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34 works 2022 clear

202234 works

Painting on a flat grey ground of four attenuated black-and-white figures standing on long thin legs, passing a line between their raised hands, with detached arms and legs walking on their own beside them.
Continuation
Oil painting on linen of three bright orange monarch butterflies tethered by thin strings to a red sledgehammer, appearing to lift it into the air against a soft cream background.
Docile
Acrylic painting on canvas of two abstract faces in profile — one pink and one orange — connected by a network of purple lines and pink dots resembling a circuit diagram, on a warm beige background.
Future Capacitor
Oil portrait of an older man with gray hair and a mustache, wearing a blue jacket over a turquoise shirt, rendered with visible impasto brushwork against a warm cream background.
Ken
Installation view of eighteen small white-framed prints hung in three even rows of six on a white plaster wall, the images ranging from botanical studies to figures and abstract marks.
Mycellium
Installation view of a long white gallery wall hung with a single band of paintings and works on paper, including a portrait, a heron, an owl, a rhinoceros, a grid of small circles and several panels of repeated pattern.
Once Creatures Existed
Acrylic painting of four stylized owls standing in a row, each with distinct square or round faces and ear tufts, rendered in pinks, mauves, and grays against an expressionistic background of pink, orange, and gray brushstrokes.
Saturday Evening Owls
Mixed-media painting of a whimsical upright crocodile-like creature with a long toothy snout, white body, and yellow claws, standing on a dark rust-colored ground against a muted pink background.
Surviving the Asteroid
Oil painting on linen of a row of green conifer trees with brown trunks standing on red earth, with splashes of red and orange suggesting flames, against an abstracted gray and white sky.
The Black Fire
Expressionist portrait in acrylic, latex, and oil on canvas of a face with wide blue eyes, dark bobbed hair, and angular features, painted in bold strokes of deep crimson, mauve, pink, and black against a pale lavender background.
Visible
Hand-colored version of the 120 Volts intaglio print, with the figure painted in ochre yellow and teal accents against the same dark crosshatched background and wall outlet composition.
120 Volts #7
Drypoint intaglio print of an origami paper crane lifting a soft blue-green watercolor cloud by a thin string, floating against a pale background with subtle plate tone.
airlift #5
Close-up detail of the Alligator Juniper drypoint print showing the expressive scratched linework of the twisted trunk and tangled branches against a softly toned plate background.
Alligator Juniper #5
Black and white intaglio print of an astronaut's upper body and helmet seen from the front, with dozens of small bees swarming inside the round glass visor, rendered in fine etched line work on a gray-toned ground.
Astro Bee proof
Hand-colored intaglio print of two glass domes side by side on a horizon line: one sheltering a yellow-and-green leafy tree, the other covering rounded pod-like structures on green ground, connected by a pipe with a valve.
Bottled Oxygen #1
Black and white intaglio print of a small face in profile at center, crowned with angular crystalline geometric forms, floating against a vast scratched and textured gray field.
Daydream #4
Hand-colored intaglio print of a standing figure wearing a large yellow elephant mask with a curving trunk, rendered in black line work with bold golden-yellow watercolor on a textured off-white ground.
Elephant Mask #5
Intaglio drypoint print of seven small ghost figures lined up in a row along the bottom of the composition, each with unique expressions and shapes, one filled in with golden ochre hand-coloring standing out among the black-and-white others.
Ghost Thugs #10
Hand-colored intaglio print of six tall, narrow pine trees in a row along a horizon line, each filled with varying shades of green and olive watercolor, set against a cream-white background.
In The Pines #1
Second print of the Nogal Canyon drypoint in black ink without hand-coloring, showing the same layered canyon rock formation and tree in a slightly different impression with softer tonal values.
Nogal Canyon #4
Intaglio drypoint print of a layered rock formation with curved, ridged strata and a gnarled tree growing from its top, hand-colored with burnt orange along the ground line at the base of the cliff.
Nogal Canyon #5
Intaglio drypoint print of a vintage Olympus typewriter viewed from a three-quarter angle, showing rows of round keys and the platen, with the body outlined in hand-colored orange accents against a scratched gray background.
Olympus #6
Intaglio drypoint print of a beetroot rendered with angular, origami-like folds, its long tapered roots pointing upward and jagged leaves radiating outward, printed in deep black ink on pale paper with heavy cross-hatching.
Origami Beetroot #6
Close-up view of a drypoint intaglio print depicting a tall ghost-like figure with a gas mask, featuring small circle eyes and a crosshatched respirator, set against a densely hatched dark background on handtorn paper.
Riot Ghost proof
Intaglio drypoint print of a whimsical turtle carrying a rocket and a Clovis arrowhead on its hexagonal-patterned shell, with a satellite dish near its head, hand-colored with burnt orange along the ground line.
Rocket Propelled Clovis Point #1
Black and white intaglio print with a small cloud-like form floating in the upper center above a horizon line, and a cross-hatched animal face peeking out from below the ground, surrounded by open gray-white space.
Shade Cloud #2
Intaglio drypoint print of a human skull in three-quarter profile view facing left, with detailed cross-hatching around the eye socket and jaw, hand-colored with subtle washes of pale green and blue-gray across the cranium.
Skull #7
Intaglio drypoint print of a small figure wearing a round diving helmet standing at the bottom of the composition, with a cloud of bubbles rising from the helmet up toward a dense tangle of scribbled lines at the top edge, hand-colored with teal-green at the water's surface.
Submerged #6
Intaglio drypoint print of sunflowers in a mug, with a large spiraling flower head in the foreground and several smaller blooms rising above, hand-colored with warm burnt orange on the mug and petals against a scratched gray background.
Sunflowers #1
Intaglio print on white paper depicting a whale lying along a horizon line, tethered by ropes to a leafy green tree growing from a small boat at left.
Gardener #1
Intaglio drypoint print in spare line of a hand drawn as folded geometric facets, gripping a taut line that runs off to the left edge while a loose thread wavers down from it. Dated and signed in pencil.
Thread proof
Alternate print of the Lunar Lander with the geodesic spacecraft and dragonfly set against a lavender-purple watercolor landscape suggesting distant mesas, with the lander's legs straddling the painted terrain.
lunar lander #8
Alternate color version of Butterfly Conundrum with a white butterfly and hammer against bold washes of purple and violet watercolor filling the background, creating a moody nighttime atmosphere.
butterfly conundrum #6
Close-up view of a drypoint intaglio print of a Tecate beer can, hand-colored with red-orange watercolor on the top rim and bottom half, with a bold black eagle emblem in the center, on handtorn paper.
Tecate #10