Ikon II

Watercolor on Cold Press Paper 6in x 6in 2022, Black, White, Gold, Figure Painting

Ikon I

Oil on Panel 12in x 12in 2017, Figure Painting, Red, Violet

Ikon V

Oil on Canvas 16in x 20in 2024, Pink, Yellow, Blue, Figure Painting, Impasto A progress shot at the painted-over first attempt for this one

Sam Draws Pokémon #31: Luxio

Hamlet [1996]

Welcome back to My Year of Shakespeare, a blog series where I complain about movies I sort-of enjoyed. This week we watched Kenneth Branagh's 1996 Hamlet, an adaptation whose stated goal was to scarcely budge from the stage-and-page unabridged version and took four hours plus

Stretch

Acrylic on X-Ray 14in x 17in Black, White, Red, Blue, Figure Paintings, 2022, Available

I was on the radio back in April

A couple months ago I had the opportunity to be on WAYO 104.3's program "Graphic Ear"; the producer, Jacob, recently cleaned up + uploaded the show. Thanks Jacob! You can listen below on via their mixcloud: Blog, Local Interest

The Price on the Can

Spray Paint on Sheet Metal 12in x 12in 2020, Green, Pink, Gold

Lake 4

Spray Paint & Acrylic Marker on Sheet Metal 12in x 12in 2020, Landscapes, Orange, Blue, White

Winter

Spray Paint & Acrylic Marker on Sheet Metal 12in x 12in 2020, Landscapes, Commissions, White, Blue, Black

in the Heat Wave

Oil on Birch Panel 12in x 12in 2026, White, Red, Violet, Blue, Skeletons, Cityscapes, Available

King Lear [1999]

Given the past three adaptations all failing to help me really understand the play — the 2018 version too preoccupied with catering to those who have seen & know it, the 1987 version doing whatever it wanted (mostly not The Play), and Kurosawa's 1985 version being so drastically transformed,