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Abstract man with cocktail and man with arms in air.

Indifference and Suffering in the Age of COVID-19

2020, Woodblock print, 31 x 48 inches

This 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 left 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
cell phone taking picture of riot.

Citizen Journalist

2020, Woodblock print, 12 x 12 inches

Citizen 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 on two carved blocks
Shipwreck and lone survivor

Rime

2020, Woodblock Print, 34 x 48 inches

Rime 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 4 artist proofs, black from single carved block
Prometheus surrounded by flames.

The Captivity of Prometheus

2020, color woodblock print, 42 x 31 inches

The 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, in this work, the mythological Zeus.​






Edition of 6 plus 2 artist proofs, 6 colors from 3 carved blocks
Man in forest looking at a fire in a barrel.

Moses and the Burning Bush

2020, woodblock print, 29 x 51 inches

Moses and the Burning Bush originates from a 1980 photo of a homeless man I met in New York City. In this time of the covid 19 pandemic, I thought of the ironies in directives to stay in our home to avoid spreading the virus. This piece speaks to our wealth inequality and tangentially to our political lack of will to care for at-risk citizens.

Edition of 6 plus1 artist proof, black from single carved block ​
Man Holding a wheel.

Rota Fortunae

2020, color woodblock print, 12 x 12 inches

I 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
Sisyphus carrying a giant flower

Garden Variety Sisyphus

2019, color woodblock print, 42 x 31 inches

These 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
Man in protest holding an umbrella.

Windy Day in Hong Kong

2019, color woodblock print, 17 x 25 inches

Windy 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
Icarus falling to earth.

Rare Water Lilies

2017, woodblock print, 37 x 47 inches

Inspired by Pieter Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, this work is a contemplation of the the disconnect between indifference and the fragility of life. 



​Edition of 5 plus 1 artist proof, black from single carved block
Man in protective gear in front of nuclear reactor.

Fukushima

2016, color woodblock print, 30 x 20 inches

After 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
Icarus in a roiling sea.

Icarus

2015, woodblock print, 50 x 34 inches

Icarus is the classic tale of hubris.







​Edition of 6 plus 1 artist proof, black from single carved block

Tempest

2013, color woodblock print, 22 x 62 inches

Ariel from Shakespeare's The Tempest summoning a storm.
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

Abstract of undersea vista.
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


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