Work for Lyrics, Lines, and Words Artist Residency

 I get to show and reside in the Honest Friend Brewing Company with Larry Doyle, and Carolyn Slebodnik.  We have worked on projects together and separately for 15+ years.

Most of my new work is tedious at best.  So the opportunity to show with my friends allowed me to focus on words and images that are fleeting and prophetic at times. 

The style that I reverted to is one of a black ground, then latex house paint negative space, followed by dry brush and text play.  

Working like this was freeing. It allowed me to get out of my head and into the work in the moment.

Hyper mythology

Hyper mythology is the instantaneous creation of myths, keeping known myths in mind, based on cues, omens, mystery, or magical events that are inexplainable or fantastical.  

When customs and rituals die, what replaces them?

 Paying attention to instances huge and tiny. Why do they puzzle me, why i can’t explain them with logic or learned experience. I’m trying to find magic in every day occurrences and turn them into living art.

This new work revolves around the natural world, human interaction, and mystery.

Technically this work is the collision of art and comics.

“You already know about alchemy. It is about penetrating to the Soul of the World, and discovering the treasure that has been reserved for you.”

- Paulo Coelho

Pink Rabbit Soliloquy. Acrylic on Panel.  16x20 2026

Margaret. Acrylic on canvas. 2026

“El Destructo dreams of Blue Horses.” 2025. Acrylic on Panel

In the Belly of the Beast.  2023

“I don’t have the sea, but I have you. (After Hokusai and Woods) 2024

Acrylic and watercolor on panel.

                                     “The Pause.” Acrylic on panel. 2025  

The Parent Trap #2. Acrylic on Canvas panel. 2025

Art Teacher as Art Teacher

As an art teacher, I am afforded a position of influence that can be far reaching. An art teacher can be the creative capital in a school building. The ideas presented in an art class can and should come to play in English, Social Studies, and Math classes. I am not talking about making posters for those classes

How do I inspire kids?

History...

I don't rely on the Gardner's History of art to turn my students on to making work. I find local artists and contemporary artists who are creating work that is technically tight and full of style.

Silkscreen by Clinton Reno Stencil Art by Stephanie Rond

Sketchbooks...

Ideas come from the fusion of things we know with newfound knowledge, Innovation requires skill creating an amalgamation of experiences.

I model what I want my students to do. I work in my sketchbook daily. The sketchbook allows me to get an idea on the page, allows me to pull together a tight thumbnail(small) sketch that fills a composition easily and quickly, allows me to render, alter, and build imagery that

Nothing New Under the Sun...

I want my students to be original in their creations. I want them to innovate in their imagery and ideas. Teaching drawing and painting skills with the aim of mastery of the principles and elements of art is a large part of finding an original voice. I want them to know the rules before they break them and/or use them for