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Ginni and the Supremes2023, Woodblock Print, 44 x 32 inchesGinni Thomas, despite her conflicting testimonies before the January 6th Committee, most certainly influences her husbands preexisting prejudices. Her influence outweighs “Equal Justice Under Law” that is referenced in the print as crumbling from the court’s facade. I copied the pose of the main characters from a 1790's John Faed’s etching titled “Tam O’Shanter and the Witches” to represent Clarence and Ginni Thomas in their exuberant dance as they celebrate their injustice on a backdrop of the ruins of the Supreme Court facade with the Lady Justice stature laying in ruin.
Edition of 9 with 3 artist proofs from four carved blocks |
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Rudy in Disguise2022, Woodblock print, 18 x 28 inchesRudy in Disguise refers to the former NYC mayor turned conspiracy theorist, Rudy Giuliani. He appeared on the tv show The Masked Singer disguised as a jack-in-the-box. The piece reflects on how media is used to rehabilitate and normalize anti-democratic extremists as propaganda and entertainment fuse.
Edition of 8 with 3 artist proofs from 9 carved blocks |
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Consumed by the Never Was2022, Woodblock print, 32 x 44 inchesConsumed by the Never Was shows a family consumed by a nostalgia created by media but for most of us never existed. The longing is perpetuated by a politicized media ecosystem that profits from a mythological culture war.
Edition of 10 with 4 artist proofs from a single carved block |
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Sheltering Against Fascism: Then and Now2022, Woodblock print, 18 x 28 inchesLondoners sheltering in the underground from the Nazi Blitz on the left side circa 1940 and on the right, people of Kyiv sheltering in their underground from Russian bombardment.
Edition of 10 with 2 artist proofs from two carved blocks. |
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Still Life with Viktor Orban and Inverted Tucker2022, Woodblock print, 12 x 12 inchesThe Prime Minister of Hungary finds an ally in Tucker Carlson, who promotes Orban's "Illiberal Democracy", a thinly veiled Authoritarianism. Tucker premiered his pseudo-documentary, Hungary VS Soros while broadcasting from Budapest. The footwear refers to the chilling "Shoes on the Danube Bank" Holocaust memorial.
Edition of 10 with four artist proofs from three carved blocks. |
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That Russia Thing2022, Woodblock print, 28 x 18 inchesThe title, That Russia Thing, originates from the short hand references to charges in the Mueller Report, while the imagery itself refers to the many ways Russia, its' oligarchs, trolls, and Putin work to change perceptions.
Edition of 10 with four artist proofs from four carved blocks. |
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21st Century Bonaparte2021, Woodblock print, 18 x 28 inches21st Century Bonaparte combines a portion of an 1800 hagiographic painting of Napoleon as a Roman Caesar with the contemporary Louvre pyramid in the background. Just as Napoleon's art plunders were prelude to the nascent modern museum the work also refers to the controversies surrounding the demands to return art to its place of origin.
Edition of 10 plus 1 artist proof from two carved blocks |
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None So Blind2021, Woodblock print, 32 x 44 inchesNone So Blind concerns itself with the downplaying, gaslighting, and obfuscation of the severity of the January 6th, 2021 Capitol insurrection. The helmeted figure purposely looks away to protect the instigators.
Printed in Norwalk, CT at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking by the artist and master printer Christopher Shore. Edition of 10 plus 2 artist proofs from four carved blocks |
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Capitol Offense 1814/20212021, Woodblock print, 44 x 32 inchesCapitol Offense 1814/2021 combines imagery from the January 6th Capitol riot with an 1814 British wood engraving celebrating the burning of Washington DC and the Capitol building.
Capitol Offense 1814/2021, printed in Norwalk, CT at the Center for Contemporary Printmaking by the artist and master printer Christopher Shore. Edition of 10 from single carved block |
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Indifference and Suffering in the Age of COVID-192020, Woodblock print, 31 x 48 inchesThis piece features the twin realities of our failure to recognize and deal with the Corona Virus pandemic. While vaguely abstract, the left figure casually enjoys a cocktail as the right figure throws up hands in an "I give up" gesture. Death masks stare back and the numbers exponentially show the monthly death toll up until this piece was finished in October of 2020.
