A Piece I Did Of Sarah Palin As The Mad Hatter

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Minor monstrosity, stage 1

I did a little sketch of a monstrosity where the mouth ran vertically from the head down to the stomach and this is the first attempt to sculpt it. It came out looking a lot like some vaginal dentata sculpture, but that was not the intent. I will now add a second layer that will have the eyes and tentacles on it. Wish me luck!

The first bird skull I ever found. The one that started an obsession.

Just learned of the passing of Leonard Cohen and thought I would share this. The painting below, was one I made while at SVA in the early 2000's in Ju Chung's class. We were all given a song and told to make a painting from it. I was given Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song". It was the first song I ever herd from him and only one of two I can still recall ('Hallelujah' being the other). Now, I have no idea what a 'tower of song' is, but I loved the idea of a swirling tower of record pages going up into the sky. Another lyric I landed on was "I was born with the gift of the golden voice" and the sound of the song sounded so morose and dark, and I liked the idea of this golden voice burning like a fire inside this person. And so I painted this. Not a direct, or great interpretation, but merely incorporating a couple of the things found withing.  During class when we had to present our work I remember the teacher stopping at mine and being silent for a second. He then turned and said "I have no idea what this means, but it's pretty cool."

Milo Manara stencil for street art.

Because the world needs more Manara.

One of my favorite short films of all time. I LOVE The Birch. I only wish there were more!

The Birch (2016) Directed by Ben Franklin and Anthony Melton Watch it here.