finishing touches on my show

me in black and white

i love black and white photos, drawings, paintings. jason took this photo of me outside Bari Ristorante e Enoteca

my show is coming soon at material gallery, all of the work is black and white.

Carnival ladies

I took these photos at the Delta Fair. I have always loved sideshows & circus "freak" shows, hence my love for the photographs of the great Diane Arbus.

I did some research and found that these banners were painted by Takeshi Yamada.

another sneak

a sneak peek at a small portion of one of my new sumi ink paintings for my show at material in october.

detail shot of "with your feet in the air and your head on the ground",

sumi ink on paper.

studio time

a sneak peek at one of my new paintings for my show at material, opening on october 8.

sumi ink on paper, 23" X 29".

titled "this time will be the last time".

chair

the image in this painting is adapted from british pop artist Allen Jones' sculpture also titled "chair". i used gouache and graphite on wrinkled paper mounted to a pink wood panel, 8 " X 8".

here are some of Jones' sculptures from 1969, chair and table. i can relate to these for sure.

Art for Earth's Sake

This is my painting for Emily Walls' show, Art for Earth's Sake- an auction to raise funds for folks impacted by the gulf oil spill. The event is this Friday, July 30 at 6:00, Marshall Arts, near Sun Studios in downtown Memphis.

The painting is watercolor and sumi ink on wood, 8" X 8 " and is titled "This is planet earth".