Dirty Business

This piece is a combination of materials: oil and acrylic paint, brass plate, steel chain, steel wire, canvas, paper, foam, epoxy resin, adhesive, primer, gesso, and wood. It measures 29" x 44.5", though portions of the wall on which it hangs can be seen within its space. Film geeks may recognize that the painting on the brass plate is a scene from The Godfather, moments before Al Pacino's character, Michael Corleone, kills Sollozzo.

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Doodle of the Day - The Perils of the Sea Turtle

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Doodle of the Day - The Peril of the Panda

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Something of a Superman

Here is a recent painting that I doubt anyone would want to hang in his or her living room -- or anywhere else in the house. But I did not paint it as part of an interior design scheme. The portion of prose is a page appropriated from The Fall by Albert Camus.

Something of a Superman, 40" x 36", oil, acrylic primer, gesso, paper, canvas, 2014.

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The Dawn Of Digital Life

Synthetic biology, aka "digital life", can be described as editing DNA like software in a computer. Recent advances "have enabled scientists to make new sequences of DNA from scratch. By combining these advances with the principles of modern engineering, scientists can now use computers and laboratory chemicals to design organisms that do new things--like produce biofuels or excrete the precursors of medical drugs." For more info, see: synbioproject.org.

But the world of biosynthesis is, and will be, abounding with conflict.

Synthetic Biology, 48" x 36", oil, acrylic primer, gesso, paper, canvas, 2014.

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Doodle of the Day - Doctor Watson, the Genius

Watson is the IBM robot supercomputer which will supposedly revolutionize medicine. Watson apparently helps diagnose sicknesses by instantly surveying all available literature and patients' files, then making recommendations for treatments to the doctors.

This is how I foresee it playing out . . .

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Doodle of the Day - That Little Monster

I wonder how the dog whisperer would diagnose this behavior that I witnessed at starbucks yesterday...

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Doodle of the Day - The Postmodern Genius

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The Woman Behind The Curtain

Continuing on the theme of combining language with image…

Woman Behind A Curtain, 44" x 32", oil on paper on canvas.

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Doodle of the Day - Being Judgmental

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Revolver

30" x 24", oil on steel panel, 2014.

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Doodle of the Day - I Saw The Sign

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#Isawthesign

Doodle of the Day - The Great Escape

Aww, the poor creature...

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#thegreatescape #escapetocanada

Doodle of the Day - My Lion

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Doodle of the Day - Finding Bigfoot

He might be out there...

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The Scream

The Scream, 44" x 32", oil on paper on canvas, 2014.

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Shades of Grey, Untitled

Untitled, 24" x 36", oil on steel panel, 2014.

Edvard Munch, the artist who painted The Scream, apparently said: "Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye...it also includes the inner pictures of the soul." The quote sounds a bit cliche today, but I find truth in the value of nature to an artist. Nature is an essential resource; it erases all false constructs and shows the truth of our existence.

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Doodle of the Day - The Devil Among Us

Are your friends a bad influence? . . .

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Breakthrough

Breakthrough, 30" x 24", oil on steel panel, 2014.

Similar to wood panel or acrylic panel, the steel panel differs from canvas because it is more sensitive in revealing brush strokes and texture. The steel offers a neutral gray which is a good starting point for a painting, while also providing a sheen or glimmer behind thin layers of paint.

Unfortunately, the steel sheen is lost on the computer image. Also keep in mind that every computer screen has a different color balance and brightness/contrast settings, so the image above is not an exact replication of the painting.

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Doodle of the Day - Standing Tall

In the storm...

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