Tuesday
19Jan2010
Thursday
07Jan2010
Tuesday
29Dec2009
Thursday
03Dec2009
Tuesday
10Nov2009
Friday
30Oct2009
Dream
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 09:29AM Before I post my next series of paintings, which is taking more time than I thought, I’m going to post a few more pieces from the eBay series. Some of these were made a few years ago, others more recently. This one seems appropriate for Halloween.
4.5” × 6”
Friday
18Sep2009
iPlanaria
Friday, September 18, 2009 at 07:52AM Most artists have jobs outside of the work we do in our studios. Some of us teach, lead tour groups in museums, do decorative painting, publish books, write, etc. Since art sales have slowed like most everything else in this economy, I’ve decided to pander to crass consumerism in order to support my art habit.
Bookmark the Items page and stop back occasionally for new offerings, or sign up on my email list (write ‘Items’ in the subject line), then you’ll know when something new is available. Thanks!
The first item up for grabs is the iPlanarian, in a small edition. It’s a carrying case you wear across your body that falls at your hip and has a concealed pocket in the back for your iPhone or iPod Touch. I hope you think it’s as funny as I do. Click here for pictures and more info.
Wednesday
26Aug2009
Pleaconomy: Frog
Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 10:41AM 
Image 12” × 12”
Paper 21” × 21”
Color pencil
2009
Wednesday
29Jul2009
Pleaconomy: Penguin
Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 01:12PM 
Image 12” × 12”
Paper 21” × 21”
Color pencil
2009
For a brief statement and where to see it, scroll down one entry or click here.
in Pleaconomy
Pleaconomy Tuesday
21Jul2009
Pleaconomy: Chicken
Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 09:23AM It’s summer and I’ve started a new series — but this isn’t it.
These ‘Pleaconomy’ drawings are a way to make a polite comment, with a subdued undercurrent of frustration, on how much harder it is for ‘downsized’ workers of a certain age to find meaningful employment in this economy. Layoffs, furloughs, downsizing - it’s happened to too many people I know. So, the tin toys here have been reconfigured to highlight their most endearing aspects. These toys used to be the height of desirability, but now need to ‘try harder’ to please us, like job-seekers in the laid-off workforce.
Pleaconomy: Chicken
Color pencil on paper
Image 12” × 12”
Paper 21” × 21”
2009
This group of four drawings is at Sera Davis’s gallery in Tennessee. Thanks!
Wednesday
22Apr2009
Charade
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 02:11PM 
Image size 11” × 11”
Paper size 21” × 21”
Oil on paper, 2008
Tuesday
31Mar2009
Entrant
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 10:30AM 
Image size 11” × 11” Paper size 21” × 21”
Oil on paper, 2008
Tuesday
24Feb2009
Travail
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 01:01PM 
Image size 11” × 11” paper size 21” × 21”
Oil on paper, 2008
Monday
02Feb2009
Pique
Monday, February 2, 2009 at 01:23PM 
Image size 11” × 11” paper size 21” × 21”
Oil on paper, 2008
Thursday
08Jan2009
Sub rosa
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 01:26PM 
Image size 11” × 11” paper size 21” × 21”
Oil on paper, 2008
Tuesday
16Dec2008
Aging
Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 12:55PM 
Image size 11” × 11” paper size 21” × 21”
Oil on paper, 2008
Wednesday
03Dec2008
Flap
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 09:37AM 
Image size 11” × 11”, paper size 21” × 21”
Oil on paper, 2008
Monday
24Nov2008
Medlar
Monday, November 24, 2008 at 04:12PM Even though there are more eBay paintings, the last one I posted (Sink) seemed to sum up the ‘consumer economy’ with a certain finality given our economic crisis, so I’ve moved on to other ideas. The ‘Medlar’ image is from a new grouping of drawings that I’ll try to post weekly for the next few months. Here’s a stab at a statement:
In this recent group of work, reconfigured passages from illuminated manuscripts have been stacked together with items for sale on eBay. I’ve produced separate bodies of work from both these sources previously, and here I’m exploring the similarities in both sets of source material at once. Not surprisingly, these similarities reflect what was culturally valuable in the past (in the illuminations) as well as what remains valuable to people today (in the eBay references), but the interesting thing to me is that the common threads don’t congeal into squishy, feel-good viewpoints such as ‘people are all the same no matter what’ or ‘human values continue throughout time.’ Instead, what seems most apparent in both sources is the relentlessly surreal quality of human behavior and thought, and this becomes the sentiment that guides the imagery.
Image size 11” × 11”, paper size 21” × 21”
Friday
17Oct2008
