Portraits

Actor. Mixed media.

Smiler. Mixed media.

Tori (white). Mixed media.

Tori (black). Mixed media.

Rock. Mixed media.

Blue. Mixed media.

Clown. Mixed media.

Persephone. Mixed media. Based on a photograph taken by Robyn Alison Meta.

Photographer. Mixed media.

Almost Divine. Mixed media.

My first forays into portrait painting began with my images of Michael Jackson for the Carrion exhibition.

Those images had a certain irreverance, and I wanted to take the painting skills I had learned with that project and apply them to paintings that were more traditional. Instead of using reproduced images such as magazine cuttings, I took photos of the subjects myself. I like to work with a variety of media - pencils, acrylics and spraypaint or whatever I find that can make an interesting mark on the paper. I have included photos of a few of the subjects to show how I take someone's likeness and manipulate it to create something new.

Commissions are welcome. I have worked on small black and white sketches up to life sized canvases. These artworks are for sale. Please contact me for more information or a quote.