From the monthly archives: April 2009
“Tattoo” 50″ x 52 “ oil on linen
“Bluejay, Flicker and Guardian” 16″ x 20 “ oil on linen
“Ivy” 60″ x 72 “ oil on linen 2007
“Overlook” 28″ x 48 “ oil on linen
Artist Statement
I have always been awed and inspired by [...]
A new Bob Dylan video features photographs from Bruce Davidson’s 1959 “Brooklyn Gang” series to illustrate the song. In the spring of 1959, Davidson met a group of Brooklyn teens called “The Jokers”. That summer, he photographed the entire gang in their natural habitat, from hanging out late at night on the street corner to taking [...]
Artist Statement
My own work is largely concerned with the meaning and existence of the self in today’s unstable, fragmented world, specifically how the individual is able to reconcile the external and internal forces that cause us to function in different, often contradictory, roles. Performative in essence, frequently employing role play [...]
Closure
Equilibrium
Identity
Rebirth
Severance
Transformation
All works 60 x 60 inches, acrylic on canvas
(NOT) ANOTHER WEDDING IN GOA
I don’t believe that the act of creating artwork can ever be totally isolated [...]
East West (2007)
Paper collage and oil paint on canvas
30″x40″
“East West” explores the visual similarities between Western graffiti and images from Eastern societies. This series, which I just started, is inspired by a recent trip to Pakistan.
Subway Space 2
Paper collage and oil paint on [...]
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