Painting
2024
How Do I Dance?
36" x 48"
acrylic on canvas
2023
Following Her
9" x 12"
Oil on canvas
In Time All Shall Become Dust
9" x 12"
Oil on canvas
A portrait of my Art Instructor from Cleveland Community College, Casey Quinn, eating a taco bell supreme taco without tomatoes.
Created as a farewell portrait and thank you for the classes he has taught. Many inside jokes are within the piece and they will live on because of it.
disturbance and Ache
19.5"x23"
Colored pencil and watercolor on toned paper.
2022
The Tale of Taurus
Acrylic on paper
Blue palleted still life of a bull's skull with other items. Constellations and the night sky set in the background.
That Green Gentleman
Acrylic on paper
Green palleted still life of some foliage and fruits.
Not so Matisse
Acrylic on paper
Matisse style study
Harmonious Battle
Water color on paper
Kandinsky style study
Earless bunny I found at a thrift store. Originally 0.99, the cashier gave him to me for 0.25. I knew as soon as I saw him that this sad little bunny had a story and I wanted to be able to express it for him.
Tiles
Gouache on paper
Bathroom tile inspired; Non-objective pattern inspired by found item.
Acceptance of Winter
Water color, and Gouache on watercolor paper.
A blue spirit bunny set in front of the tiles of winter.
Hope
Spray paint stencil made from mix media board under graffitied bridge
Andy Warhol and Banksy - inspired stencil representing a rabbit slowly getting it's ears back.
Ode to the Ending of Summer
Watercolor on Paper
I have always struggled with accepting the warmer months coming to an end and would always fight the feeling and get depressed once I finally gave in to the reality of winter and fall.
This is an abstraction of one of my favorite photos from the middle of Summer.
Kiwi
Gouache on paper
En plein air of midday at Holden beach in November.
Titled after meeting a woman who went by kiwi, who talked to us about her life.
Includes a second unfinished painting of the sunrise.
Lovers Rock (2022)
Watercolor on tan toned paper
A personal narrative painting of the stages of a lover's slow dance while they are in the purest emotional state of being. There are sun-kissed peaches above them going through the process of growth, and meeting in the center.
2021
Prisms
11 x 17
Watercolor, and colored pencil on paper
Self portrait using watercolor to experiment with the color wheel
Somber
11 x 14
Acrylic and chalk on paper
Style study and figure study of a man who is mourning
Style study 2
11" x 14"
Acrylic and chalk on paper
Style study 3
11" x 14"
Acrylic and chalk on paper
The Bassist
11 x 14
Acrylic, and ink on paper.
A style study of two artists: Gustav Klimt, and Ralph Steadman.
This piece is specifically based off the illustration of "Dr. Gonzo" by Ralph Steadman (shown right, or below for mobile users).
The bassist is based on my father who played in a band when I was a kid. Klimt and Steadman were my favorite artists growing up and the nostalgia of studying the artists styles reminded me of when I was growing up watching my Father play.
