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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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a sensual outline of the female form, conceptually displayed in a glass showcase (for all to see)

Contour Study 01

1998

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abstract expressionistic impression of a ghostly figure appearing to shush noise, pulled from a printing ink impression on glass, in monochromatic red-violet hues

Whispering (Monotype)

2001

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the depiction of a nude male figure draped over his own knees, loosely rendered to convey movement and/or a sense of drama through the use of simple, unmeditated lines.

Figurative Ink Sketch

2002

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a loosely rendered contour drawing of the female form, appearing to lie on her stomach while propped up on her elbows, as if reading a book

Contour Study 02

1998

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a surrealistic female figure who appears to be offering someone (we can't see) a balloon, but without any further context or clues

The Balloon

2002

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a realistically rendered, white Prismacolor drawing of a flowering tiger lily, composed on black paper

Tiger Lily

2004

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a study and close-up detail of a woman's stomach and thighs, the starting point for what later developed into a surreal and psychoanalytic oil painting

Study: for "In the Recesses of My Repression"

2000

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a surrealistic depiction of a flowering female figure that unconsciously represents the artist in nonbinary expression

Blossoming

2002

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