Works on Paper
Regarding the titles of the drawings … they are not related to the imagery of the works. I develop them as a separate creation. The idea of titles for my visual art never appealed to me, my art was meant to be solely a visual experience inviting the viewer’s personal interpretation. I didn’t want to force interpretations about the work.
After completing my first painting in undergraduate school it was suggested that I consider a title, and after short contemplation I jokingly said Genesis as it was in a way the beginning. Since then the titles have evolved to become small stories in themselves and I think of them as a side art form. Art writer Kate Regan In her catalogue essay for my touring exhibition WAR STORIES FOR CHILDREN AND ART STORIES FOR ADULTS referred to the titles as “little known art factoids”. I think that is a good description of them.
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There Was an Old PO-MO Artist Who Lived in a Shoe, She Set Fire to It and That Drew a Crowd, 2018, 28×31 inches
Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick, Jack Jump Over the Curator’s Stick, 2018, 28×34 inches
Little Bo Peep Kept Losing Her Sheep Ever Since Mr. D. Hirst Moved in Next Door, 2017, 31×32 inches
Word Spread Quickly When One of the Locals Found Out About Goldilocks and the Three Tart Tongued Tommies, 2017, 26×37 inches
Little Boy Blue, Red and Yellow, What an Arty Fellow!, 2017, 27×34 inches
Jack Was Terribly Disappointed in the Result of the Magic Art Beans He Received From the Famous Art Guys Art School, 2017, 27×35 inches
HUMPTY DUMPTY HAD A GREAT FALL AND ALL THE KING’S MEN SAID, “WELL THAT’S A LOT OF EGG TEMPERA”, 2017, 40 x 42 inches
MRS. SPRAT FOUND THE LARDER A BIT SPARSE SINCE JACK’S RECENT FRIENDSHIP WITH JOSEPH B., 2017, 33 x 48 inches
Untitled #934, 2015, 30 x 22 inches
IT’S EASY ‘CAUSE YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL, 2014, 22 x 28 inches
NEMMENO UNA LACRIMA (NOT EVEN A TEAR), 2014, 30 x 38 inches
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU, 2014, 32 x 42 inches
SO I DON’T HAVE TO DREAM ALONE, 2014, 32 x 39 inches
I FOUND MY WORLD IN YOU!, 2014, 30 X 40 inches
Untitled #905, 2014, 30 x 35 inches
Untitled #896, 2013, 22 x 27 inches
Untitled #894, 2013, 27 x 22.5 inches
