Methamphetamine Consumed my Lady

Methamphetamine Consumed my Lady, Oil on canvas, 2007 $500

This is a piece I did for the Effects of Addiction exhibit at Western Michigan University. I used the Mona Lisa as my subject in the context of a Methamphetamine addiction because she is the classic image of beauty and I felt that it helped deliver my message on how this addiction can distort peoples facial features.

City Glance

City Glance, marker on masonite, 4x2', 2002 $300

This is a piece that I did back in high school. I think that this was the first piece where i really started defining my style. This was actually done after a song I wrote about a lonely bloke who goes for a walk and meets eyes with a lovely gal, haha, it was called "angels glance." Anyways, thats where I got the idea for this piece.

"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"

"Toto, Ive a felling we're not in Kansas anymore.", Etching, 8x10", 2006 $70
This piece is the first etching that I have ever done. I did a series of 8 and have sold 1, which leaves 7 still up for grabs!

I came up with this piece after watching the movie and wondering, "What if Dorothy got abducted by aliens instead of being swept away by a tornado?"

I should make a movie....

Smoke Break

Smoke Break is a two panel piece that I am currently working on. I still have a lot of back round detail that I have to get done yet, so it is really only 70% done but I thought I would put it up here anyways. It is oil on Masonite.

Midnight Snack

Midnight Snack, oil on wood 5X5', 2007 $500

Midnight Snack was created for an assignment in my advanced painting class at Western Michigan University. The requirement for this assignment was to create a piece that had to do with food. I have always enjoyed painting people in a stylized manner and creating a theatrical scene. This piece for me is the beginning of a new style that I am going to be working in.
This piece obviously has to do with obesity and the food corporations that help create this problem. I wanted to create a scene that would draw the viewer in and give them lots of visuals to look at. Since my art has been described as theatrical, I like to put certain 'props' that help tell the story of the scene.