The Blackstar Series

The Blackstar Series was inspired exclusively by David Bowie’s last album and its corresponding videos. Released on January 8, 2016, Bowie's 69th birthday, the album was recorded in secret in New York City with his longtime co-producer Tony Visconti and a group of local jazz musicians: Donny McCaslin, Jason Lindner, Tim Lefebvre and Mark Guiliana. David Bowie would die 2 days after the release of the album, but he left behind his swan song with an inspiring power that drove me back to the easel for this series.

Black Star I

oil on 15” x 30” canvas
2022 -
$1100

Before painting a texture was added by applying a thick coat of gesso with a steel wool pad. That texture was then stained with a mixture of burnt sienna, yellow ochre and a liberal amount of linseed oil.

Black Star II

oil on 12” x 30” canvas
2023 -
$950

Like Blasckstar I, a texture was added. That texture was then covered in black providing shadow. Titanium white was applied to create the positive space, leaving the black background for shadow, before the crimson and yellow ochre were applied for colour.

Black Star III

oil on 12” x 30” canvas
2025 -
$950

Like BlackStar I and II, a texture was applied with gesso. That texture was then covered in black providing shadow. Titanium white was applied to create the positive space, leaving the black background for shadow, before the burnt siena, yellow ochre, ultramarine, phthalo green and crimson were applied for colour.

The Mah’kra City Series

The Mah’kra City Series is a story about a machine city where in it’s inhabitants have no other purpose but to maintain it. The purpose of the city is at this time, unclear. I used a very similar palette as I did for Flesh Angels, though the intention is that this series presents more brass and less earth tones.

Mah’Kra City I

oil, india inkand acrylic on 6’” x 30” canvas $650

Before painting a texture was added by applying a thick coat of gesso with a steel wool pad. That texture was then stained with a mixture of burnt sienna, and a liberal amount of linseed oil. a mixture of water and ink was then splattered on the canvas and allowed to drip and the foreground creature was painted in acrylic.

Mah’Kra City II

oil and acrylic on 6’” x 28” canvas $850

Before painting a texture was added by applying a thick coat of gesso with a steel wool pad. That texture was then stained with a mixture of burnt sienna, jet black and a liberal amount of linseed oil, which was applied in horizontal streaks with rags The burnt paper texture of the corner was masked and dry brushed with oil paint and the wasp creatures were painted in acrylic.

Mah’Kra City Morpher

oil and mineral spirit, acrylic, ink and assemblage on 36’” x 48” canvas $3600

The original design concept was worked out on bristol board with ink wash. The painting was treated with mineral spirit before oil was applied to give it an ink wash look, 2 seperate paintings were created and suspended from brass wire 2 inches above the canvas and can be slid and adjusted to appear over the conterpart image.

Mah’Kra City Transformation

gouache and ink on 16” x 20” canvas paper. $800

Mah’Kra City Hound

oil on 12” x 30” canvas $1100

The Flesh Angel Series

The Flesh Angel Series was created as a comic combining 3 very different stories with the same narrative. 2 stories were very real, but the third was a monochromatic and viceral hullicination which is represented here. In the end there were 26 paintings, most lost to time, but I still have these 4 and all paintings still exist in a comic and as art in a CD booklet for a German industrial band from 2001.

THE NEW 2024-2026

Though the Flesh Angel series started in the 1990’s, it has been recently picked up again by me with a slightly different approach based on over 25 years more experience. I’ve included more traditional mediums such as adding ink and gouache, but dropped some of the assemblage texture.

Flesh Angel V

oil, india ink and gouache on 22’” x 56” canvas - $3200

Originally this was a panel from the Flesh Angel comic (issue 1) and it was composited in Adobe Photoshop using several pieces of art I had done in multiple media. I wanted to see what it would look like painted “organically” using traditional media only on a larger surface.the painting itself was designed to create a feeling of anxiety. I designed the unal to be moving towards the viewer, while the elements that appear to exist as “real”(subway car, commuters) are moving away from the viwer and seem unaware of the surreal aspects.

Flesh Angel VI

oil and gouache on 14’” x 36” wood - $1250

Flesh Angel VII

oil and gouache on 14’” x 36” wood - $1250

Flesh Angel VI

oil, india ink and gouache on 22’” x 56” canvas

After doing what was originally a composite piece, based on previously completed work, I thought I’d try an orignal piece with the same look.
It represents the first half of the character arc in this story.
I used ink and water for the subway background and then mostly oil for the surreal foreground.

THE OLD 1995-1999

These 4 paintings were were conceptualized along with the series during the 1990’s The series has been recently picked up again by me with a slightly different approach based on over 25 years more experience.

Flesh Angel I

oil on 16” x 24” canvas
$800

colours: burn umber, lamp black, yellow ochre and titanium white.

Flesh Angel II

oil and assemblage on 24” x 24” canvas
$1200

dried sticks were applied with impasto then the whole thing was coated with gesso before painting in oil. colours: burnt umber, lamp black, yellow ochre and titanium white.

Flesh Angel IV

oil on 36” x 36” canvas $3240

Before painting a texture was added by applying a thick coat of gesso with a steel wool pad. A web was created with kite string and adhered with the gesso. That texture was then stained with a mixture of burnt sienna, yellow ochre and a liberal amount of linseed oil, before painting with oil: burn umber, black, yellow ochre and titanium white.

