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"Daisy"

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18"x24"; acrylic on panel; 2007

"Biplane"

24"x24"x12"; found object sculpture; 2003
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Although I cannot find photos of this configuration, a silk tail streamer created by Chris Vadman hangs from the rear of this sculpture proclaiming "Sam, I Am" (a Dr. Seuss reference) and heralding the piece's owner, Sam Caton, upon the occasion of his birthday.

"Buster, the Buster" (with Buster)

This is a portrait of a dog, photographed with the subject. Described by a friend of the owners as "criminally insane," this dog whom makes himelf a guest at every opportunity his masters have of foisting him off, once ate the bottom third out of a sliding glass door's screen door... which now serves as the frame and foundation of this work.
48"x84"; acrylic on nylon screen and paper; 2003
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"Icarus, a Murder Allegory"

48"x24"; 2005; acrylic on panel
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This is a re-interpretation of the Icarus myth (various retellings here), the recurring moral regards youthful foolishness and, curiously, never of child endangerment -- which I've illustrated as a crime story with investigators around a chalk outline just beyond the cast light of the streetlamp and the shadow of the perpetrator cast by an out-of-frame light source. The name of the bagel shop is a reference to Pieter Bruegel's "The Fall of Icarus," a painting that a friend of mine once described as the first precursor to the "Where's Waldo?" books (this being the second).

My interest in an Icarus image results from a drawing class at Grant H.S. with Robert Wilson who gave three assignments to new students: a dragon on roller skates, someone being splashed on the back with ice water, and an Icarus. For reasons not germane, I never had those assignments.

My painting began as an imaginary cityscape and the narrative grew along with its development.

Part of the illustration portfolio;

"Vanity"

40"x30"; 2005; acrylic on cardboard

"Asteraceae"

24"x36"; 2005; acrylic on panel

Title refers to the family of flowers in the aster/daisy family: gerberas being the tall ones and I'm guessing some hybrid of mums maybe as the shorter ones.

Painted on location, arrangement was simplified for compositional reasons

"Shotgun Dog"

48"x24"; 2005; acrylic on panel
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"Mad Max"

24"x18"; 2003; oil pastel on wood
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"Abby"

48"x24"; 2004; acrylic on panel

"Red Ford Truck"

48"x24"; 2004; acrylic on panel
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"Approaching Shot"

4"x2"; 2005; acrylic on clayboard
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"Pilsner"

9"x17"; 2005; acrylic on wood

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Part of the illustration portfolio;

"Lemon Drop"

5"x5"; 2005; acrylic on wood
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The Monarch Collection giclee

"Yell in Hand"

4"x4"; 2005; ink on clayboard

More icon clasting, looking for a different way to say "stop" but with image twisting like this, myriad meanings could be inferred.