to walk on it. Like us puny humans had finally conquered nature. As if!
Early in the summer of COVID 2020, a severe storm uprooted a massive oak tree in the park across the street from my studio. The trunk lay there for weeks, and became the focus for parents and kids. People loved to walk on it. Like us puny humans had finally conquered nature. As if!
Detail, So, How Do You Feel?
Charcoal, carbon and coloured pencil, spray paint through hand cut stencils on pieces of abused paper.
So, How Do You Feel>, detail
Passage, 2019
Charcoal, spray paint, digitally processed imagery collaged onto abused paper. Two panels. Each panel approx 60 in x 50 in.
Detail, Passage.
Upclose, the direction of the charcoal, and pencil marks, reinforced by the sanding line add energy
Detail, Passage, left panel.
Is the storm "coming" or "going". Going is printed in reverse on the right panel