"The blue-collar Twain"

A quick sketch of comic book writer, music and literary critic, Harvey Pekar. A more accurate portrayal will be posted soon. 


Marker on Paper 

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Website: New Layout

Another version of the "Images with Personality" website. I'd appreciate any comments. 

New Webpage: WIP

I recently subscribed to the free edition for webpages at Wix.com to create a new site. I'd appreciate any feedback on its content and layout.

Collage and the Concept of Time

I've created a few preliminary sketches for the final piece, which will be executed in acrylic.

Exercises for the Creative Mind

The Art of

C o l l a g e

I've completed two collages this past week in an effort to stay in the mindset of creating. I found a brilliant combination of typography and color in the advertisements of an early 1960's issue of Lady's Home Journal. The exercise of creating new images out of old ones enables me to discover new concepts that are open to modern interpretation. I'm interested in the relationship between words and the social context in which they are seen. Text can have a preconscious affect on the viewer, an idea that I will incorporate into future projects. I plan to do a series of drawings based on each collage so that the images will congeal and appear as a single form.

I particularly admire the collage works of the Dadaists, including Raoul Hausmann, for their ability to take complete advantage of the materials and resources surrounding them.

Robert Frank

Portrait of Swiss born photographer Robert Frank, whose seminal body of work The Americans will be exhibited at the Met September 22, 2009-January 3, 2010.

Carbon Pencil and Watercolor Crayon on Cardboard with Artist's tape