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2020's

"I have painted approximately 750 paintings. Thirty-five of those are very good. A slightly larger group comprise near misses. The remainder are total artistic failures attributable to growing pains, obese and sophomoric mentality, or apt but tortured purple-toned romantic emotionalism."



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2020



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2020



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2020



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2020



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2020

2010's

"I am trying to paint the next good one."



Untitled
2011



Selfie
2018



Untitled
2019



Tribute to Dr. Bartuska
2011



Untitled (Queen Anne's Lace)
2010



Sozanski's Eye
2010



Land Escape
2014



Art School Graduate
2019



Hand Blossom
2017



Untitled
2015



We Love Bugs
2017



Handscape
2016



Untitled
2019



Nature's Bones
2010



Rolling in the Midnight Snow
2017

2000's

"I paint with a great sense of wonder that I could do what I do the way I do it. I even love the failures because I love the process so much."



Tree Of Knowledge
2008



Paint Junk
2003



Still Life with Brussel Sprouts
2009



Egelet
2007



Wonderful Words
2005



Untitled (Genesis)
2001



Untitled (Paint)
2001



Lake Nuangola
2008



Critic's Eye
2005



Poision Ivy
2002



Family Portrait
2003



Arguing With Spirits
2002



Scared I
2003



Scared II
2005



Bug Rock
2008



Untitled
2005



Midnight Picnic
2001



Audobon's Eyes
2008



Exploding Still Life
2004



Thistle Dreams
2002



Untitled (Blue Town)
2004

1990's

"Painting mollifies my spirit, Transforms base feelings, Softens the sharp edges, Hones the intellect, Heightens sexual desire."



Postcards
1999



I Love This
1998



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1996



Fractured Self
1995



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1990s



Untitled (Tree)
1990s



Throwing Spiders
1997



Are You Crazy
1995



Swimming In Hell I
1990



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1998



Queen Anne's Lace
1996



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1990s



Critiquing Warhol's Can
1998



Singing In The Empty
1997



Uh Oh, Is He Friend Or Foe
1996

Decision Point
1998

Untitled (Hands)
1990s



Untitled (Stone Tower)
1990s



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1990s

1980's

"I want to do work that causes you to stop, look, puzzle, and muse. If you're pleased, that's good. If you're irritated, that's better. If you're provoked, that's the best."



Lamentation
1980s



Scarecrow Crucifixion
1985



I Love Meat
1988



Patchwork Collage
1980s



The Kiss
1980s



Untitled
1982



Molten Still Life
1986



Fourth Deaths by Hanging
1980s



Untitled (Pencil Drawing)
1980s



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1980s



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1980



Sticks and Bones
1985



Untitled (Falling)
1980s



Entwined Figures
1984



Untitled (Gate)
1980s

1970's

"What I do pleases me. What I have not yet done, excites me."



Banquet
1976



Centralia Pennsylvania
1975



Dream Sled
1979



The Maze
1970s



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1970s



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1972



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1970



Family Portrait
1973



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1970s



Untitled (Blue)
1975



Untitled (Eviscerated Portrait)
1970s



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1970s



Flying Finger Stand
1970s



Twisted Anatomy
1970s



Untitled (Ladders)
1970s

1960's

"Travel much but don't leave your studio."



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1969



Untitled (Winter)
1960s



Untitled (Skull)
1960s



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1960s



Untitled (Pots)
1960s



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1960s



Untitled (Wilting Chrysanthemums)
1960s



Eye of the Mind
1964



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1960s



Untitled (Onions and Potatoes)
1960s



Untitled (Bouquet and Pitcher)
1968



Catafalque
1965



Madonna With Fruit
1960s



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1962



Flag of Peace is Tattered
1960s



Untitled (Eggs)
1960s