Where's the boss? Painting

Comics, pain,ngs on a wall—a familiar presenta,on, twisted and blended, the edges between the two blurred, so that the familiar becomes strange and surprising. My new work incorporates mul,ple art forms (cartoons, comix, pain,ng, scien,fic illustra,on, illuminated manuscripts), mul,ple mediums (pencil, ink, shellac, egg tempera, enamel, water miscible oils), and mul,ple conceptual frameworks that allow me to explore a mul,plicity of ideas (poli,cal, philosophical, cultural, etc.) from mul,ple points of view. It issues an invita,on to interpreta,on through learned methodologies as well as a hindrance to easy interpreta,on that encourages a new way of looking at visual art. The pain,ngs themselves both look “like pain,ngs” and like the original artwork for comics. Challenges to the ar,st’s/author’s authority are not only welcome but encouraged; meaning is mysterious and oIen obfuscated (some,mes literally, as when words are erased or covered over or blend into one another). The pain,ngs are begun in the tradi,onal method of glue/chalk gesso on wood panel, and the framework for the work is the comics panel. Within that framework elements from pain,ng, illustra,on, comics, comix, cartoons, illuminated manuscripts, and other ar,facts are added and juxtaposed, as are the various mediums associated with those art forms. The current series, Retablos of Lamenta,on from the Future, incorporates elements of the single panel daily comic strip, retablos, genre pain,ngs, and the idea of moral symbolism and personal devo,on from Dutch s,ll life pain,ngs from the 17th century.

Painting:Oil on Wood

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:13 W x 14.5 H x 1 D in

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