Grotesque Realism
I don’t really have words for these paintings.
I can’t explain them.
They come out of the life around me, out of 21st century America.
But as I paint I feel myself slipping into the late medieval world of Rabalais’ Gargantua, a world shaped by agonies of poverty and violence yet transfigured by the grotesque excitements
of carnival.
I’m not sure there’s any real difference between Rabelais’ world and ours.
(diptych) oil on canvas 56” x 88”
(diptych) oil on canvas 56” x 88”
(diptych) oil on canvas 72” x 120”
(diptych) oil on canvas 56 ”x 88”
oil on canvas 48” x 72”
acrylic on canvas 35” x 48”
oil on canvas 48” x 72”
oil on canvas 48” x 72”
oil on canvas 48” x 36”
(diptych) oil on canvas 30” x 96”
oil on canvas 18” x 28”
(diptych) oil on canvas 44” x 112”
oil on canvas 36” x 48”
oil on canvas 32” x 46”
oil on vellum 18” x 24”
oil on vellum 18”x24”
oil on vellum 21” x 30”
acrylic on canvas, 36x24"
pen & ink on paper 11” x 17”
pen & ink on paper 11” x 17”
pen & ink on paper 11 x 17”
pen & ink on paper 13"x20"
black chalk on paper, 30x22"
pen & ink on paper 11” x 17”
pen & ink on paper 11” x 17”
pen & ink on paper 12 1/2” x 19”
linoleum block print on paper, 8"x10"