Wine Drinker

Wine Drinker, 2015. 12" x 16". Pastel, gesso, oil stick, and acrylic on canvas.

Paradise B(loss)om

Paradise B(loss)om , 2015. 10" x 10". Acrylic, pencil, on canvas. 


With loss of Eden 
     - first few lines of Milton's Paradise Lost


1.        These passed, if any pass, the void profound 
2.        Of unessential night receives him next, 
3.        Wide-gaping, and with utter loss of being 
4.        Threatens him, plunged in that abortive gulf. 
    - from Book II

MILTON (Memory Loss)

MILTON (Memory Loss), 2015. 10" x 10". Acrylic, gesso, and pencil  on canvas. 

1.        So many grateful altars I would rear 
2.        Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone 
3.        Of luster from the brook, in memory, 
4.        Or monument to ages; and thereon 
5.        Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers: 
6.        In yonder nether world where shall I seek 
7.        His bright appearances, or foot-step trace? 

     - from Book XI