Thursday, November 10, 2011

New Work



The pieces below were made for the show In-Between with Emily Stout [http://emilystout.com] at the Borg Ward Collective in Milwaukee, WI.

The opening was Friday, November 4th from 6-9pm. Email Ricky at [artlab2012@gmail.com] for a private tour through November 25th.

Borg Ward Collective
823 W. National Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53204



Bust

Oil Pastel on Paper
20 x 24 inches

$250

Humble

Oil Pastel on Paper
7.5 x 11 inches

SOLD

Moviestar

Litho Crayon
15 x 22 inches

Collection of Jessica Poor

Doppelganger

Oil Pastel & Charcoal on paper
11 x 15 inches

$125

Scylla

Charcoal, Graphite & Oil Pastel on Paper
15 x 22 inches

SOLD

Disappointment

Oil Pastel on Paper
15 x 22 inches

SOLD

Lacrymatories

Graphite & Charcoal on Paper
22 x 15 inches

$125

Heavy-Handed

Oil Pastel on Tan Paper
13.25 x 15 inches

$125

Spaceman

Oil Pastel on Paper
16 x 22 inches

SOLD

Ghost & Veil

Oil Pastel on Paper
9 x 14.5 inches

$150

A Misunderstanding

Oil Pastel on Paper
10.5 x 14.5 inches

$125

Lacrymatory



Oil Pastel on Paper
12 x 23.75 inches

$150

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

You Get To Be Nobody

Felt, ribbed polyester, 1 tennis ball, envirotex, thread; variable dimensions (approx. 25ft x 11ft x 3ft); 2010


This could be a story about surrendering—surrendering to circumstance and discarding the futile desire to be in control. It is a portrait of embarrassment, sewn up and inaccessible in order to forget and go forward.

However, it is at the same time homage to and obsession with control—a sadistically hand-sewn costume that can never be worn by a nonexistent giant.

Without ignoring the obvious incarnation of the King of the Jungle or the Cowardly Lion, it’s a defeated and deflated icon of strength, bravery, and the majestic—a menacing creature made foolish, flaccid and without threat.

A costume or a mask is simply a way to be something without consequence. It’s a safe place to misbehave and be out of character (in character?) without having to put your foot in your mouth, feel mortified or apologize. This ancient and magical invention of humanity has taught us how to behave in real-life by allowing us to hide in and become something or someone else. It’s a place where you are allowed to be nobody.

These photos were taken by John Rieppenhoff, of Green Gallery West, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it was shown in September 2010. You Get To Be Nobody was first shown in Ask The Lonely, a group show in July 2010 at Worksound Gallery, Portland, Oregon.


Friday, May 27, 2011

From Buried Sketchbbooks





Sketches from 2007-2009

Prints & Drawings 2008

Too Much
graphite; 6.5x10 inches; 2008
Sleepers
graphite; 6.5x10 inches; 2008
Gulliver Portrait
graphite; 6.5x10 inches; 2008
Empty Promise
graphite; 6.5x10 inches; 2008
Bad Listeners
etching & aquatint; 8x10 inches; 2008
Two Voyeurs
graphite; 6.5x10 inches; 2008
Peripheral Portrait
etching & aquatint; 8x10 inches; 2008
The Discovered Ham
graphite; 8x10 inches; 2009