Edition of 6 from 4 carved blocks |
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Citizen Journalist2020, Woodblock print, 8 x 10 inchesCitizen Journalist recognizes the bravery of those using their phones as recording devices during violent protests or to record abuse of power by those in authority.
Edition of 20, red and black from two carved blocks |
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Rime2020, Woodblock Print, 34 x 48 inchesRime is inspired by the Coleridge poem, "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Created during a period where America is burdened with the twin albatrosses of systemic racism and the ineffective politicized response to the word-wide COVID-19 pandemic.
Edition of 6 plus 4 artist proofs, black from single carved block |
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The Captivity of Prometheus2020, color woodblock print, 42 x 31 inchesThe Captivity of Prometheus refers to his punishment in retaliation for stealing fire from the gods to deliver to humans. It speaks to the abuse of power by Autocrats.
Edition of 6 plus 2 artist proofs, 6 colors from 3 carved blocks |
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Moses and the Burning Bush2020, woodblock print, 29 x 51 inchesMoses and the Burning Bush is based on a photo of a unhoused vet in New York City. As COVID-19 spread through the unhoused community the irony of directives to shelter at home speaks to our wealth inequality and the empty promise to care for at-risk citizens.
Edition of 6 plus1 artist proof, black from single carved block |
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Rota Fortunae2020, color woodblock print, 12 x 12 inchesI created Rota Fortunae or Wheel of Fortune in February and March of 2020 upon learning that the novel coronavirus was declared a pandemic by WHO. Partially a self-portrait of someone at risk due to preconditions and a reminder of the indiscriminate nature of a virus.
Edition of 12 plus 2 artist proofs, 6 colors from 6 carved blocks |
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Garden Variety Sisyphus2019, color woodblock print, 42 x 31 inchesThese burdens of Sisyphus are as light as flowers; first-world problems, celebrity problems, and complaints of society's privileged. They are the problems of white privilege and class privilege that ignore our social contract.
Edition of 6, 4 colors from 2 carved blocks - Edition of 4, black from single carved block |
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Windy Day in Hong Kong2019, color woodblock print, 17 x 25 inchesWindy Day in Hong Kong references the 2019 Hong Kong protest against Mainland China's moves to undermine judicial autonomy. Clashes between police and mask-wearing activists became increasingly violent, with tear gas fogging the streets and live rounds fired.
Edition of 12 plus 5 artist proofs, 5 colors from 5 carved blocks |
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Rare Water Lilies2017, woodblock print, 37 x 47 inchesInspired by Pieter Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, this work is a contemplation of the disconnect between indifference and the fragility of life.
Edition of 5 plus 1 artist proof, black from single carved block |
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Fukushima2016, color woodblock print, 30 x 20 inchesAfter the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima nuclear power plant the “Fukushima 50”, a small band of workers sacrificed their future health to prevent a catastrophic meltdown.
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist proofs, 4 colors from 2 carved blocks |
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Icarus2015, woodblock print, 50 x 34 inchesIcarus is the classic tale of hubris.
Edition of 6 plus 1 artist proof, black from single carved block |
Inspired by William Shakespeare's The Tempest, this is Ariel, the spirit bound to Prospero, summoning the storm.
Edition of 3 EA (monoprints), 8 colors from 6 carved blocks |
Tipping Point |
2013, color woodblock print, 24 x 82 inches |
Tipping Point has a cool side and a warm side representing climate change. The central imagery is from Mayan petroglyphs showing gods passing to the underworld. One theory speculates the decline of the Mayan civilization was at least partly due to man made climate changes brought about by the massive deforestation projects required to make the lime that covered the vast network of temples throughout Central America.
Edition of 3, 8 colors from 8 carved blocks
Edition of 3, 8 colors from 8 carved blocks