A stream of consciousness painting I did over the course of 4 years. A reactor of some sort has landed on a snowy landscape. The landscape is occupied by a soldier in a fox-hole and, of all things, the Wampa from "The Empire Strikes Back". Two robots that seem no longer active sit idly by. The landscape is a combination of natural features and manufactured. As I painted this one I imagined this taking place in some corner of the soldiers mind. Crouching in a fox-hole, terrified by the war going on around him, he finds himself caught between realities.
2017 acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"
There's a day of the year when the myths all come together. They feel it coming closer. Late in the summer. They make their way to a place deep in the forest. Being close to one another renews their reality for another year. Until it is time to meet again. Here we see Bigfoot, a mermaid, a unicorn and the loch ness monster all spending some QT together.
A lone pilgrim walks along a narrow path winding through a cavern. Ahead is the " House of the Smiling Skull". He'll first have to cross an old rope bridge in order to get to it. What lies within the house? Why make the journey?
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A mermaid sits on a quiet river bank. A shadowy figure approaches her from behind on a small raft. Will she dash off back into the river? Or wait and see a few more moments.
2017 acrylic on canvas, 10" x 20"
Here I imagine a fanciful path to enlightenment. Proceed down the elephants trunk, up a staircase to a waiting Vimana. A Vimana is a flying-vehicle described in the Hindu texts that is controlled by the mind.
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2012 acrylic on canvas, 8" x 8"
This painting came about from my love of 1950's tin toys. I based the color scheme off of some old photos of tin toys from that era. But I needed a sub captain. I was banging my head against the wall trying to come up with a character design I liked. I tried a Flash Gordon type guy but it just wasn't working for me. Than I caught a glimpse of my Bob's Big Boy figure I've had in my studio forever. Who better to represent 1950's tin toys.
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2012 acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"
In my family we've always had cat's. Their graceful movements and silent stalking is something to behold. Too win their affection is a privilege. No wonder the ancient Egyptians worshipped them as deities.
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When I was a kid, my friends and I would play a game we called "cat". You sneak through as many backyards as you can without getting caught. It was awesome! Climbing fences, being chased by dogs and the neighbors was kind of thrilling. OK so we didn't have the best reputation on the block. But kids get bored in suburbia. I believe it is from this memory I painted "Alley Cats".
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2012 acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"
Have you ever had one of those weekends where you have an unexpectedly incredible time? Nothing was planned but somehow an adventure finds you? This painting aims to depict that feeling. I based the design of this floating water park around the rubber ducky bath toy.
Somewhere between here and there are "Borderlands"! Perhaps this place is a long lost playground, or an abandon lot that sprouted a candy-cane type contraption. It seems to be nourishing the stream that runs through these lands. When was the last time anyone visited this place? I'm not so sure but I'm glad to know it's there.
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Hot Fudge!! I did this painting for a four man art show in San Francisco. The theme was hot fudge, and whatever that means to you. While brainstorming idea's for the art show, I remembered a kids TV show from the 1970's called Hot Fudge. So I decided to go with a 70's science fiction theme. I was thinking of some of the sci fi magazines from that period like "Omni" and "Heavy Metal". Here a boy enjoys a hot fudge smothered ice cream cone seconds before a meteor destroys his planet. Not a terrible way to spend your last few seconds.
2007 acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"
Before I start a painting I usually sit down with paper and pencil and sketch out idea's. With this one I was thinking I wanted something really colorful and fun. You know, "eye candy". I guess I took this idea literally and created an eyeball frog hybrid snatching flying candy corns from the sky.
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2011 acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"
Another piece from the Hot Fudge show. In this painting I depict a cute sailor girl confronted by a tiki God in a dark and dangerous alley. Perhaps our sailor girl offended the tiki God while she was was stationed in Hawaii, only to be followed home by the vengeful tiki. Hence the name: Curse of the HotFudge.
2010 acrylic on wood, 22" x 16"
I usually paint on canvas, but this funky old cabinet door was begging for a painting. It still has the hinges on it and in certain spots you can see the original wood. The character in the painting is stepping over a barb-wired wall wearing his fancy shoes and socks. I based the design of the shoes off of a favorite pair of my own.
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2009 acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"
Jupiter Boy! Why does he love Jupiter so? Perhaps he is originally from a small colony of children who live on one of the moons of Jupiter. Maybe he longs to get back to his home world. Maybe not. I like the moodiness of this one.
2011 acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"
The final piece I did of the Hot Fudge series. A man and woman have come across a giant structure and thriving community. The naked couple seem to have walked out of a very unforgiving landscape. The man raises his hands in joy. Hallelujah!
2010 acrylic on canvas, 12" x 16"
A ghostly playground appears among the tall grasses, the toddlers from the surrounding village are called out from their beds to play. Through interaction with the playground their personalities are shaped. If you look closely you can pick out the leaders, the followers, the out of the box thinkers, etc.
2009 acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"
Another piece based off my scoff-law childhood. What's over that wall that's so interesting? Here a group of friends take a chance to find out.
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2012 acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"
I painted this one during a particularly dark period I was going through. An old crusty curmudgeon tends to a fire on a lonely landscape. He seems to be made of the very wood that he's burning. When I was close to completion on this one, I happened to have a conversation with a friend about what I was going through. During the discussion my friend consoled me with the notion of " you're not the only one". Hence the title of the painting.
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2012 acrylic on canvas, 9" x 12"
A young boy sits awhile with a strange new friend. They toast marshmallows and sing songs around the fire. The blue dragon even does a rendition of Led Zepplin's " Going to California" in a raspy and cool, old dragon voice....or was it Lenard Cohen's "hallelujah".... Memory fails me now, it was a long time ago.
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2011 acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"
I painted this one for a show in San Francisco titled "Bazooka Circus". That title comes from a line in Hunter S. Thompson's " Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".
2006 acrylic on canvas, 8" x 16"
One of the first paintings I did after returning to painting. I had been reading a book about an old vampire that had been buried in the ground but was still alive. He was subsisting on the essence of the bugs and worms in the soil, barely clinging to life. A gruesome and memorable passage.
A homeless man's shopping cart, a kids old bicycle and a tiny, mossy island with a strange tubular sculpture. Plus a white willow tree!.... I'd like to take a little row boat out there and chill for a bit.
2009 acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"
Another early painting of mine. A yogi has wandered into a cave on a vision-quest. He comes face to face with a himself and sits down to have a chat.
