The earlier landscape paintings from 2016 led to a return to using figurines. The male ‘action hero’ dolls proved to be excellent models — the life-like faces and absurdly maneuverable bodies gives them a puzzling ambiguity — are these paintings still-life or figurative?
Animal figurines and ceramics are being revisited in the most recent paintings.
PENGUIN ON TABLE
24X36IN. oil on canvas 2018
PENGUIN ON BED-SHEET
16X24IN. oil on canvas 2018
SITTING PIG ON TABLE
12X40IN. oil on canvas 2018
PIG FIGURINE ON TABLE WITH CURTAIN (in progress)
12X26IN. oil on canvas
BRASS ARMADILLO ON CLOTH
20X16IN. oil on canvas 2018
BRASS ARMADILLO ON TABLE
24X38IN. oil on canvas 2018
PLASTIC ELEPHANT AND PLANT SHADOWS
8X30 oil on canvas 2017
detail from OTTER, PENGUIN, AND CERAMICS ON CLOTH (destroyed)
PLASTIC ELEPHANT ON CARPET WITH HOUSE PLANT SHADOWS
20X38IN. oil on canvas 2017
detail from PLASTIC ELEPHANT ON CARPET WITH PLANT SHADOWS
PIG’S POLITICS — PLASTIC PIGS ON SIDEWALK
12X42IN. oil on canvas 2017
detail from PIG’S POLITICS — PLASTIC PIGS ON SIDEWALK
TOY DINOSAUR ON TABLE WITH PLANT SHADOWS
16X54IN. oil on canvas 2017
detail from TOWERING CLOUD AND CERAMIC FIGURINE
42X22IN. oil on canvas 2017
detail from TOWERING CLOUD AND CERAMIC FIGURINE
ACTION DOLL AND SHADOWS (third version))
14X40IN. oil on canvas 2017
ACTION DOLL PORTRAIT
22X24IN. oil on canvas
HEAD AND SHADOWS
12X22IN. oil on canvas
ACTION HERO — RAISED LEGS
16X48IN. oil on canvas
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detail from ACTION HERO LYING ON SIDE (first version)
MALE DOLL ON GROUND — ARMS UP
12X40IN. oil on canvas
MALE DOLL ON GROUND — ARMS UP
ACTION HERO
22X26IN. oil on canvas
CERAMIC FIGURINE AND TULIP SHADOWS
14X46IN. oil on canvas
detail from CERAMIC FIGURINE AND TULIP SHADOWS
PLASTIC MEERKAT AND CERAMIC FIGURINE
12X40 IN. oil on canvas 2016
