Risorius

Risorius, 2012. 12" x 16". Acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal on canvas paper.

The risorius retracts the angle of the mouth to produce a smile, albeit an insincere-looking one that does not involve the skin around the eyes.

Pattern: Plaid Fawn

Plaid Fawn, 2012. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

Violence of Medea I: For Glauce

Violence of Medea I: For Glauce, 2012. 21" x 34". Acrylic on cardboard.

My 200th post! It's like celebrating your 200th conversation with yourself! Yay! You're crazy!

The painting here is another in the Jason cycle I've been doting on recently. It is the first part of Medea descent into rage and violence. The golden dress was poisoned by her and given to the paramour of Jason, Glauce. Anytime the garment came in contact with sunlight it would burst into inextinguishable flame. It took the lives of both Glauce and her father King Creon.

Liminal Ram

Liminal Ram, 2011. 18" x 24". Pencil, acrylic, oil pastel, chalk and gold flake on paper.

This is another addition to the series on Jason and the Argonauts. Depicted here is the Golden Fleece. The ram who's pelt Jason quested to find. Emblazoned on the male sheep's head is a the female reproductive system. The uterus and cervix in pink on it's forehead. The fallopian tubes below the horns terminate in the ram's ears. The eyes become ovaries. While Jason labored to legitimize his royal seat by obtaining the Golden Fleece my wife and I have struggled with conceiving a child. The problem is mainly on my end and it weights heavy upon me. The words "fallo" and "child birth" can be seen scrawled at the bottom of the page. Fallo in Spanish can mean "failure". I used it as a hint for fallopian tubes to find the reproductive system hidden in the face.

Dear Art

Dear Art, 2011. 18" x 24". Pencil, oil pastel, chalk on paper.