Rei Ayanami in Givenchy

Rei Ayanami in Givenchy, 2012. Digital collage. Photoshop CS2.

Fleck Tarn Camoflauge

Fleck Tarn Camo, 2012. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

Gothninja Tintin

Gothninja Tintin, 2012. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

Tintin in some goth ninja swag. Givenchy sneaks, Forme D'Expression jacket, Julius menswear shorts, and Rick Owens scarf.

New Store Opening

Now some of my works are up for sell on the Society6 website as art prints, iphone cases, stationary, and other items. Click this link to visit my store, and check out the other great artists available. Thank you for supporting the arts!

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Pattern: Hirstooth

Hirstooth, 2012. Digital vector art. Illustrator CS2.

This is a take on the Scottish pattern of Houndstooth. I used colors from a Damien Hirst  dot "painting".

In Glass

In Glass, 2012. 24" x 30". Acrylic on canvas.

A painting about in vitro fertilization or IVF.

Autumn Houses

Autumn Houses, 2012. 12" x 16". Acrylic, charcoal on canvas paper.

Priapus

Priapus, 2012. 16" x 20". Acrylic, charcoal, pantyhose, and string on canvas.

Would Pollinate

Would Pollinate, 2012. 12" x 16". Acrylic on canvas paper.

Wall Section

Wall Section, 2012. 24" x 30". Acrylic, charcoal on canvas.

Painting of a Bed I and II

Painting of a Bed I and II, 2012. 12" x 16". Acrylic on canvas.

At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
                                                             -Shakespeare

I took a lot from Basquiat

Her Hair Was Everywhere I & II

Her Hair Was Everywhere I & II, 2012. 12" x 16". Acrylic on canvas.

I met a lady in the meads
    Full beautiful, a faery's child;
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
    And her eyes were wild.
I set her on my pacing steed,
    And nothing else saw all day long;
For sideways would she lean, and sing
    A faery's song.
I made a garland for her head,
    And bracelets too, and fragrant zone;
She look'd at me as she did love,
    And made sweet moan.
She found me roots of relish sweet,
    And honey wild, and manna dew;
And sure in language strange she said,
    I love thee true. 
                                                 ~Keats

 I took a lot from Francis Bacon here.

Series -- Argonautica

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The Argonautica series in its entirety. Paintings on the proclivity to legitimize one's existence in the natural order of life.

Jason Beneath Dodona

Jason Beneath Dodona, 2012. 30" x 36". Acrylic, oil stick, oil pastel, pencil, and charcoal on canvas.

So concludes my series on Jason, Medea, and the quest for the Golden Fleece. The aged hairless hero has come to his final twilight, preparing to sleep beside his stalwart ship the Argo as he did every night.  Dawn would awake to find Jason crushed beneath the mast. This magical mast cut from the forests of Zeus was named Dodona. A woman, in effect, getting the revenge Medea so long sought against her former husband.

The phallic mast rises in the picture to the top right of the plane. I added a jagged splinter breaking off towards Jason's glabrous scalp. The Argo itself has been shipwrecked for years; broken and rotting upon the sand like a wooden whale. Jason is in fact the same. Even his right arm seems to have jettisoned itself from his body.

My second ever gallery showing as an Adult!!!

This was taken at CORE New Art Space in the Santa Fe Arts District in Denver. The show was entitled, "Mixed Media Juried Show".  I wanted to extend my appreciation to Mr. Carlos Frequez, the juror, and CORE for exhibiting my work. After this show I have come to the conclusion that I have the oft misspelled name in history. Derick Bowman, Derrick Boman, Dirk Bauman, Derek Bowman, Dumbass Bonehead. It doesn't help that I have sloppy handwriting.

My first ever gallery showing as an Adult!!!

My first showing of any work as an adult was at ZIP 37's ZIP! POP! Show in Denver. I loathe Pop Art, but when I saw the advert for it on Craigslist I had to give it a shot. Oddly enough I had been reading the loveable curmudgeon Robert Hughes' Shock of the New and going back over the sections on Pop I got my inspiration from works of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Anselm Kiefer, and Gerhard Richter as well as some current events involving monsters and the education system. I didn't actually have the work made until after it was selected. I'm a poor miser. It proved to be a bit of a hack and slash job getting it made. This was also the first time I'd ever stretched a canvas. A flood of firsts.

A huge thank you to ZIP 37 and judge Dana Cain for picking my piece. Given my aversion to being around anyone, my wife and I spent all of 3 minutes viewing the show. We stepped inside the cramped space, revolved around and disappeared out into the safety of a balmy summer dusk. But it was fun. Check after the break to see the work in its churlish splendor.

Bane Capital

 

30, Neck of Raphael

30, Neck of Raphael, 2012. 12" x 16". Oil pastel on canvas paper.

Oliphant

Oliphant, 2012. 18" x 24". Mixed media on paper.

Roland's death knell.

Murus

Murus, 2012. 12" x 16". Acrylic, pencil, oil stick and Bass wood on canvas.