Black, metallic black!!!!

This might be the first time that I really noticed that a dark background really sets the figure off. An addiction is born...

These are a bit sad to me. Feeling blue...?

I am not sure why, but I have never really felt this one. Maye it needs more to it, like a visible antagonist. The idea is that she is mad...mad at something. And I wanted to leave it open to interpretation as much as possible. The piece was first shown at a solo show with about 23 more works. It really worked then. I would even go so far as to say it needed to be there. It is very energetic and is painted mostly with big brushes with very wide swaths of color color color...the piece is 48 inches by 72 inches, so it has a really huge presence. I would love to see it up somewhere where you could view it from a long way off...

This has to be one of the most unsettling pieces for me. I am so so happy about it. The composition and cropping /editting make it really odd...like it is maybe a bit off balance. I fell in love with the idea that it is like a teeter-totter pivoting up and down and the viewer (and maybe arist) are just sitting at that middle part that doesn't move (the fulcrum: holla for dictionaries!)with the ends. All I know is that if light hits it it glows like a mutha...!!!

This piece has been around for a bit. It is quiet and luring, but bright and sunshiny too. I, meaning "just me," love it. And I have loved it since I painted it.It is a super-private and intimate portrait, but still trying, but not achieving a sexiness. Bring the sexy back I guess, bring it back sucka!


Here is another that goes with it, but is way different. Those are my hands...man hands!!!Gross and great...!

all about drugs...addictions...seems way too easy. ...I call it "drug bunny" after a lemonheads song from a long time ago.

Back-to-back-makes-a-heart

Yes indeed...here's another oldy-goody. Some criticism (that I took to heart way too much) about this one is that it is too figurative. That is, it is just a figure study. I thought that was too true at first and that made me doubt my own feelings about this piece. Stripped away my confidence I guess. I wanted it to be vulnerable, but threatening too. Maybe a looming stare...after having it around the studio for quite a while I have stopped being shy about it. I like it a lot...I really enjoy the kind of strange, quiet intensity it posesses. The blue is super-intense and since the piece is over 6 feet tall, it has a real and dynamic presence to me...

An older image from about a year ago...It's approximately 72 inches long by 30 inches tall...You can't see it in the image very well, but the yellow streaks and strokes are gold paint, so it reflects and glows under light. Word to that!