Flesh Angel III

oil on 36” x 48” canvas
$4220

Before painting a texture was added by applying a thick coat of gesso with a steel wool pad. A 8” wide strip of screen was then applied and held with the dried gesso. That texture was then stained with a mixture of burnt sienna, yellow ochre and a liberal amount of linseed oil, before painting with oil: burn umber, black, yellow ochre and titanium white.

The Media Christ series

The Media Christ series was a response to an emerging internet culture in the early and mid 90’s. The series was long since forgotten, but in 2017, I was reminded of it and found my concerns at the time to have an almost charming naivete’, compared to the age of social media. I created a new piece from the series for an article written by Jarrett Melendez 23 years later for a study in social comparison.

Media Christ I

assemblage, acrylic and oil on 36” x 48” canvas 1994
$4320

The canvas was covered with impasto over segments of the LA Times. A solution of acrylic red and water was applied over it and sealed in a matte varnish. The blue character was painted in acrylic. 30 years later, I painted a small segment in oil revealing just below the blue dermis.

Media Christ II

assemblage and acrylic on 12” x 24” canvas. • 1994 • $720

Same technique used for “Media Christ I” though there was no 30 year later addition in oil— …yet.

Media Christ III

assemblage and acrylic on 18” x 18” bristol • 2001 • $810

10 Deutsche mark bills were fixed to paper with aerosol adhesive. The character was painted in acrylic

Media Christ IV

assemblage and acrylic on 18” x 18” bristol • 2001 • $810

10 Deutsche mark bills were fixed to paper with aerosol adhesive. The character was painted in acrylic

Media Christ V

acrylic on 18” x 24” canvas
2001 •
$1080

I painted this homage to Katharina Fritsch’s “Company at the Table” shortly after seeing the exhibit at the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt Germany.

Media Christ VI

oil on 36” x 48” canvas
1996 •
$2800

I painted this after a fierce case of face pareidolia had me seeing this exact fused face mess in a carpet pattern after waking from a rough night. I immediately painted it in oil.

Media Christ VII

oil and acrylic on 24'“ x 60” canvas • 1997 • SOLD

During this period in time I was working as a multi-media producer and was doing mostly animation. It was inevitable it would make its way into my paintings.

Media Christ VIII

oil & acrylic on 48” x 48” canvas 1997
SOLD

The character’s hue is cold colours, so I chose a warm palette for the background to push it forward. I used oil with a dry brush technique to take away all hard edges so the sharpness of the line work would be accentuated in the foreground.

Media Christ IX

oil, acrylic and assemblage on
60” x 72” canvas • 1997 •
SOLD

This is the first of 4 paintings in the series that will incorporate a slogan. It was at this point in the series taht I wanted to just come out and use the words that I felt being shouted at me through the emerging internet community. The top of the maze is made up of cut up strips from the L.A. Times.

Media Christ X

assemblage and acrylic on
24” x 24” canvas • 1998 •
SOLD

I attached circuit boards, wire and magazine cut outs using a spray adhesive and then sealing it with impasto.I applied red acrylic to the background before painting the foreground character, also in acrylic.

Media Christ XI

assemblage and acrylic on
11” x 14” canvas • 1998 •
SOLD

I attached circuit boards, wire and magazine cut outs using a spray adhesive and then sealing it with gel polyurethane. I applied red acrylic to the background before painting the foreground character, also in acrylic.

Media Christ 2017

gouache on
18” x 24” cold-pressed cotton paper • 2017

$750

When I revisited the series, I intentionally chose to keep the character and themes of breakage, but of course, had to include a nod to the new tech and social media.

The Digital God Series

The Digital God Series was a 3 act story representing birth, the development of sentience , and the ascension to omniscience. It starts with an AI that creates biological life that develops along with its own consciousness to create a superbeing who transcends time by existing in the same moment eternally, eventually realising it cannot exist, but is unable to die.

Digital God I

oil on 36” x 48” canvas
1991 • $2400

Painting on a budget! This painting uses only 3 colours: Napthol Red, Lamp Black, and Titanium White. It turns out this budgetary restriction worked out well.

Digital God II

oil ,spray paint & acrylic on
36” x 36” canvas
1991 • $1600

The background was primed with black acrylic and white gesso splatter. The brain, painted in oil and later augmented with acrylic, before stenciling and spray-painting.

Digital God III

oil on 24” x 48” canvas
1991 • $1600

I recreated the same palette restrictions as I had with “Digital God I” only breaking my rule once with the eye.

Digital God IV

oil acrylic, and spray paint on
48” x 60” canvas
1992 • $2200

Ultramarine blue and white spray paint covered later with black gesso rectangles with a combination of oil and acrylic for the images within. This painting was representative of the journey to omniprecience.

Digital God V

oil and acrylic on 24” x 48” canvas
1992 • $1200

This was actually the first painting in the series, but since it represents the actual identity of the series, it felt more like the end of the character’s first act.

Digital God VI

oil, acrylic, ink, gouache on
48” x 60” canvas
1992 • $3600

This was until recently an unfinished oil painting. It is now an unfinished mixed media painting. 2 rectangled pieces were added to the piece in 2023 and 2024 using ink, gouache and acrylic.

Digital God VII

oil on 36” x 48” canvas
1998 • $2400

This was originally a comic character I created for a comic appearing in Fetish Magazine(AVN Media 1998), but I really wanted to realise it as an oil painting and so I made it part of this series.

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