Portfolio Ships

Im proud of this one here, from my portfolio series of forlorn ships. Ive hit upon something here that I'm going to continue until it just cant be done anymore. I find myself very attracted to the beauty of industrial and mechanical decay, especially in rendering the textures of oxidized metal and wood, and I continue to work some kind of a story into these. "Blame Not" is communicating the danger of misdirected hostility.

Open Studios

I will be showing some recent work at the SVA Senior Illustration Open Studios, May 5th from 5-8 pm, 380 2nd Avenue, 7th Floor. I hope to see some familiar and unfamiliar faces! Party to follow...

More Reflection on Kurdistan

Christian mountain rebels and the RAF. Im not sure what this means yet.

More Sinking Ships

Sinking Ships

This series is a comment on the state of current world affairs as a meditation on failure, expanding on a few previous paintings of abandoned and decrepit ship wrecks that symbolize our negative aptitudes. Acrylic on wood veneer.

Reflections on Kurdistan

These are the beginnings of a series about the history of Kurdistan, a war torn region dissolved and annexed by Iraq under Saddam Hussein. I want to make a connection between the atrocities of Saddam and the present state of Iraq under US occupation, and the violence and beauty in between.

Traditionally Digital Hermisphere Submarine Crabs

Two final versions, digitally colored and painted in acrylic. This seems obsessive, and probably wasn't worth the time, but I wanted to see how each would work. What do yall thank?

Bells and Whistles Final Sketch

The final sketch color comp for "Bells and Whistles". Could I make this into something more?An animation about handicapped marine life has never been done before...