Sumi ink on paper, 24” x 30”. Unknown location. One of many treepiles. I began doing these when I moved from DC (near Chinatown) to Berryville about 3/4 hrs outside of Washington. At that time our little town was too far away to serve as a commuter village because of the distance. They had begun […]
Oil on copper plate, 6” x 14”. One of many “retablo paintings” inspired by Mexican retablos, ex-votos, and Frida Khalo. This stick image was first used in my sculpture “Monument to A World War”. It may be inspired by ‘The big stick’ in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and the Big Bomb of Doctor Strangelove & Slim […]
Oil on copper, 6” x 8”. Unknown location. My dear friend Bill Roseberry painted a number of pears and other fruits back in the 80s. For sure I had one of his images lingering in my mind when I painted this on a little piece of roofing copper. “By your students you are taught”. […]
Mixed media, 18” x 10” x 8”. Artist’s collection. In Iowa I would occasionally visit someone’s farm buildings. They always gave me the creeps. Something sinister about all the things hidden in a hay loft. Ropes, chains, hooks, pitch forks lurking in the darkness. I always imagined a lynching ….. or being trampled by a […]
Mixed media, 32” x 35”. Artist’s collection The pictures of the siege of Sarajevo looked like Dresden. I used newspaper to collage up a sanctuary likeness. To me it felt like silence.