take-out

1 1/2" x 2"

2012

deception alley

1 1/2" x 2"

2012

homemade paint

1 1/2" x 2"

2013

marigold nation

2"x1 1/2"

2013

these tiny collages got their start from 

diamond easy strike matchboxes.

an easy, workable surface for the miniature.

i cut out hundreds of little pictures from vintage magazines

and collected them until i could manufacture a little over 100 mini-collages.

 i was inspired by a fictional woman with a mondegreen for a name:

Adele Lack Cotard which sounds like (a delicate art).

Adele is a character in Synechdoce, N.Y. a film rich in semiotics.

her character produced works of art so small that

one had to use a magnifying glass to see them.

 small art forces us to either

lose interest immediately or to have absolute focus  

on what this small work means to us. 

if it's important to us, somehow we keep watching.

i was surprised to see the amount of time people would

spend looking at these on their own volition.

people would comment on how they seemed

like dream vignettes and how much they loved this one or that.

a portion of these collages took a trip to los angeles by themselves

for THE BURNING LEAVES OF AUTUMN art show

curated by colin manning and cody brant in 2012.

these posted minis are more recent works.

 

 

the only thing i ever liked about sunday

1 1/2" x 2"

2013

rinse cup

1 1/2" x 2"

2013

mistakes our mothers made

1 1/2" x 2"

2013

white birch delay

2" x 1 1/2"

2013

florida street

1 1/2" x2"

2013

 

second genesis

1 1/2" x 2"

2013

journey to the industrial zone

1 1/2"x 2"

2013

high impact

2"x1 1/2" 
2013

food court

8 1/2"x11"

2014

catalina

8 1/2"x11"

2014

harmony

6 3/4"x5"

 

i found a mexican food menu in my friend's van.

it had been exposed to water on the floorboard from rain.

the menu was folded when i picked it up, i unfolded it to find nice

stains and patterns.

i started tracing forms and re-tracing them onto these

found papers with home printer ink color fissures.

i was told these were the ugliest pieces of art i have ever produced.

these elementary drawings made me happy and 

drew out a certain nostalgia for contours that 

made a satisfying simple application on these

unwanted papers.

there are obvious missing elements that these figures

may have been holding or using, but they have been

removed intentionally.

the approach turned out to leave the 

 visual context up for more interpretation and

imagination.

sometimes featureless/faceless people occur.

i don't want to remember their expressions; in some cases their faces 

left me with an empty,over-exploited feeling that i never 

wanted anyone to see.

these were re-done in a manner that delicately changes the nature

of the activities they may have been doing.

which offers a more bleached-out exposure of these subject's

momentary life-glimpse.

 

trap flex

8 1/2"x11"

 air guitar

8 1/2"x11"

 

pony wall

9"x6"

 signs and symbols that i grew up with

resonate mostly in materials relating to the 80's & 1990's.

these visuals merit a trance of childhood

synthesized chords that i wouldn't care about

until i needed them. 

i watched vivid cartoons

i ate dream-sequenced foods

 i wore perfume from false alpenglow-ruched flowers

 sears sold cataloged quilted blankets

i still buy appliances that will last well into the 23rd century

my mom had a small amount of costume jewelry hidden in secret drawers

my brother and i were no wave skateboarders

i participated in stereotyped recreation

i had many stuffed animals

i grew up in stark desert scenery

i always read hand-written convenience store notifications

neon clothing i wore proudly(and still do)

i was a t.v. kid

2-ply fantasy

3"x4 1/2"

unlicensed amateur radio

8"x10 1/2

flavor crystals

10 3/4"x13 3/4"

                                                                            false leads
                                                                       7 3/4"x5 3/4"
                                                                 

                                                                             folk corner
                                                                       
                                                                               5.5"x5"

window blue concentrate

3"x2"

a small william pope L. is crawling through this piece.