The drawings on this page were all created using art markers.  I enjoy using art marker as a medium as it has a painterly quality because it's blending characteristics.  The six grayscale images are part of a 10 piece commissioned series of horror/suspense genre movies.  Clicking on any of the series will take you to the "progression" page for the piece that shows the work in progress.  All of the series are 8 1/2" x 11".  The final piece on this page is a portrait from a photograph, and is 11" x 15". 

Sculpture has been a relatively new exploration for me.  I've always tended to traditional mediums such as painting and drawing. 

The first sculpture is "American Mis-Steak."  Gun ownership and gun deaths are as much a part of the American culture as BBQ and steak.  We've embraced them so deeply, that trying to change would almost be destroying the fabric of the American dream.  This sculpture is made of air dry clay, bullet casings, acrylic paint, foam tray, and plastic wrap.

The second sculpture is "Shrimp Phone: Ode to a Lobster." It's my riff on the famous Dali Lobster Phone.  The clay shrimp is attached to the receiver of a working 1940s era rotary dial phone.  The shrimp's antennae are wire.

The third sculpture is actually an interactive display.  It's called "Lance's Devils Wheel" and is a working zoetrope.  The purpose of the device is to demonstrate the rise and fall of Lance Armstrong, from him conquering cancer, to his wins on the Tour De France, and ultimately, his disgrace on Oprah. The base of the sculpture is a stationary bicycle built from scrap wood, and painted with the American flag on one side, and the Texas flag on the other.  The arm that holds the zoetrope is decoupaged with scenes from Lance's rise and fall.  Finally, the zoetrope contains 24 stills from Lance's interview with Oprah.  When the device is pedaled, the images appear to be animated to the rider.  At some point, I will upload a video of the animation.

The final piece on this page is "Manufactured Heirloom."  The piece is paper mache on a wood and chicken wire frame. The "face" is a Fresnel lens that is meant to magnify a looping video of Christmas for me at the age of 1.  In the wagon is a collection of 8mm home movies from that era of my life.  

I've always enjoyed drawing, and I've tried to highlight some of my favorite pieces on this page.  They are a mix of charcoal, pencil, brush pen, and colored Conte crayon.

I've included several paintings that I've worked on over the last few years.

"If you see something, say something."  This my election year art.  I've been carrying around this idea for several years - that is to riff on the absurdity of the statement "If you see something, say something." I feel like it's a masturbatory fantasy for all of the security hawks that are out there painting this scary vision of the future. I wanted to embody that in old 50s cartoon wolf drooling over a woman in her burka, seeing through to a bandolier of T-N-T.  With the emergence of Trump, it was a natural progression of this idea to target his xenophobic, misogynist, and racist messages.  

"Ian Surfaces" is a painting from photograph, that attempts to capture the liquidity of a pool surface.  

"Koi Pond" is a nod to M.C. Escher's "Three Worlds."  The shadow box shows 3 distinct layers: that of the surface (plexiglass), the swimming fish and leaf (watercolor), and the pond bottom (also watercolor).  

"Ma Belle Etoile et Son Chien" is a painting from photograph.  Again, watercolor.

Paper cutting is new to me, and what you see on this page are experiments in the medium.  I wanted to flatten the colors of photographs and cut them into layers of paper.  The end result is a stack of paper, some 40 sheets thick.  It has a bit of a paint-by-numbers feel to it, but I like it.  I want to explore this on a larger scale with paint at some point in the future.

Just some photographs from travels around the world.  Many thanks the fine folks who make cool filters for the iPhone! :)