TRUE STORIES > works on paper

new orleans boy book reading oil paint contemporary painter

The Long Book

oil on paper

29.5” x 22”

Gretel’s Bag

graphite and gouache on paper

28” x 28”

green women sirens African American Women dreads water

Green Mountain

oil on paper

40” x 25.5” (SOLD)

Daughter of Eve

charcoal and watercolor with gold leaf on paper

52" x 27" (SOLD)

Joan's Milkshake Brings Ziggy to the Yard

conte on paper

28" x 20" (SOLD)

She Cut Her Teeth On Steel

mixed media on paper, mounted on panel

28” x 20”

Wolf Takes Sheep

monoprint

20" x 16"

green boots charcoal green eyes cat lady

Green Eyed Saint

charcoal and oil on paper,

30" x 22" (SOLD)

Don’t Forget Your Dancing Shoes

mixed media on paper

21” x 30”

Dancing on Her Grave

monoprint with ink

21” x 15” (SOLD)

chine cole cooking printmaking dancing throwing ceramics

Keep Those Plates Spinning

monoprint with chine colle

26" x 20" (SOLD)

Durga charcoal ceramics throwing drawing Kali

Durga Takes the Wheel

charcoal on paper

42" x 30"

Ruby’s Masterpiece

pencil on Yupo paper

35” x 23” (42" x 30" framed)

The Long Braid

oil on paper

29.5” x 22” (SOLD)

This body of work revisits familiar stories and reinterprets the themes, imagery, and lessons through the contemporary eyes of friends and family. The stories are drawn from mythology, the Bible, fairy tales, fables, famous works of art and the narratives around various deities. Each piece refers to a story from the past and but remains biographically based on the subjects depicted. I consider these works to be collaborative storytelling.