mixed media on canvas

mixed media on found panel

48" x48"

48" x 48"

mixed media on canvas

 The day of longing to be a father has come, and with it contemplation and insecurity of my own knowledge and preparation to that end.  This piece confronts the idea of who I am and who my son will see me as.

mixed media on canvas

I remember my baptism in the backyard hot tub of my older sister's boyfriend.  The smell of the chlorinated water and the feel of the cover on my hands. This concept of change, of magic beyond my understanding.  There were two bodies of water; the one in my head and the one with the nylon cover and chlorinated water.

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the white hats never intriqued me; they were alwyas plastic and gave me a sense of dishonesty.  As a boy I thought that I was secretly enlightened to know that the white hats were never the real heroes but some western version of a scam artist with pearl handled guns. I had a black cowboy hat, but I would have prefered a headress.

mixed media on canvas

my mother is a mountain.  as a boy i played at her feet with my matchbox cars. she looks at all of us like we are only children. 

mixed media on canvas

10" x 12"

10" x 12" 

mixed media on canvas

12" x 14"

mixed media on canvas

10" x 12"

mixed media on canvas

mixed media on found wood

36" x 48"
mixed media on canvas

I would be true, for there are those who trust me;
I would be pure, for there are those who care;
I would be strong, for there is much to suffer;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare;
I would be brave, for there is much to dare.

Excerpt from H.A. Walter's hymn I Would Be True

18" x 24"

mixed media on panel