Mentally ill, a diagnosed schizophrenic man named Kelly Thomas, the son of a retired police officer, is the…
We all have a shadow side, sometimes we balance it with our ‘light’ and sometimes it dominates us. We can’t deny it. I hoped to capture the…
The majority of my paintings and drawings come from my imagination. Sometimes I look in the mirror for structure to see where bones are supposed to be, etc. and once in awhile make a painting of a ‘real’ person. In August, I painted this portrait of a singer who is…
This work “Gabriel” was exhibited in Art Takes Times Square Digital Billboard Exhibit in June 2012. The NYC Times Square exhibit included an estimated 2800 artists works from all over the world on digital billboards in Times Square in Manhattan [curated by Artists Wanted dot org]
Sometimes artists create something spontaneously, sometimes from imagination…
Recently a few of my posts included ‘new’ icons, not just new in the sense that they are my new…
As much as I have always admired Pablo Picasso throughout my life, often my eye was drawn to and I’ve focused on other artists. Recently having rediscovered some books with his works and of course looking at a lot of his work online as well felt inspired to make a colourful portrait of him. Plus I…
Sometimes an artwork is created based on an old idea. Sometimes an idea waits for the right time. This summer looking through some older sketches of ideas of paintings that were waiting to be made, this painting came to being.
Making art for me is usually done in a series. Sometimes a break from the series is needed or…
