PORTRAITS
Every person is different, and any person is different from moment-to-moment. I use every trick in my gigantic 30 year bag of tricks to paint a person as I see and feel them in the moment. They're all different, they're all experiments, and I'm not done until I'm looking at myself.
- Title: Mirror (Diptych)
- Size: 24x48"
- Medium: Acrylic Mediums on Canvas
- Year: 2021
REALIST PORTRAITS
I think my portraits come out more illustrative by nature, which as a former Illistrator, it makes sense. Having and developing roots in Classical Realist technique is one of the four main pillars of my unique visual language.
![Didi (Menendez)]()
- Title: Didi (Menendez)
- Size: 32x40 in.
- Medium: Acrylic Washes on Canvas
- Year: 2016
- Title: Mirror 2 (Diptych)
- Size: 24x24"
- Medium: Acrylic Mediums on Canvas
- Year: 2021
![Mooji]()
- Title: Mooji
- Size: 8x8 in.
- Medium: Acrylic Washes on Canvas
- Year: 2020
HYBRID PORTRAITS
Capturing a likeness has been an Artform since the cavemen. Through the merging and breaking apart the genres of Impressionism, Classical technique, Watercolor wash and the myriad of Design principles, I try to capture people as they are, in my own unique language.
![Pablo In A House Dress]()
Title: Pablo In A House Dress
- Size: 48x48 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2013-18
![Self Portrait]()
- Title: Self Portrait
- Size: 48x48 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2013
![Redman]()
- Title: Redman (Kara)
- Size: 24x24 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2015
![John Lewis]()
- Title: John Lewist
- Size: 24x24 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2021
The Brownbacks are a series of 8 political/historical figures and are on permanent display in Atlanta, City Hall.
![Harriet Tubman - Brownback]()
Title: Harriet Tubman - Brownback
- Size: 48x48
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2016
- Collection: City Of Atlanta
![Fredrick Douglass]()
Title: Fredrick Douglass - Brownback
- Size: 48x48
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2016
- Collection: City Of Atlanta
![Teddy Roosevelt]()
Title: Teddy Roosevelt - Brownback
- Size: 48x48
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2016
- Collection: City Of Atlanta
BLUEBACK PORTRAITS
Like the Brownbacks, Political figures as an intended series for and intended audience... and an excuse to paint in different ways. You're not supposed to do it. I made this language up for this Series.
![MLK Blueback Portrait]()
MLK - Blueback Portrait
- Size: 24x18 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2022
![RBG Blueback Portrait]()
RBG - Blueback Portrait
- Size: 24x18 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2022
![Harriet Tubman Blueback Portrait]()
Harriet Tubman - Blueback Portrait
- Size: 24x18 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2022
![Abraham Lincoln Blueback Portrait]()
Abraham Lincoln - Blueback Portrait
- Size: 24x18 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2022
I'd rather paint 1 person 99 different ways than paint 99 different people the same way. For this thought-form, though it may take a lifetime, Abraham Lincoln is my first muse.
Title: Lincoln No.6
- Size: 48x48""
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2016
![Red Lincoln]()
Title: Red Lincoln/h3>
- Size: 30x24"
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2016
- Collection: Aaron Freiwald
STRIPE-BACK PORTRAITS
This was an experimental background I played around with from 2012-2015. I just like the idea of making the background sit in front of the foreground.
![Second Ben Franklin]()
Title: Second Ben Franklin
- Size: 48x48
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2012
- Collection: John & Susan Krimigis
![Leonard Bias]()
Title: Leonard Bias
- Size: 48x48
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2012
FRIDA AS
I love Frida Kahlo. I like to paint her as other people.
![Frida As Geisha]()
Frida As Geisha
- Size: 48x48
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2014-2018
![Frida As Lady]()
Frida As Lady
- Size: 48x48
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2014
![Frida As Superman]()
Frida As Superman
- Size: 48x48
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2014
ICON PORTRAITS
This is my first Portrait Series from 2013, introducing portraits into my repertoire. I started at the beginning. The most simple. Marilyn and Madonna with different moles.
![Marilyn Monroe Icon Portrait]()
Marilyn Monroe Icon Portrait
- Size: 24x24 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2013
![Madonna Icon Portrait]()
Madonna Icon Portrait
- Size: 24x24 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2013
![Poet Icon Portrait]()
Poet Icon Portrait
- Size: 24x24 in.
- Medium: Mixed Water Based
- Year: 2013
Self Portrait Template
This is my first Self Portrait. 2012.
![self-portrait-template1-ras]()
Self Portrait Template
- Size: 32x24 in.
- Medium: China Marker on Panel
- Year: 2012
