Month: September 2018

So help me Jesus

This was an old cigar box that I aged with fire and paint.  Religious statues are a favorite find. I search auctions and yard sales for these objects.

Who can hate Scooby Doo? Certainly Jesus would not cast him out to the lake of fire.

Masks

We all wear masks. We wear a professional mask at work every day.  We wear a different mask when out at the local pub or disco. Often our masks are different from who we really are.

Maybe one day we can trade masks…

Found object art.

I scavenge the desert washes for detritus. This old fan cover was one such piece I removed as my duty to remove trash from the pristine desert.

The picture of jesus was unsolicited junk mail… there it nothing like making your god trash, eh? Yes, god imprisoned behind human detritus, something I see daily.

Sometimes art is just for art. Sometimes, it is not.

My paintings are generally not editorials, they are paintings of a moment in time, a moment in my time.

My Desert Detritus Clocks, I suppose, are a statement in environmentalism, of respect (or evidence of disrespect) for one’s environment.

My found objects generally have a political or religious overtone.

Most of the pieces present ideas that are apparent for those that are tuned into current events. The religious pieces are more obscure. And some pieces have no meaning except to a few select people.

This piece served a purpose at one time, mostly to piss off political assholes in a town I used to live in. Some newspaper articles concerning closed-minded assholes that sought to prevent anything positive from happening in our town, and a fake light bulb along with a title guaranteed to inflame their sensitive natures…

Lady in Red

Parcheesi pieces, an old cork, a German porcelain doll head, a brass base for something… all repurposed into what some people have said is a creepy piece.

I love playing with old junk and turning it into sculpture.. Maybe someday I can make money doing this!