A New Kind of Realism

These paintings may cross over into sculpture in that they are not pictures of things but the things themselves.  

"Reveal" 2018 - acrylic/wood/linen 50.56" x 39" x 2.5"

"Slam Dunk" 2017 - acrylic/panel/basketball hoop; apprx. 18.5" x 18.5" x 12" Here we have an homage of sorts: to Josef Albers and his squares and to the March Madness basketball hoopla.

"Bull's Eye" 2015 - oil/wax/linen 41.5" diameter - This painting refers to Jasper Johns's and Robert Indiana's target paintings and to our nation's obsession with guns. Yes, that is indeed a bullet hole in the center.

"Ceci est mon chapeau" 2014 - latex/wood/steel/cloth cap/panel 20" x 15" x 5.5" A tip of the hat (sorry) to Rene Magritte.

"My Studio Door, View 1" Acrylic/wood/steel 14" x 18" x 2.5" Reworked in 2015 - See next image below.

"My Studio Door, View 2" (info above) When I was a student at MassArt (Massachusetts College of Art and Design), Barnet Rubenstein was selected from the esteemed faculty at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to critique my senior thesis presentation. I had never met him before, and the first thing he said to me after looking over my entire semester's work was "You are a workaholic. But that is not a bad thing." When my friend, Jay Wu, saw this piece last summer, he laughed when he saw the two sides ("Open"/"Closed") and said he thought it was going to say "Open" on BOTH sides! I agreed that that was a much better idea, and that is how a shop sign from Bear River, NS (which had inspired the earlier version of this piece) morphed into my studio door sign.

"This could be good!" acrylic/linen/wood lattice (reworked in 2015)

"A Quarter to Three" 2014 - oil/bottle caps/clock hands/hardware/linen on panel 14" 14" Private Collection

"Display" oil/metal earring/wood/panel 15" x 16" Private Collection

"Please Return" 2013 - oil/nail/panel 14" x 7"

"Switch Plate" 2013 - brass/wood/oil/panel 10" x 14" Private Collection