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Winter has been challenging, and I have had not much time in my tiny studio. My apologies for the dearth of posting. New paintings have been started, and hopefully the break will reenergize the work. Watch this space...

Also:

"It is the duty of the artist to make the rebellion irresistible".
~Audre Lorde

This is a print I made a few years back. The sky is an orthographic map of my neighborhood, and the moon is a satellite map that linses up perfectly. The building is an iconic derelict coal tower.

16" x 20", satin photo paper.
Edition of 50.

If I spent half as much time thinking about why I make art as I do making it, I would probably be a little more successful getting it out there. My house is filling up, and little tiny jpegs don't do them justice.

"Phantasm"
36" x 48", acrylic on canvas.

Maybe a few more touches needed, and definitely need a better photo, but here's the latest. Looks pretty dang good in person, if I may disabuse myself of imposter syndrome for half a goddamn minute. You just gotta see these things in real life.

"Lost in the Crowd"
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas.

Meant to further develop the squares idea, but the brushes had other plans. I sometimes fear that I have no identifiable 'style'. Oh well, so it it goes. I suppose the important part is to just keep making, & trust that it will all sort itself out.

"Ghosts in the Grass"
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas

I am trying to break up my style a little bit, see where it goes. This is where it went. Im not a huge fan of the name, but thats what it told me it was and was quite adamant. So...

"Urban Planning"
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas

It was a doing cat dad stuff morning. The Marvelous Mr. Miso assumed his safety post and scanned the vet's office for interlopers. An intruder was identified, but was later determined to be non-threatening. All in all, everyone was very brave.

Data as seen as an asemic written language that we are falling helplessly through; a harrowing yet colorful state of affairs. The bad news is that you too are falling, the good news is there is no ground.

All 24" x 30", acrylic on canvas.

My life is a complex array of textures and chaos. And cats. Coming soon, the falling series. Sorry it’s been a while, but these new joints take time.

This one? This one is going to take a turn. I just thought I would post it up to document what it was before it becomes what it will be. Will it be better? I don't know. Im trying to become less risk averse.

Untitled work in progress
30” x 40”, acrylic on canvas

#art #abstract #painting

Loving this new thing. Closest I’ve gotten to the ketamine hallucinations I had after heart surgery.

“What I Brought Back”
36” x 48”, acrylic on canvas

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First day of 53rd grade!

#art #funk #selfie

Now this one's done. It took... a while.

"Vascular Fenestra"
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas.

#art #painting #abstract

KInda want to stop here because I like it... but if I push it, it could be spectacular. Or it could become overworked. Its an age old dilemma, one I am ill suited to solving.

Untitled Work in Progress
36" x 48", acrylic on canvas.

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The battleground.

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At 14 yo, I could smoke at my high school as long as I was five feet from a door.

"GOD PRONG" is the name of my 8bit Tool cover band.

Now Im sure its done. Better, right?

"An Elaborate Portrait of a Dog"
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas

#art #abstract #painting #contemporaryart

Not sure if its done but been working so long on it I need to take a break. Super hard to photograph under my janky studio lights. The center is amazing.

"An Elaborate Portrait of a Dog"
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas.

#art #painting #abstract

'Pantomime Search Warrant'. Great band name.

I am the egg man.

Very difficult to catch all three in one frame.

Max, Miso, and Simon.

#cat #catsky

"SF Llama"
18" x 24", ink on paper

[20 of a signed, numbered edition of 100 on 8mil satin photo paper available]

#art #illustration #posterart

Its a haboob, habibi.

Why do we call dust storms 'haboobs?'

Dust storms can be some of the most dramatic weather events. Another word for a dust storm is “haboob,” which is Arabic for the word blown. Haboobs are giant walls of dust created from high winds rushing out of a collapsing thunderstorm

You young chirruns with your canva and your midjourney... back in my day, if you were dealing with digital images, you eventually had to face the dogcow. If you know you know.
www.escisme.com/shop/p/cowdog

#dogcow #tshirtart

Finished a new one, and its a killer. Closest I have come to the ketamine hallucinations I experienced in the hospital after my heart surgery.

"The Treasure Map"
30x40", acrylic on canvas

#art #painting #abstract #contemporary

Pee Wee German.