conTenT ExpressioN
Vessel Figure #1 is the painting where it all clicked for me. And every painting & drawing since then springs from it. By dialing back narrative/text, and focusing instead on layering candy colors with simple forms, the result is a more enigmatic storyline. Less AND more. Teetering between funny-ha-ha and funny-disturbing, Drawing you in AND pushing you back. Cheerful figures can be beguiling, but what to make of the open mouths, sharp teeth or beseeching eyes? Creating that tension, that deceptive simplicity, is what makes me paint.
CoOpt Figures
coOpt #4 oil on canvas 36 x 48
coOpt #4 detail
coOpt #5 oil on canvas 36 x 48
coOpt #5 detail
Black Holes
Black Hole triptych oil on canvas @40 x 40
Sea Creatures
3 Graces oil on canvas @42 x 44
Eye Shadows oil on canvas 40 x 52, 52
No Shadow/Shadow oil on canvas 40 x 52
Blue Eyeshadow diptych 44 x 44, 44
No Eyeshadow diptych 44 x 44, 44
Sea Creatures oil on canvas @ 34 x 46
Octopods
(Obligatory) Covid Figures
Spider Figures
Clown Figures
Weebles
wobble but they don"t fall down
Big Potato Figures
Bunny