In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb

In Like A Lion, Out Like A Lamb
2009, Acrylic on Canvas, 51x64 inches.

I like Smiling.

Throw Me The Butter
2009, Acrylic, Paper, and Cloth on Canvas. 24x48 inches

The Universe is Dank
2009, Acrylic, Pen, and Vinyl on Paper.

We Are At The Beginning
2009. Acrylic and Ink on Wood, 48x66 inches.

Series One

Beach, 2009.
Acrylic on Canvas
24x36 inches.

See You in Tees, 2009.
Acrylic on Canvas,
12x36inches.























Substantive One, 2009.
Acrylic on Canvas,
36x36 inches.

This small series, goes much further than I'll give myself credit for, or will even discuss at this point. Conceptually, it was formed over quite a few months of events, thoughts, writing etc. After 8 months or so, looking at these paintings is pretty funny, not because I think they're juvenile or old, but because the connotations attached to them. Essentially what I was doing in these paintings was creating an elaborate (dare I say, intellectual) way to incorporate some appropriate swear words into my paintings. In a critique sometime last spring I remember somebody mentioning how childish they were and how they reminded that person of a little kid being a "bad boy". As people started defending me and saying how the aesthetic and the concept was mature, I thought these reads were perfect. It made me realize that it was exactly what I was trying to do at that point in my life, and now that 8 months later I'm in a completely different situation I can laugh in a new way.

BITCH, CUNTS, and DICK.

It made me happy.

Smörgåsbord

Made in China.


Slow Children.
ATM Machine.
No Standing.

Visceral.
It's Political
It's Conceptual
It's Symbolic.




















It's Conceptual
2009. Acrylic on Canvas, 24x36 inches.



This piece will be a part of the 21st Annual
MassArt Auction this coming spring.
www.massartauction.com

on a completely different note:








NEGATIVE SPACE

I wish...

I wish I was better at writing so I wouldn't have to do it on canvas...
I wish I was better at painting so I wouldn't have to use text...