paintings made recently
Genius Rap (Tom Tom Club) Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde
Acrylic on Canvas
2025
Harvest (Neil Young)
Oil on Linen
2025
Verve Records (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
Acrylic and Silver Paint on Canvas
2025
Phonograph record labels are cool.
No technology used, manufactured in the United States of America.
The most recent painting, a tribute to one of my favorite musicians. And a much smaller painting than the “medium” sized, 4 feet by 3 feet size I’ve embraced in the last few years.
Definitely one of the most influential jazz musicians that ever walked on this Earth. Miles Davis was also in a league on his own as far as his overall style.
The way he dressed, for instance, was also unique, and just like his music, ahead of the times.
Ten years ago I painted a series of poster size cartoon heads (see inset image); at the time I was not sure how they would fit in the overall scheme of my art practice.
During 2017 and 2018 I created a series of medium & large cartoon head paintings.
Left: Untitled (Head and palm tree)
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 in
2017
Right: Untitled (Pink head profile)
24 by 18 in
Acrylic on canvas
2017
As a young boy, I watched the horrific crash in the Nurburgring race track in Germany as it happened, live, on TV during the German GP of 1976.
Niki Lauda was the top Ferrari driver at that time, the reigning Formula 1 world champion.
The notoriously dangerous track was wet since it had been raining. Lauda’s Ferrari lost control, spun, hit the side rail and back to the track in flames and ended up getting hit by other cars unable to avoid him.
The sheer size of the circuit also meant that weather and track conditions around it could vary wildly with some sections dry and others wet, making a safe choice of tyres difficult or impossible.
He was seriously burned, but survived the accident and resumed racing that same year, once he recovered from his injuries.
This was the second tribute to a racing driver painting I made these past few weeks.
I sat down at a local eatery and had in front of me this view behind two unoccupied tables. Perhaps it was the mundane quality of it, instead of the more important vase of flowers on top of the tables for instance. I created the sketch on location and at the time I knew I would eventually make a painting of it.