The Bones Brothers
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No Bad Dreams
20 x 16
Apothic Dark
I used to pull "no bad dream balls" out of my pocket to sprinkle on my children's heads before they went to bed. They had quite a magical effect.
Can't Get it Out of My Head
45 x 60 dyptich
Guinness
Grasping tightly to the med bottle that keeps his head on straight and not focused on distractions.
Somebody Spoke and I Went Into a Dream.
11 x 14
Guinness Beer pour, copic marker, colored pencil and acrylic paint on cradled Aquabord. Ready to hang.
You Better Run
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30 x 40
Pinot Noir wine pour
Another Pink Floyd inspired piece. I was alternating with a Stephen King Audible book. What a combination!
You better run and make your face up in your favorite disguise
With your button down lips and your roller blind eyes
With your empty smile and your hungry heart
Feel the bile rising from your guilty past
With your nerves in tatters as the cockelshell shatters
And the hammers batter down your door
You better run.
There's Someone In My Head (but it's not me).
30 x 40
Apothic Dark wine pour
I was listening to Pink Floyd while working on this one, and the lyrics inspired the title. Sometimes we all have voices in our heads, to different degrees. Some good, some bad, and the trick is to know which ones to listen to.
Gamer
3rd Place, Strathmore Museum Juried Show, March 2023
22 x 30
Guinness beer pour
So many people playing video games, meeting their significant others on gaming platforms and jobs being created in the graphics world. This gamer is 1/2 himself and 1/2 his alter-ego while deeply involved in a game.
Sleeping Beauty
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20 x 16
Pinot Noir wine pour
Created while listening to Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King. A story about women catching a sleeping virus that caused moth webbing to grow over their faces.
I experimented with rubbing alcohol in this pour, to create the watercolor effect.
Catfish Bazaar
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40 x 30
Daring Escape Red wine pour
Bizarre catfish completed while listening to "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams" by Stephen King. Always the perfect accompaniment to working on pours.
Love Writes a Letter
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12 x 12
Dogfish Head WW Stout
Created on a deep panel with the words from "The Ballad of Love and Hate" written inside a fleeting heart.
Migratory
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22 x 30
Apothic Dark wine pour
Fish swim to warmer waters in the water. People pass from this world to the next.
Mr. Crabs
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12 x 12
Merlot wine pour
This pour is on a flat 12 x 12 panel with a painted acrylic background. Unframed.
The Queen Has Spoken
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30 x 40
Daring Escape Red wine pour
I almost added a cigarette hanging from her mouth. An old queen coming to the end of her reign.
Objectification
30 x 40
Pinot Noir
Suggesting the objectification of women and girls, starting at birth (see baby) into old age and death (see shrunken woman with hanging head) and everything in between. All ages, all races. A perfectly blonde, smiling woman or puppet dangles from a marionette string, held by a naked man and intently watched by another.
KaleidoChimp
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12 x 12
Merlot wine pour
Crazy, funky, kaleidoscopic chimpanzee.
This pour is on a flat 12 x 12 panel, unframed.
NeverMore
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12 x 12
Pinot Noir Wine Pour
I was never really insane except for the occasions when my heart was touched.
Ghost Rider
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16 x 20
Dogfish Head Wake Up World Wide Stout, marker, pencil
A fiendish rider rides a terrified horse through an audience of demons.
Kangaroo Court
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48" x 48"
Pinot Noir wine pour on canvas - framed
A giant kangaroo rides a happy bicycle through a ravaged city with the latest headlines about the Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs. Wade. An angelic RBG looks on disapprovingly.
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Espionage
Guinness beer pour, wine drops and collage elements
The news makes my head spin.
Down the Rabbit Hole
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40 x 30
Pinot Noir
Loosely based on Alice in Wonderland and the characters whirling toward a dizzying rabbit hole.
Get Off My Lawn!
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30 x 22
Pinot Noir wine pour
A pissed off man with a chicken butt and wings throwing fireballs at lawn encroachers. I said what I said.
Come Tomorrow
22 x 30
Guinness beer pour
Named for the Dave Matthew's song "Come Tomorrow"
Old man spat and cursed as he spoke
It's all going to hell and the whole world is broken
Little kid is busy making plans
Save the whole world along with that old man
It's far as I can see
A better way for you and me
Is to let the children run the show
Not too long and we'd be good to go
All the girls and boys would sing
Come tomorrow we get everything
So as long as we survive today
Come tomorrow, we're gonna find a way
Yeah, as far as I can see
We should let the children lead the way
Bang bang you're dead now could be real
I got a bag of smoke come on let's make a deal
Yeah, bridges burn but tomorrow is another day
To feed the world and then go outside and play
Yeah, farmers farm and dancers dance all night
Lovers love and the firefighters fight
Let the children run the show
Not too long and we'd be good to go
All the girls and boys would sing
Come tomorrow we get everything
So as long as we survive today
Come tomorrow, we're gonna find a way
Yeah, as far as I can see
We gotta let the children lead the way
Storms will rise out of innocent skies
Times will change as you let the children play the game
All the girls and boys would sing
Come tomorrow we get everything
So as long as we survive today
Come tomorrow, we're gonna find a way
All the girls and boys would sing
Come tomorrow we get everything
Rainy Day Blues
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12 x 12
Apothic Dark wine pour
Sitting in my booth at the beginning of an art show, watching the rain pour down.
Lefty
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12 x 12
19 Crimes
A lefty golfer apparently isn't that common. Found this out by being persuaded to watch a bit of the Masters. I remain unimpressed.
Off the High Dive
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12 x 12
19 Crimes
Summertime, and this pretty lady reminds me of my mother in law and her taste for adventure.
Love Tokens
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30 x 22
Apothic Dark wine pour
I can't give you anything but love (and bananas) baby.
display at Int'l All Media Juried Show, Walter Piehl Gallery, Minot, North Dakota
Candy-O
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40 x 30
Apothic Dark wine pour
Title from Candy-O by the Cars. And yes, a double-entendre with the pour.
Can be purchased from District Arts in Frederick MD.
Harley Duck
36 x 24
Apothic Dark wine pour
After the Marshall Tucker song, "Can't You See", Harley Duck cooly rides south.