Moods

oil, rubber bands, masking tape, electric tape, marker, string, plastic ants, band aid, paint brush bristles, paint brush handle, brown recluse spider, moth, plaster on canvas
24"x30"

This was my first oil painting - ever - re-worked a bit. I like it better now. What do you think?

Composition with Woman and Chair
oil on canvas
40" x 30"

This is an oil painting that I did in 2003 in honor of two of my greatest artistic influences. It is my own composition made from a combination of VanGogh's Chair with Pipe and Picasso's Femme Assise dans un Fauteuil Rouge (Woman in a Red Armchair). I created a collage out of pictures of the two great paintings and then copied the collage onto the canvas. I learned a lot by doing this piece: specifically, I had the opportunity to absorb the techniques of two great artists at the same time.