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Argle Bargle
In honor of today’s extraordinary, dream-come-true , heady Supreme Court ruling AND Grumpypotomus Antonin Scalia’s strange and archaic rant, I quickly cobbled together this silly water color. Argle...
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Icarus
I was recently asked by a friend to enter work in a group show, the show is based loosely upon the theme of disability. Given my friend had fashioned a lavishly eccentric wheelchair as the centerpiece...
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Ariadne’s Thread
The latest in my ongoing fascination with the Minotaur/Theseus theme… Ariadne’s Thread watercolor on paper 11 by 18 inches detail of yet another randy blue demon, the Minotaur detail of Theseus that’s...
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Back To Class, First Proofs
The Fall semester began this week and one of my courses is Printmaking III- I cannot believe how quickly time has flown. I am still very much the novice, but I do feel I have a better grip on this...
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The Maize God Emerges
I’m working on a new project, I will post progress periodically. Safe to say it involves sacrifice and resurrection. And of course the Maize God. detail, gouache and watercolor on paper preliminary...
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The Maize God continues to emerge.
Ongoing progress for a watercolor/gouache painting that I am working on. detail Much more to go, a quick run, then back to the easel. Be well, Lg
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Primavera
I just finished up (for now anyway) a watercolor painting called Primavera. Primavera 2014 watercolor on paper 18 by 29 inches Once again I draw upon the Popol Vuh and the sacrifice-redemption theme....
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the Hubris of the Gods
I have been reading Heinrich Zimmer’s Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization (edited by the great Jos. Campbell) , and in my reading I have gained insight into the visual symbolism of an art...
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Ready for Delivery
I am about to walk my painting Primavera over to the gallery Liz’s Loft on La Brea for Night Terrors and Day Dreams curated by the talented Renée Fox, it opens this Saturday. The Hero Twins are framed...
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The Feast Day of John the Baptist
It is ironic that I am nursing an annoying head cold on the day one of my favorite saints lost his head; puts things in a bit of perspective. I have loved John since boyhood, his severed head had been...
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Descent : fragment of a dream
I know it is boorish to go on about one’s dreamworld to anyone but your analyst, but sometimes a dream is so spectacular, it finds its way into my work. Such is the case with Descent. In this recent...
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Oedipus Rex
I’m taking an English Composition course, I’m hoping to transfer to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and I want to get the academic work out of the way. I gripe about CA but its junior colleges...
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Covetousness
In “honor” of Black Friday, I had the inspiration to paint this little watercolor on the theme of Covetousness. Covetousness 2014 watercolor on paper 5.5 by 8.5 inches Happy shopping! I plan on...
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Herakles and Telephos
In my ever expanding collection of books , I possess a well worn volume that I treasure dearly. It is The Odyssey of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope and illustrated with lovely line drawings in...
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The Green Knight
Given that Saint Patrick’s Day is just around the corner and that I happen to be in the throes of attempting to read as many translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as I can, this still-wet...
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That Most Terrible Tree
Given that it is Holy Week and Good Friday is fast approaching, I have been at work on a Deposition of Christ. My friend and fellow LA artist J have been in a bit of a duel, each tackling this well...
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My Insignificance is Magnificent
It has been a rough week for my ego, starting on Monday with the withering appraisal of some gym bunnies . I was washing up after my work out and I could just feel their chilly disdain for this goofy,...
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Fairyland
Detail from “My Insignificance is Magnificent”, 2016, watercolor on paper At this stage of my life, off center of a century, I am grappling with ways in which to express my “being-ness”. Unable to...
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Family Friendly
I’m very pleased that two of my favorite and decidedly not “family friendly” paintings have been included in this exciting group show curated by the talented Gwen Freeman. Show details follow: “Family...
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Available Work
Stuffed Paintings, available! There comes a point that an artist just needs room, and storing works gets rather expensive, with that in mind I felt it time to actively try to offer my work to...
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