Current
Work
I am working within the tradition of painting, extending the expressive grammar and vocabulary of that ever evolving visual language.
This body of work explores the blurry terrain between the physical and virtual worlds we simultaneously inhabit. The interplay of these realms is made palpable as physical material is confused with digital representation and distortion: A piece of fabric melds into a its digital doppelganger; a torn page is confused with an image of ripped paper, illusions of three dimensions are intermingled with actual depth. All of this is woven into multilayered compositions I have constructed in a way that is loosely parallel to musical composition.
My studio/gallery in Guerneville California showing a few of the works highlighted below.
Full Ochestra I
8'X8'
Sculpted Ink jet prints, fabric, paint on Gatorboard
2024
This was the breakthrough piece. Illusions and displacements are woven into a strong structure It has visual rhythm, motion and depth.
Twp details showing the semi sculptural effect. The metaphor of being "torn up" seems to resonate.
Multiverse I
42"X51"
Sculpted Inkjet prints, fabric, ink on Gatorboard
2024
This smaller piece is more like a song than a symphony.
Multiverse II
42"X52"
Sculpted Inkjet prints, acrylic
2024
Shown as a pair, these two pieces form a sort of jazz call and response..
Click on the image to see a video exploration to the song "Right by You" by Justin Nozuka
Sweetheart
8'X8'
Sculpted Ink jet prints on paper and silk, oil stick, ink, fabric
2025
The muted tones of this piece allow for a complexity that would otherwise be overwhelming. It plays out in an a mixture of real and illusional depth. The layers of materials amount to about an inch of depth. "Real" shadows interplay with replicas. This piece was intentionally composed of the sorts of rhythms, repetitions and variations characteristic of musical composition. Strong large scale structure contains and controls the smaller patterns and movements. It was made in the aftershock of the suicide of a very close friend and is dedicated to him.
Sweetheart Detail
Full Orchestra II
8'X8'
Sculpted Ink jet prints, fabric, oil stick, ink and acriylic on Gatorboard
2026
This piece began as an attempt to make small improvements in Fall Orchestra I for its inclusion in a show of the Weber Collection at the Katzen Center for the Arts in Washington DC. The process very soon developed a life of it's own.
Full Orchestra II details
Rumble
42"X53"
Sclupted archival prints and fabric, mounted on Gatorboard, with lighting
2026
This section extracted from Full Orchestra II became a piece on it's own, where lighting is very much part of the piece.
Untitled
Vellum, printed silk, ink, pencil on wall
10'X5'
2024
Stance
7'X4'
Printed silk, vellum and ink on wall
2021
The urge toward sculpture sometimes eludes the rectangle and emerges from the wall.
Bicycle
5'X5'
IScultpted ink jet prints on paper and silk, objects, charcoal on wall
2021
Click on the Image to see a video to the music of YS
Light Waves
Printed silk and velum, ink, fan
3'X10'
2024
Landscape I
4'X5'
Layered ink jet prints on paper and silk
2023
This simple two layer piece combines two different images to produce a landscape.
Video about:
Likelife
42" X 53"
Sculpted Ink Jet Prints
2025
Illusions are woven into almost all of my work in one form or another. In this case it's a pretty straight forward play. In other cases the illusions are woven into more complex metaphorical composItions. For me uncertainty is fundamental.