"Crushed Cans", 50"w X 40"h, acrylic on canvas, 2012-13.

"General Electric Landscape", 38"w X 42"h, acrylic on canvas, 2012.

Two Cans

"Two Cans", 50" X 32", acrylic on canvas, 2011.

Cans Continued...

"Spidey Can", 40" X 44", acrylic on canvas, 2011.

"Roadkill", 30" X 46", acrylic on canvas, 2010.

"Canada", 30" X 48", acrylic on canvas, 2010.

More or less recent paintings. Continuing along with the theme of cans that have been transformed by a traumatic encounter. The "Roadkill" painting was added again as this image is a much better representation of the original.

'Road Kill', the Slow Reveal

I tend to follow the same process with each painting. The drawing is done on tracing paper using a grid then transfered to canvas. Every step following that is detailed above.

Apologies for the really bad photos but our little digital camera is not kind to large flat surfaces (I still use film). Promise a good image of this and others when I find a way to do them justice.

The painting is called 'Road Kill', 46" X 30", acrylic on canvas, ca. 2010.

Cans

Coco, 18" X 20", acrylic on canvas, 2009.

Crush, 18" X 20", acrylic on canvas, 2009.

Crushed cans are a challenging subject, maybe that was the initial fascination. There's also something about the individuality they take on after being subjected to overwhelming force, the end product of an entirely random series of events.

And a Little Earlier...

Fourty, 34" X 32", acrylic on canvas, 2006

Bicycle Post, 34" X 24", acrylic on canvas, 2006

Fire Hydrant, 48" X 36", acrylic on canvas, 2005

Logan and Victor, 42" X 34", acrylic on canvas, 2005

Some earlier paintings than the ones shown below. Fragments inspired by cruising around the 'hood.