painting practice examples 2022-2024

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“Once I saw a war comic and the guns went budda budda budda and wham. My rifle was actually more like krang.”
Acrylic on inkjet print on canvas
30 3⁄4 x 38 1⁄4 X 1 1⁄2 ”
2024

“Fishbrain, what do you think about, when your kitchen’s on fire?”
Graphite, Micacious Iron Oxide on inkjet print on canvas
18 1⁄4 x 13 1⁄2 x 1 1⁄2”
2024

I write because I cannot paint.
Acrylic on inkjet print on canvas
16 ¼ x 21 ¼ x 1 ½”
2024

Welcome to Neverland: the sky starts at your feet
Acrylic, oil paint, inkjet print of stereoscopic photograph on canvas, wood
8" x 10"
2022

“Gravity wells/-/In this system, planets are not solids. Space is solid, and planets are holes.”
Acrylic on inkjet print on canvas
21 3⁄4 x 16 1⁄2” x 1 1⁄2”
2024

“Toolmaking is of little consequence unless it is coupled with great cooperation from others.”
Acrylic and Oil paint, hydraulic cement, on inkjet print on canvas
10 x 13 x 2”
2024

“The main thing is that it is an empathetic response to violence.”
Inkjet print on transparency sheet on stretched holographic cellophane
10 x 8”
2023

Panopticon; Girl Dinner
Acrylic, oil paint, inkjet print on canvas 
29.75" x 36.75"
2023

My Bad, There’s a Whole in the Floor
Acrylic on lycra with 5 tone holographic inkjet print
24 ¾ x 26 ¾”
2022

 

The Grandeur of Safety Will Be Broken By Holes in the Pavement
Acrylic paint, micaceous iron oxide, hydraulic cement, inkjet print on canvas

14.25" x 18.75"
2023

Open, shut, click, aim. And the people out to get Daddy. Krang.
Acrylic on inkjet print on canvas
29 1⁄2 x 21 1⁄4 x 1 1⁄2 inches
2024

“I took my shirt off in the yard; no one saw that my skin on my shoulders was golden. Now it’s not, my shirt’s back on. I forgot my songs; the Glow is gone.”
Acrylic and Oil paint, hydraulic cement, on inkjet print on canvas
9 1⁄2 x 12 x 1 1⁄2 inches
2024

“I dream in HTML. The page shifts, doubles over, multiplies, and vanishes. I think about writing in the ruled margins of my notebook, leaving the page blank as the centers of Hildegard’s mandalas.”
Graphite, Micaceous Iron Oxide on inkjet print on canvas
13 x 10 1/4”
2024

Is it about faith, fear, or management?
Acrylic paint and inkjet print on canvas
37" x 26"
2023

“Orgonon”
Acrylic on inkjet print on canvas
42 1⁄4 x 32 x 1 1⁄2 ”
2024

“I dream in HTML. The page shifts, doubles over, multiplies, and vanishes. I think about writing in the ruled margins of my notebook, leaving the page blank as the centers of Hildegard’s mandalas.”
Graphite, Micaceous Iron Oxide on inkjet print on canvas
13 x 10 1/4”
2024