My current series developed out of a need to reconcile my political and abstract work. I found my way to celebrity portraits, those who I like to think of as “Moral Authorities.” I enjoy the provoking shock value of the positive non-vulgar message. I read a fortune cookie once that said “good advice jars the ear.”
I depict the rhetoric between the American Dream and the American Spirit. My work shows that both are alive in the sublime and hope-filled, yet gut wrenching and callous present tense America.