Figurative Imagination

I use the aspects of the figure to tell a visual story of an idea, concept or a moment of curiosity.  I derive inspiration for my paintings from books, newspaper clips, scientific research, internet or live models. I aim to appreciate humanity in life’s wonder. 

 

  • Journey Of The Red Dancer
    Sole of a Dancer, inspired by the flight of dance.
  • Salvation
    Fallen. Condemned. Freed.
  • Life Is A Gift So Unwrap It
  • Fast Forward Civilization
    The beginning of civilization, examined and fast forwarded
  • Saint O
  • Injection Of Orphans
    The hanging syringes have pictures of orphans wrapped around the label overlays the painting of the hand’s injection. Where is the relief?
  • Lap Top Boy
    Through the veil of a LCD display, people loosen up, feel more uninhibited, express themselves more openly. The Lap-Top Boy searches for answer
  • Emergence
    I read about a property of light, in which a light ray hit a surface and can not shine through at a critical angle, and reflects back on itself. I thought this property of physics was metaphoric about the journey we face as humans. Sometimes we have to reflect internally in order to emerge.
  • Sittin' On A Cloud
    A Western classic of a woman’s back, modernized with real bath towels used as the cloud.
  • Pupil Of Cosmic Discipline
    What is a pupil? The student, learns from a disciple, Yoga, internal discipline, cosmic tear, retina Circuitry, Hebrew letter Lamed.
  • Refulgence 1
    Her Turban unravels from her new found self.
  • A Prayer In Sacre Couer
    They say that Every time you look up to Sacre Coeur, someone says your prayer.
  • Unzip My Back
    The watchee became the watcher. And the dark of her spine, and the light of her skin. The hair came alive amidst the walls. Unzip the past.
 

 

Representations of Today's Ideas