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