Five Frames instigated this mini-series. It’s about watching where you are going. Media: Oil-stencil on canvas Created: Summer 2015
This Area – 2015

Five Frames instigated this mini-series. It’s about watching where you are going. Media: Oil-stencil on canvas Created: Summer 2015
These paintings were made in and about my backyard. I applied glue to canvases I found on trash day driving home. I allowed the maple seeds (helicopters) to adhere to the surface and form texture. All six of these canvases when aligned at the bottom form a larger composition. The…
I got a stencil cutter. These are my first experiments using oil paint with stencils. These were all made more or less simultaneously. The pages were all laying out on the counter and i was attacking them from all sides. Soon and Now seems to have lingered after an exhibition…
This series began by tracing portions of the Chicago Police Beat Map onto canvas. The locations of the precinct headquarters are identified with stars. I wanted to identify locations in Chicago that I spend the most, some and very little time. I recently re-mixed these canvases by applying text. The…
I was doing a series of portraits. To warm up before each portrait I executed a fairly realistic version of one my favorite adapters. Once I got loosened up I would move onto the portrait. It wasn’t until much later that i started thinking of these paintings as portraits as…
For these oil-collages I tore up dimestre crime novels from the 40s I focused on the advertising near the end of the books. It reminded me of the adspace that i often have to design into my clients websites. I devided to execute some artworks that also had to be…
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CADWEST Studio eavesdropping – interjection – collaboration – SWEET
This video contains a dozen or so painting-animations. Some utilize some photo and video collage. The music is by the band 55 with whom I have made many recordings. I am playing bass on these tracks. Longer Version Abbreviated Version of my introduction to iPad drawing. This one includes…