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Early Works on Paper

1991 - 2004

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Although the bulk of my early works on paper were destroyed in an apartment flood many years ago, these 31 drawings (plus a single monotype) still represent my true foundation; providing me with a voice, while also guiding me toward the brush and canvas.

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black and white, surreal prismacolor drawing of a male figure reflecting as a woman in the mirror

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an expressionistic depiction of person in a womblike state, cradled inside a box

Retreating Inward

1993

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a clockwise collection of spontaneous mental impressions, extracted from the surface of the unconscious as I waited for the school bell to ring

Just Killing Time

1993

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an imaginary still life of a potato with peeling skin, displayed on a cloth covered table that is mounted on top of a chiseled stone; rendered in white Prismacolor on black paper

Potato with Peeling Skin

1993

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an expressionistic chalk pastel drawing of a male figure holding a flower (in false hope) while positioned inside a plant support in an empty plant bed

Unharvested Affection

1994

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a surrealistic landscape that directly reflects a loss of direction, during the work's creation; depicted as a fractured foreground that is crumbling (in real time)

Unconscious Fragments

1993

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a surrealistic depiction of "nocturnal pleasures", alluding to appetite and desire

Nighttime Reverie

1993

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a playfully surrealistic male figure with a large fork protruding from his belly button

Gluttony

1994

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a headless broken body that is devoid of identity and intimacy, seeming to slowly trickle from a black hole

Black Hole

1995

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a surrealistic rendering of the exposed bed of a canyon, carved by a flood of unfulfilled fantasy and revealing the rugged psychological landscape formed by rejection

Geo-Erotic Formations

1993

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a frenetically rendered ink drawing of the artist, sitting on a staircase at his high school, contemplating the future

On the Stairs, Thinking

1993

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a playful landscape with surreal elements; inspired by an uneventful bathroom visit, where the artist found himself staring out the window, daydreaming

Bathroom Daydream

1998

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