Fall Show Rising I am delighted and honored to be one of the artists represented in Fall Show Rising. As a former North Beach resident who left in 1992, it feels great to return to North Beach at Ron and Rebecca request. While I have lived in many places worthy of reflection, including London, Washington DC, Tokyo and Los Angeles, my memories of living in this neighborhood live in life-soaked, warm-blooded ecstasy, and I call them forward when country life needs a jolt of ever-exhilierating urbanity---the stars are great and everything, but I do thrive on creative culture, which can sometimes be a bit out of reach when one is, to quote Chicken John, ���a big fish in a thimble���! My work is inspired by my life philosophy that all things are an embodiment of art, and therefore deserve to be treated as such. I use recycled objects, materials and products whenever possible, and I welcome your feedback, commissions, and inspirations. |
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Transparency This piece was created on a wood dowel I found discarded in a woodshop, so the piece was inspired by the man and his tools, and the see-through vision obsessive necessity of it all! |
Monkey Choices I���ve thought a lot about trains, and the linear, yet circuitous directions they take us. This shows two women, a chain, observant flowers, and of course, a ���man��� in the middle...hmmm., choices. |
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Her Greed for Dignity Yes, this tiny wonder is meant to be for her. A journey of love and learning, of cameos and strawberries, she is meant to be alive. |
bookman old meets venice beach, dining along the cusp of puberty mixed media/assemblage: trader Joe���s chocolate tin, paper, acrylic |
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Innocence Metamorphose Still on the same obsession, here she is with the house and the moon, looking at her dreams as she made them then. |
Soft woman, savage beauty Ah, the soft repose, the warm fire, the meditating juggler and hungry hummingbird make it all worth standing in for a while. |
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Soul Paint mixed media/assemblage: old sign, paper, acrylic, 12��� x 6���, 2010 The doorway to the soul lives in the sun, and it is our choice to open the door and visit our potential. yet the monkey body doesn���t always go along with it all, still the fruit is ripe, and the body is willing. |
It���s Raining Flowers This piece was created on an old holly hobby wood laminate from the 70s, so the idea came naturally! |
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skywatcher porn mixed media/assemblage: trader Joe���s chocolate tin, paper, acrylic |
House on water mixed media/assemblage: scrapwood, paper, acrylic |
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Talking back TV The struggle to make one���s own |
The Joy of Suburbia This is where I came from, the half-hearted happy drunkenness of stripmall life, yet Van Gogh is there with his bedroom, and you know Jung is lurking in there somewhere! |
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Falling From Sky |
sitting on the moon mixed media/assemblage: tin, paper, acrylic |
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